This milestone brings the company one step closer to FAA approval.

Joby Aviation achieved a major milestone on April 22, 2025 when it became the first company to fly an all-electric tilt-rotor eVTOL with a pilot aboard as it transitioned from horizontal to vertical flight and back again. The race to place the first ...

The flight deck of an aircraft carrier is one of the most dangerous workplaces in the world. That's why there is no time to lose when a fire breaks out.

NASA’s Lockheed Martin X-59 Quesst low-boom demonstrator returned to the air with flights on March 26 and 27. Credit: NASA The cockpit warning light that cut short the second flight of NASA’s X-59 low-boom supersonic flight demonstrator on March 20 proved to be a false positive and the aircraft resumed envelope expansion testing with back-to-back flights on March 26 and 27.

DARPA's X-65, that replaces conventional aircraft flight controls with puffs of air, is coming together at Boeing subsidiary Aurora’s Bridgeport, West Virginia facility. The fuselage is taking shape and awaits its radical wing design. With its advanced ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Offering an insider’s view of the business of flight. Following reports of three green laser illuminations near Boston Logan International Airport on September 15, the Federal Aviation ...

Aircraft carriers are capable of launching and recovering jets in some of the most challenging environments on Earth. But the one thing that doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense to outsiders: why do they always turn into the wind before an aircraft ...

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft completed its second test flight on March 20, 2026, lifting off from the dry lakebed near Edwards, California, before a cockpit warning forced the jet back to the ground just nine minutes after takeoff.