China’s naval planners desire to have five or six aircraft carriers in their fleet by the 2030s, according to Wang Yunfei, a retired PLAN officer with knowledge about Beijing’s carrier plans.

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On Tuesday, the FAA issued a final rule for the qualifications and training that instructors and pilots must have to fly aircraft in this “powered-lift” category. The rule also addresses their ...

Spirit Airlines has announced a significant aircraft sale to GA Telesis, expected to boost its liquidity by $225 million by the end of 2025. Despite a planned reduction in capacity due to the sale ...

Using CCAs as a force multiplier, manned aircraft are able to effectively operate as a much larger force than they already are. The unmanned platforms can be used as simple ‘missile trucks ...

eVTOL aircraft are powered by electricity and take off and land vertically, like helicopters. Once airborne, eVTOL aircraft use tilt rotors which transition into forward flight mode, like fixed ...

The agreement is with GA Telesis, a firm that specializes in aircraft sales, leasing, distribution and maintenance facilities, according to a regulatory filing. Spirit estimates the sale would ...

Electric aircraft startup Lilium is shutting down after failing to raise emergency money from the German government, according to a regulatory filing. The filing comes after a series of setbacks ...

However, there's still a weight problem because electric motors powerful enough to be practical for conventional-sized aircraft are very heavy, with a poor power-to-weight ratio. Airbus/Toshiba ...

The Federal Aviation Administration has formally recognized a new category of aircraft for the first time in roughly eight decades — a technology not so different from the flying cars of “The ...

The US Marines successfully tested their experimental unmanned "loyal wingman" aircraft alongside F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jets earlier this month. The flight test, the fourth for the ...

The world’s leading electric vehicle takeoff and landing (eVTOL) developers have been reacting to news that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved a revolutionary new aircraft category ...