Collins Aerospace to build US$50m electrical systems testing lab
The lab will create one of the aerospace industry’s most power dense and efficient propulsion motors and be used to develop hybrid-electric aircraft
Features
Gearing up: Reaction Engine’s testing program moves forward
Air-breathing rockets could radically alter the space industry by reducing the cost of launches and increasing the number of testing facilities available to engineers
Opinion
Flying taxis within five years? Not likely
Jason Middleton, emeritus professor, School of Aviation, University of New South Wales, discusses the challenges facing the developers of unmanned passenger air vehicles
Flight Testing
Boeing to start 777X testing
Boeing has announced it is to reveal the 777x on March 13 at its Everett plant in Washington
Defense
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover progresses through testing
In a little more than seven minutes in the early afternoon of February 18, 2021, NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will…
