New, weight-saving materials and manufacturing processes not only increase efficiency and reduce costs, but in particular represent milestones on the way to climate-friendly flying: in a typical ...

Van’s Aircraft, well known for a long-line of two and four-place kits now numbering more than 10,000, will soon begin building complete aircraft on a new assembly line the company is creating in ...

The choice of welding method for your homebuilt aircraft’s steel tube fuselage represents one of the most critical decisions in your building journey. Each welding process offers distinct advantages ...

One of the aeronautical challenges of the 21st century is finding a way to quickly construct new, sustainable aircraft. Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HiCAM), one of NASA’s newest projects, ...

Satellite photos have captured the first blocks being put in place for Beijing’s next aircraft carrier. It’s going to be big. And it could take on the best the US has to offer. Beijing’s naval ...

The United States is building its next generation of aircraft carrier, the FORD-class carriers. The U.S. Navy gave us access to photograph construction of the USS Gerald R. Ford at Newport News ...

THE A350 is a twin-engined airliner that is the top of the range of Airbus’s offerings, rolling out of the company’s factory in Toulouse, France, at the rate of ten a month. Each of the finished ...

Russia plans to start construction of an aircraft carrier after 2025, the Russian TASS news agency reported Monday, citing a source in the country’s military industrial complex. The revelation ...

A new commercial space venture sponsored by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has broken ground on a California production facility to build a giant mothership for private rocket launches. The ...

Construction-equipment maker Komatsu Ltd. has plans to solve a potential shortage of construction workers in Japan: Let drones and driverless bulldozers do part of the work. Tokyo-based Komatsu said ...