Aerospace

General Jay Raymond, Commander of Air Force Space Command, talks about keeping watch over space and cyber.

Researchers have found that engineered sugarcane could yield more than 2,500 liters of bio-jet fuel per acre of land

Quadcopter crashes with a helicopter and plane—the first-ever in the U.S. and Canada, respectively—show that such encounters are no longer hypothetical

SETI pioneer Jill Tarter and Berkeley researcher Dan Werthimer talk about how the discovery of nearby exoplanets is inspiring new efforts to gain info about these galactic neighbors.  

Drone pilots say they can save lives, but emergency responders want them grounded

Major airports will see more frequent takeoff weight restrictions in the coming decades due to increasingly common hot temperatures

The move is politically risky, but could bypass bureaucratic impediments to much-needed modernization

The F-35 was billed as a fighter jet that could do almost everything the U.S. military desired but has turned out to be one of the greatest boondoggles in recent military purchasing history

This past April business traveler Tom Stuker became the world’s most frequent flyer, logging 18 million miles of air travel on United Airlines over the last 14 years

Industry is working on new aircraft fuels that reduce greenhouse gas emissions

A new air traffic control system could ensure that you spend less time flying the crowded skies

Self-piloting quadcopters make more sense than an airplane–automobile hybrid—but safety and logistics problems remain