The company Virgin Galactic has presented the project of a supersonic passenger plane, can reach speeds of up to three Mach numbers. It is designed to carry from 9 to 19. The company also announced the signing of a Memorandum Read more
The American company Boom Supersonic involved in the creation of supersonic passenger aircraft of the Overture concluded with the British company Rolls-Royce agreement on the joint development of a new engine for the aircraft. According to the message Supersonic Boom, Read more
The Foundation for advanced studies tested a demonstrator unmanned aerial vehicle, made by the scheme cyclogiro. About it as reports TASS, said the General Director of the Fund Andrey Grigoriev. Tests of the device, which the Fund called cyclonetm, were Read more
The American company Aerion Supersonic has announced its intention to begin mass production of promising AS2 supersonic aircraft in 2023. As writes Flightglobal, at the first stage the volume of production aircraft will be small, but later it will reach Read more
The company Virgin Galactic showedhow will look the interior of the rocket plane VSS Unity. In addition, the company first showed footage from the cockpit shot during test flights on the border between space and atmosphere. Virgin Galactic plans to Read more
The Swiss company Dufour Aerospace has built a prototype of a commuter jet with rotary wing aEro 2 and conducted his flight tests. The company’s specialists have already completed the first phase of testing, which included 550 flights, and showed Read more
European consortium Airbus Helicopters filed in European patent office application for patent for the invention of the electric system for emergency landing of single-engine helicopters. As writes Flightglobal, the patent describes already developed by the system, the first test which Read more
Brazilian-American Texas Aircraft Manufacturing company began developing electric training aircraft, which can also be used as a sport aircraft. As written by Aviation Week, the new device will receive a lithium-sulfur battery with increased capacity, due to which his flight Read more
The UK authorities announced their intention to switch to carbon-neutral aviation to 2050. As written by Aviation Week, July 22, the first meeting of the British government’s working group, which will support projects of aircraft with zero net carbon emissions. Read more
Looking Chinese amphibious aircraft AG600, the world’s largest seaplane, made the first takeoff from the sea surface. As reported by the CGTN, testing took place on 26 July 2020 in the Yellow sea off the coast of Qingdao in Shandong Read more