Aviation technology analysis with Vector. Electric aircraft, avionics advances, eVTOL certification, satellite connectivity, and the engineering innovations shaping the future of flight.
Radio Hangar explores The Two ADS-B Links, Ten Ninety ES and Nine Seventy-Eight UAT, and Why the FAA Has to Rebroadcast Traffic So the Two Halves of the Sky Can See Each Other.
How Rocket Lab caught a falling Electron booster with a Sikorsky helicopter - and why the company quietly retired the stunt for a boat.
Aireon's 66-satellite ADS-B network finally put real-time surveillance over the oceans, cutting separation from 80 to 14 nautical miles.
Auto-GCAS automatically rolls an F-16 level and pulls away from the ground when the pilot is unconscious or disoriented, saving lives and aircraft.
How Boom Supersonic's XB-1 broke the sound barrier over the US - and why the Symphony engine will decide whether Overture ever flies.
FIS-B beams free NEXRAD weather to your cockpit, but its built-in latency makes it a strategic tool that's dangerous to use for threading between storm cells.
How Joby's S4 tilts six electric propellers from hover to cruise - and why that transition decides the air taxi race.
Radio Hangar explores The Sierra Space Dream Chaser, Tenacity, and the Lifting-Body Spaceplane That Glides Home to a Runway Like an Airliner.
How ZeroAvia's hydrogen fuel-cell powertrain flew a 19-seat turboprop on water vapor - and the storage physics that decides its future.
Radio Hangar explores ADS-B Spoofing, the Unauthenticated Broadcast, and Why the System That Sees Every Airplane Will Believe an Airplane That Isn't There.
Airbus DragonFly is a flight-tested demonstrator that can divert, land, and taxi an airliner when the crew can't - here's how it works.
Garmin Smart Glide turns an engine failure into a managed glide with one button - here's how it works and where its limits are.
How REGENT's electric Viceroy seaglider uses ground effect to fly a few feet over water, replacing coastal ferries at 180 mph.
The Lightspeed Delta Zulu builds a carbon monoxide sensor into your headset, adding real safety to any cockpit you fly.
NASA and Boeing's X-66 revives the strut-braced wing to cut narrow-body airliner fuel burn by up to 30 percent.
How the Stratolaunch Roc, the widest airplane ever built, became a reusable runway in the sky for hypersonic test flights.
How Aireon's 66 satellites put ADS-B receivers in orbit and finally closed air traffic control's oldest blind spot: the open ocean.
Sierra Space's Dream Chaser spaceplane, first vehicle Tenacity, aims to land from orbit on a runway like an airliner.
Electra's hybrid-electric EL9 uses blown lift and eight electric motors to take off and land in as little as 150 feet.
JetZero's blended wing body promises up to 50% less fuel burn, but certification - not aerodynamics - is the real hurdle before it carries passengers.