Largest US unmanned aircraft completes first operational test flight

U.S. Navy’s massive MQ-25 Stingray tanker drone completes maiden flight, marking critical progress toward autonomous carrier ...
Flightglobal

Flight-control issue prompts NASA and Lockheed to move X-59 back inside for troubleshooting

NASA and partner Lockheed Martin are evaluating a newly discovered flight-control problem with the agency’s X-59 supersonic demonstrator jet, and have moved the aircraft back inside for evaluation.
New Atlas

New system lets X-62A aircraft adjust flight control behavior in the air

As a result, flight testing is vastly sped up because the aircraft can shift to a new iteration without having to land and head back to the hangar. In addition, SAFE uses AI and machine learning to ...
SUAS News

Horizon Aircraft completes wind tunnel transition flight testing

Horizon Aircraft (“Company” or “Horizon”), an innovative leader in hybrid electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) aerial vehicles, announced today that it has successfully completed initial ...
Seeking Alpha

Odysight.ai Partners with XP Services for First US Flight Testing of its AI-Predictive Maintenance System on UH-60 Helicopter

Omer, Israel, March 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Odysight.ai ® Inc. (NASDAQ: ODYS), a leader in AI/ML-driven visual sensing solutions for predictive and conditions-based maintenance (CBM+), today ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel

Joby Aviation assembling conforming aircraft in Marina for flight testing

MARINA — Joby Aviation, on its way to commercial flight of its all-electric, vertical take-off and landing air taxi, is preparing for final assembly of the first of several conforming aircraft ...
Aviation Week

Flight Control System Designs Get Smaller, More Powerful

Emerging electromechanical actuation technologies for flight control systems will support more electric architecture. Credit: Collins Aerospace With a new age of electrically driven advanced air ...
New Atlas

Active flow control X-Plane uses virtual control surfaces made from air

DARPA has awarded Aurora Flight Sciences a phase 2 contract for its CRANE (Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors) program, following wind tunnel testing of a small-scale X-plane that ...
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Honda Aircraft completes Garmin Autoland certification flight testing for Elite II

Honda Aircraft has completed certification flight testing for the Garmin Autoland emergency landing system on its HondaJet HA-420 Elite II, moving closer to becoming the first twin-turbine very light ...
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Inside the U.S. Navy’s Intense Aircraft Carrier Testing Proc

When the U.S. Navy’s USS Gerald R. Ford endured three massive explosions off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida in 2021, each ...
Nature

Aircraft Performance and Flight Control Systems

Aircraft performance and flight control systems together determine an aeroplane’s ability to fly safely, efficiently and accurately along a desired trajectory. Performance considerations encompass ...