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Chinese study tests bamboo drones using new flight control software

Researchers at Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi’an, China, have built and tested a drone with a frame made almost ...
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Pentagon-backed X-65 jet with 537 mph top speed moves closer to first flight

Aurora Flight Sciences has taken a major step forward in its experimental aircraft program, ...
Vintage Aviation News on MSN

Flight test files: F-111 Aardvark – The journey of the supercritical wing

NASA used the F-111 Aardvark to test supercritical wings, fly-by-wire and adaptive wing tech, shaping modern aircraft design ...
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DARPA's X-65 Active Flow Control Demonstrator is Taking Shape

Aurora Flight Sciences and DARPA are continuing the assembly of the X-65 CRANE demonstrator, targeting a first flight by 2027 ...
The Aviationist

U.S. Air Force E-4C SAOC Begins Flight Testing

Sierra Nevada’s first test flight of the Survivable Airborne Operations Center marks a major step in replacing the aging E-4B “Nightwatch” fleet introduced in the 1970s. The E-4C Survivable Airborne ...
FLYING Magazine

U.K.’s eVTOL Air Taxi Leader Just Hit a Major Flight Test Milestone

Vertical test pilot Paul Stone was at the controls of the prototype for the flight on Thursday at Vertical’s test center at ...
Aviation Today

First MQ-25 Flight Test Pushed To Early 2026

The Navy and Boeing have pushed back the initial flight test of the first MQ-25A Stingray aircraft carrier-based tanker aircraft into early 2026. The government-industry team insisted they are making ...