More than a decade ago, Northrop Grumman adopted production technology from the auto industry and unveiled an automated assembly line to mass-produce fuselages for the F-35 jet fighter.
FRONT ROYAL, VA—Silent Falcon UAS Technologies, an unmanned aircraft manufacturer, plans to establish an East Coast headquarters here at the Front Royal-Warren County Airport.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—Wisk, an urban air mobility company, is teaming up with NASA engineers to focus on the safe integration of autonomous aircraft systems into national air traffic patterns.
LEIPZING, Germany—A new aircraft manufacturer, called DRA, has been launched to develop an updated version of the Dornier 328 aircraft, known as the D328NEU.
During the first five decades of commercial aviation, aircraft design changed dramatically. However, that hasn’t been the case over the last 50 years. Despite major developments in materials, the basic shape of commercial aircraft has remained relatively the same since the 1960s.
A new generation of supersonic aircraft could dramatically change commercial flight. While the basic technology has been around for decades, it's been plagued by noise issues. Due to sonic booms, supersonic jetliners are unable to fly over land.
