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Boeing’s safety chief
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (475+ words) One might assume there are many differences between Don Ruhmann's current job and his past roles in aircraft engineering and program management. But as he sees it, they're "very complementary," he told me on the sidelines of AIAA's SciTech Forum…...
NASA’s new superalloy
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (806+ words) The heat inside the combustion chamber of a rocket or turbine engine can create a hellscape for metal components, with temperatures often exceeding 1,000 degrees Celsius. NASA might soon be able to offer a better alternative: GRX-810, a nickel-based superalloy in…...
Expanding our coverage of defense and Congress
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (358+ words) The Aerospace America staff grew in January, when we welcomed a second staff reporter: Aspen Pflughoeft. Aspen joined us from McClatchy, where she spent nearly four years. She led the company's international and science coverage for its real-time news team,…...
Air jets under pressure
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (1221+ words) For over a century, aircraft pitch, yaw and roll control has been provided by a familiar trio of control'surfaces: ailerons, rudders and elevators. But have these heavy, draggy, difficult-to-actuate mechanisms had their day? Could the aerodynamic maneuvering forces these legacy…...
Charting the Skies Ahead: Expert Panel Discusses Next Steps in AAM Certification
10+ mon, 5+ day ago (268+ words) The briefing marked the second in a series of'AAM-focused Capitol Hill events'hosted by AIAA this year, drawing congressional staff and industry stakeholders. The panel discussion centered on how AAM and automated aerospace technologies could be integrated safely and successfully into…...
Beyond Gate to Gate: Integrating Advanced Air Mobility into America’s Multimodal Transportation Network
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (471+ words) That challenge'along with the opportunities it brings'was highlighted by AIAA and the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) at their webinar on 24 June. A panel of experts from federal agencies, state transportation departments, and major research institutions discussed how…...
AAM Workforce Development Panel Encourages U.S. Leadership of Innovation
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (212+ words) When it comes to advanced air mobility or AAM investment, the United States is outspending Europe by about 10 to 1, according to Michael Dyment, NEXA Capital Partners, at an AIAA lunchtime briefing on 20 March in Washington, D.C." Congressional staff were joined by…...
AIAA Celebrates the eIPP Awards and AAM Progress
1+ week, 3+ day ago (302+ words) The aviation industry is characterized by its agility and optimism. Every decade is more dynamic than the one before, as aerospace engineers design and test novel aircraft and optimize solutions to ground-based problems. The eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) awardees,…...
NASA cuts short second flight of X-59 experimental plane
1+ week, 5+ day ago (517+ words) NASA is investigating the root cause of a warning light that popped up minutes into the second flight of its X-59 research plane, prompting the pilot to make an early landing. After taking off from NASA's Armstrong Research Center in California,…...
AIAA Releases Special Collection Celebrating 100 Years of Rocketry
2+ week, 3+ day ago (221+ words) Release Coincides with 100th Anniversary of Dr. Robert H. Goddard's First Liquid-Fueled Rocket Test RELATED READING:March 2026: The Goddard Centennial " Aerospace America "We are thrilled to honor 100 years of rocketry this year. Today's modern space launch vehicles were enabled when Dr. Goddard…...