Arsenyev plant “Progress” has started production of the first experimental batch of helicopters Ka-62. According to the message of the government of Primorsky Krai, this party will include six vehicles, two of which will be used for nutrigrain traffic. Under Read more
Company Stratolaunch September 2020 plans to resume test flights of the Stratolaunch Model 351 — plane with the longest wing in the world, according to SpaceNews, citing a statement by Vice-President of the company. However, in the next few years Read more
Promising air taxi-gyro Tensor 600X, developed by the German Aeronautics company Fraundorfer, made its first flight. As writes the Cockpit, the duration of the first flight during which the aircraft accelerated to 130 kilometers per hour and climbed to a Read more
A prototype of a promising electric air taxi-Jet convertiplane of Lilium, the development of which involved the German startup Lilium, burnt down during the maintenance. As writes Flightglobal, the incident occurred on February 27, 2020. The aircraft, the first prototype Read more
The European Union launched the programme for the development of hybrid 50-seat passenger aircraft for regional transportation, which can start performing regular flights from 2035-2040 years. As written by Aviation Week, the first phase of the project is to develop Read more
The American company Bell Helicopter has announced the development of the electrical system tail rotors and compensation of reactive torque for helicopters. As writes the Vertical, the system is tested on a modified multi-purpose helicopter Bell 429 in Mirabel in Read more
The American company Lockheed Martin before the end of 2020, fully completed the Assembly of a demonstrator of “quiet” supersonic passenger aircraft X-59, which is being developed under the project QueSST. As writes Live Science, the new aircraft also will Read more
The Polish company Metal Master is scheduled for April 2020 beginning of flight tests of production version of the promising of very light jet aircraft Flaris LAR01. As reports Flightglobal, currently the developers are preparing the aircraft for flight tests. Read more
European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has presented the flight model of a passenger plane, made on a “blended wing” and used as a demonstrator and for the development of new technologies of robust control. According to the message aviakontserna, the model Read more
Passenger plane Boeing 747-436 British Airways in the night from 8 to 9 February 2020 set a record flight time across the Atlantic among a subsonic aircraft. According to the records of the service Flightradar24, the plane flew from the Read more