Aerospace America

Aerospace America is the official magazine of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). It serves around 25,000 aerospace professionals, including all AIAA members and many engineering and aerospace libraries. The magazine offers up-to-date news and insights on industry trends and technologies. With its friendly and engaging layout, it has built a strong reputation for providing useful and trustworthy information.

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NASA nominee calls for dual moon-Mars focus, though questions remain

2 weeks ago | aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org | David Ariosto

The man President Donald Trump tapped as NASA’s next administrator said Wednesday that “we don’t have to make a binary decision” when it comes to U.S. aspirations to land astronauts on both the moon and Mars. “I don’t think we need to make any tough trades,” Jared Isaacman told members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, suggesting that NASA could pursue both destinations.
Wanted: Better weather prediction for air taxis

2 weeks ago | aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org | Paul Brinkmann

Research by NASA and industry has led to progress, but it’s not enough If all goes as planned, FAA could issue the first type certificate for an electric air taxi design sometime this year. As big a milestone as that will be, it won’t automatically allow these aircraft to begin ferrying passengers and cargo en masse, perhaps one day autonomously.
Could an ‘organically led Manhattan Project’ spark a new era in quantum sensing?”

2 weeks ago | aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org | Cat Hofacker

U.S. officials aim to harness commercial partnerships as quantum technologies gain momentum There’s a common refrain that often echoes across the frontiers of quantum sensing: You can’t hide from gravity. Anything with mass, however small, exerts a corresponding gravitational force.
Electra’s CEO on blown lift, short takeoff and landing, and growing interest in hybrid propulsion

1 month ago | aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org | Paul Brinkmann

Demonstrator flight tests continue as production aircraft design gets underwayI’ve followed many twists and turns in the nascent advanced air mobility industry over my three years covering these aircraft designed to ferry passengers and a variety of cargo. One of the latest trends is the growing interest in hybrid propulsion, in addition to the purely electric designs that dominated the early years of development.
U.S. drone operators continue to wait for FAA guidance on flying beyond line of sight

1 month ago | aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org | Paul Brinkmann

The long-awaited draft regulation was due in SeptemberThe U.S. drone industry is growing anxious that a draft FAA regulation that would permit them to routinely fly their aircraft beyond line of sight has yet to be released, even though congressional language mandated FAA do so by September.
Latest commercial moon spacecraft makes troubled landing

1 month ago | aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org | Paul Brinkmann

Outcome of Houston company’s second attempt unclearA lunar lander that’s about as tall as a giraffe touched down on a lunar plateau around 12:30 p.m. Eastern time today, but exchanges among staff at the manufacturer’s command center showed that it experienced technical issues, and its status on the surface was left unclear when the internet broadcast ended. “Athena is on the surface of the moon.
‘We’re on the moon’ - Blue Ghost lander now has 14 days to learn all it can

1 month ago | aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org | Keith Button

Firefly Aerospace claims mantle as first commercial company to make fully successful landing on the moonThe Mini Cooper-sized Blue Ghost lander that touched down on the moon this morning carries lots of interesting technologies, but chief among them are the crumple cartridges in its landing legs and the prototype of a small, radiation resilient computer of a kind that could ride on spacecraft headed to the moon or Mars.
5 examples of growing interest in hybrid aircraft

1 month ago | aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org | Paul Brinkmann

In advanced air mobility, all-electric designs still have a place, but burning fuel is increasingly acceptedAmong the dozens of companies developing electrified aircraft, a decision to embrace hybrid technology in addition to fully battery-powered versions was once seen as a step that could undermine investment in the purely electric designs. Those who were pursuing both technologies tended to be quiet, if not secretive, about their work on versions that burn fuel to supplement battery power.
Rush hour at the moon?

1 month ago | aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org | Cat Hofacker

An app for that might not be crazyTonight’s planned launch of an Intuitive Machines lunar lander will, if all goes as intended, bring to three the number of commercial landers that will attempt to land on moon in the coming days and weeks. That sounds like a small number, but it’s a veritable rush hour considering that since 1966, 17 spacecraft from four countries have succeeded at soft landings on the lunar surface.
Emergency response aircraft competition selects first round of award winners

2 months ago | aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org | Paul Brinkmann |Cat Hofacker

The GoAERO Prize competition focused on aerial emergency response on Tuesday gave its first round of financial awards, totaling $500,000, to 25 teams around the U.S and five other nations that are developing small aircraft prototypes to deliver emergency cargo or rescue people in disaster zones. The winning designs include concepts for cargo aircraft and others that would carry injured or sick people. The contest encourages a large degree of autonomous control up to no human operator aboard.