Aviation technology analysis with Vector. Electric aircraft, avionics advances, eVTOL certification, satellite connectivity, and the engineering innovations shaping the future of flight.
The Pipistrel Velis Electro is the world's first type-certified electric airplane - here's what its 50-minute range actually proves.
Radio Hangar explores The Two ADS-B Links, Ten Ninety ES and Nine Seventy-Eight UAT, and Why the FAA Has to Rebroadcast Traffic So the Two Halves of the Sky Can See Each Other.
How Rocket Lab caught a falling Electron booster with a Sikorsky helicopter - and why the company quietly retired the stunt for a boat.
Aireon's 66-satellite ADS-B network finally put real-time surveillance over the oceans, cutting separation from 80 to 14 nautical miles.
Auto-GCAS automatically rolls an F-16 level and pulls away from the ground when the pilot is unconscious or disoriented, saving lives and aircraft.
How Boom Supersonic's XB-1 broke the sound barrier over the US - and why the Symphony engine will decide whether Overture ever flies.
FIS-B beams free NEXRAD weather to your cockpit, but its built-in latency makes it a strategic tool that's dangerous to use for threading between storm cells.
How Joby's S4 tilts six electric propellers from hover to cruise - and why that transition decides the air taxi race.
Radio Hangar explores The Sierra Space Dream Chaser, Tenacity, and the Lifting-Body Spaceplane That Glides Home to a Runway Like an Airliner.
How ZeroAvia's hydrogen fuel-cell powertrain flew a 19-seat turboprop on water vapor - and the storage physics that decides its future.
Radio Hangar explores ADS-B Spoofing, the Unauthenticated Broadcast, and Why the System That Sees Every Airplane Will Believe an Airplane That Isn't There.
Airbus DragonFly is a flight-tested demonstrator that can divert, land, and taxi an airliner when the crew can't - here's how it works.
Garmin Smart Glide turns an engine failure into a managed glide with one button - here's how it works and where its limits are.
How REGENT's electric Viceroy seaglider uses ground effect to fly a few feet over water, replacing coastal ferries at 180 mph.
The Lightspeed Delta Zulu builds a carbon monoxide sensor into your headset, adding real safety to any cockpit you fly.
NASA and Boeing's X-66 revives the strut-braced wing to cut narrow-body airliner fuel burn by up to 30 percent.
How the Stratolaunch Roc, the widest airplane ever built, became a reusable runway in the sky for hypersonic test flights.
How Aireon's 66 satellites put ADS-B receivers in orbit and finally closed air traffic control's oldest blind spot: the open ocean.
Sierra Space's Dream Chaser spaceplane, first vehicle Tenacity, aims to land from orbit on a runway like an airliner.
Electra's hybrid-electric EL9 uses blown lift and eight electric motors to take off and land in as little as 150 feet.