GTF Ground Stop: How a Breakthrough Engine Became Aviation’s Biggest Bottleneck
An RTX Pratt & Whitney GTF Advantage engine for the Airbus A321neo aircraft family. (Photo: RTX) Pratt & Whitney is widening its mandatory inspection program for Geared Turbofan (GTF) engines...
Broken Towers, Blind Runways: ATC Dysfunction Is Forcing an Avionics Overhaul
March 25 screenshot of National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) B-Roll of LaGuardia Airport Runway Collision Between Flight 8646 and Firefighting Truck. (Image: NTSB) The aftermath of the deadly...
Boeing Rewrites the Cockpit Playbook as Regulators Tighten the Screws
Boeing 737 MAX cockpit. As the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) sustains unprecedented oversight of Boeing’s production and safety systems following the 2024 Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9...
Pictured is a U.S. Air Force photo of Anduril Industries’ YFQ-44A prototype in flight. Last week, the Air Force’s Experimental Operations Unit (EOU) at Nellis AFB, Nev., tested an Anduril...
Army’s Work With H-60Mx Black Hawk To Inform Bringing Autonomy To MV-75 FLRAA
The U.S. Army officially received a groundbreaking H-60Mx Black Hawk helicopter, extensively modified to fly with or without a pilot at the controls. (Photo courtesy Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin...
Want to own a building cleaning drone? These ROI numbers are tough to ignore
If you’ve been reading The Drone Girl for a while, you already know about the Lucid Bots Sherpa Drone — it’s one of the best exterior building cleaning drones on the market. But while that...
