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The Future Of Flight: Helicopters Will Fly Like Airplanes
Hover CraftEngineers are designing the first major addition to the U.S. VTOL fleet in more than two decades. The plans are mostly secret, but the craft will likely draw from tilt-rotor, VTOL...
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The Future Of Flight: Swarms Will Dominate The Sky
SkynetResearchers in Switzerland recently developed a concept to use a swarm of UAVs as a local communication network for emergency workers in disaster areas.Courtesy EPFLLast year, researchers at the...
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The Future Of Flight: Planes That Never Need To Land
Glide PathThe Jet Streamer, which is in development at Lehigh University, will draw energy from differentials in wind speed, so it could fly with little or no fuel.Courtesy Lehigh UniversityIn 1883,...
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The Future Of Flight: 3-D Printed Planes
Custom BladesEngineers at NASA are testing functional 3-D–printed parts for a rocket engine. But printing a turbofan, as rendered below, is beyond reach—for now.Todd DetwilerLast fall, GE Aviation...
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The Future Of Flight: A Congestion-Killing Aircraft
Cestol AircraftCourtesy Eric Paciano/CaliforniaAircraft design is often overlooked in discussions of the FAA's multibillion-dollar NextGen initiative, the elaborate mélange of satellite-based guidance,...
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The Future Of Flight: Helicopters Will Fly Like Airplanes
Technology Two new programs are coming to improve the U.S. Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) fleet. In the wake of the unsuccessful Iran hostage-rescue attempt in 1980, when three of eight...
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The Future Of Flight: Swarms Will Dominate The Sky
Technology Coordinated swarms of drones could pollinate crops, monitor traffic, and more. Last year, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Grasp (General Robotics, Automation, Sensing &...
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The Future Of Flight: Planes That Never Need To Land
Technology Perpetual flight is going, so get ready for planes that just keep going and going and going... In 1883, Nobel laureate John Strutt, a physicist and the third Baron Rayleigh, put forward a...
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The Future Of Flight: 3-D Printed Planes
Technology NASA, Boeing, and others are using 3-D printed parts in their aircraft. Next up? A printable private jet. Last fall, GE Aviation quietly purchased two small 3-D–printing companies, Morris...
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The Future Of Flight: A Congestion-Killing Aircraft
Technology Meet the 100-passenger plane that'll keep your flight running on time. Aircraft design is often overlooked in discussions of the FAA's multibillion-dollar NextGen initiative, the elaborate...
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