Thin Wings, Big Impacts: NASA-Boeing’s X-66 Wing Research Could Shake Widebody Valuations
Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) The NASA and Boeing X-66 flight demonstrator project. (Image: Boeing) In mid-2025 the aviation world marked a milestone in aerodynamics and...
Sharkskin Meets the Flight Deck: How AeroSHARK Could Recode the A330’s Avionics Future
Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) Pictured: Left, an Airbus A330 airliner. Right, a Boeing 777F with the AeroSHARK skin added to reduce drag. (Photo: Lufthansa Technik) Older...
Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) C919 airliner aircraft. (Photo: COMAC) The conversation around China’s COMAC C919...
Pictured is a Pratt & Whitney photo of its F135 engine for the F-35 fighter. RTX‘s Pratt & Whitney said on Sept. 22 that it is developing a new 500 to 1,800 pounds of thrust class of...
Beehive Plans Altitude Testing Of Frenzy Engine For UAVs In October, Flight Tests In Early ‘26
First fire of Beehive Industries’ Frenzy engine. (Photo: Beehive.) Beehive Industries, a propulsion startup firm, said on Sept. 22 it’s ramping up testing of its Frenzy line of...
GE Aerospace, Kratos Begin Altitude Testing For New GEK800 Small Engine
The GE Aerospace-Kratos GEK800 800-pound thrust turbojet engine. (Photo: Kratos) GE Aerospace and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions have begun altitude testing for their new low-cost GEK800...
