The 2026 Showcase issue of Aircraft Interiors International is now available online! This special edition is packed full of ...

Photo: Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. The aircraft industry inspired many automotive designs and technologies over the years, but these five concept cars have taken the aircraft-inspired theme to a ...

The Low Cost Attritable Aircraft Platform Sharing program exploits the biology’s “genus” and “species” concept, which will allow the use of a common base system to build large numbers of inexpensive, ...

Honda's Research Institute (HRI) received FAA approval to test a subscale model of its hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft at its new R&D facility in San Luis Obispo, ...

Seattle-based startup for aerial mobility Jetoptera tested its innovative bladeless VTOL aircraft concept to demonstrate its ability to reach speeds of 0.8 Mach or 614 mph. The data was reported ...

The sky is the limit – both for dreams and man in physical form. Recent years have brought countless advances to the aviation industry and these, in turn, are reigniting the dream of hypersonic ...

When electric aircraft developer Joby Aviation in August unveiled its concept for a hybrid-powered, optionally piloted variant of its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) S4 air taxi, it ...

Southern California start-up Natilus has emerged with a blended wing-body (BWB) aircraft design it believes will upend decades of tube-and-wing dominance in the commercial jet market. “When we started ...

Full-scale models of the first increment’s CCA designs by Anduril and General Atomics are among the exhibits of this year’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference. The Air Force Association’s (AFA) Air, Space ...

The concept of blended-wing aircraft – where fuselage and wing are all one structure – is not new. But this radical design might soon be a credible concept for airliners. In March 2025, a small ...

The conceptual design stage is a key step in aircraft development, laying the foundation for performance, efficiency and innovation. Traditionally, this process relies heavily on experienced designers ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gaurav Sharma is a London-based analyst who covers energy & ESG. In a bid to reduce its carbon footprint, the global aviation ...