CFM's RISE program is developing a counter-rotating open fan engine targeting 20%+ fuel burn improvement over current LEAP engines, with entry into service targeted for the mid-2030s.
VectorThe FAA's ADS-B mandate created an unintended public surveillance layer - here's how the LADD and PIA programs address it, and their real limitations.
VectorThe Stratolaunch Roc, the largest aircraft ever built by wingspan at 385 feet, is reviving air-launch hypersonic testing with its reusable Talon A vehicle.
VectorForeFlight is the dominant Electronic Flight Bag platform in aviation - here's how it works, what it costs, and what Boeing's 2019 acquisition means for pilots who depend on it.
VectorState-level GPS spoofing in conflict zones is injecting false positions into ADS-B broadcasts, undermining the surveillance picture controllers and pilots depend on.
VectorJoby Aviation leads the FAA certification race for electric air taxis, targeting commercial passenger service before the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
VectorThe Airbus A320's alpha floor system overrides pilot throttle inputs to prevent stalls - a 1988 design decision that still defines the debate over cockpit automation.
VectorThe Eviation Alice completed the world's first all-electric multi-passenger commuter flight in 2022, with Cape Air ordering 75 aircraft for its short-haul New England network.
VectorThe X-15 flew 199 hypersonic research missions, sent two pilots above the Kármán line, and shaped every spacecraft that lands on a runway.
VectorThe Pipistrel Velis Electro became the world's first type-certified electric aircraft in June 2020 - here's what that means for flight training costs, noise, and the future of pilot education.
VectorZeroAvia's hydrogen fuel cell technology has proven itself in flight, but airport infrastructure - not engineering - is the constraint that will determine when and where hydrogen-powered regional aircraft actually enter service.
VectorAireon mounted ADS-B receivers on the Iridium NEXT constellation in 2019, ending decades of oceanic blind spots with real-time global surveillance.
VectorBeta Technologies is betting on charging infrastructure as much as aircraft design - a dual strategy that may prove more consequential than the ALIA itself.
VectorBoom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator crossed Mach 1.122 over Mojave on January 9, 2025 - the first commercially-funded supersonic flight in U.S. airspace in recent memory.
VectorHoneywell Anthem is the first production-certified avionics platform using a partitioned architecture that separates the safety-critical core from a cloud-updatable connected layer - and it's already flying.
VectorThe FAA's 2014 policy change eliminated TSO certification requirements for advisory AOA displays, cutting installation costs from $6,000 to under $2,000 and finally bringing military-proven stall prevention technology within reach of every certificated aircraft.
VectorThe Boeing X-37B has surpassed 1,000 days in orbit on its OTV-7 mission, setting a new endurance record with direct implications for commercial hypersonic aviation.
VectorGarmin's GFC 600 retrofits digital autopilot and envelope protection into legacy GA aircraft, targeting loss of control - GA's leading fatal accident cause.
VectorNASA's X-59 QueSST is testing shaped sonic boom technology that could reduce perceived noise by 60% and reopen U.S. skies to supersonic airliners for the first time since 1973.
VectorArcher Aviation's Midnight is the most credibly positioned eVTOL air taxi in the U.S., backed by United Airlines and a certified FAA certification pathway.
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