
Aerospace News & Articles - IEEE Spectrum
Feb 12, 2026 · The latest developments in aviation, satellites, astrophysics, space flight, and space exploration
Electric Aircraft Motor Gets Superconducting Upgrade - IEEE Spectrum
Jun 26, 2025 · High-temperature superconductors are transforming electric aircraft motors from companies like Hinetics, offering unprecedented power density.
Ukraine's Aerostat Revolution Revives Airship Technology - IEEE …
Apr 30, 2025 · In the heart of Ukraine's defense, helium-filled aerostats extend drone reach and safeguard troops.
Helium Giants Return: LTA Research Airship Over SF Bay - IEEE Spectrum
May 27, 2025 · The age of airships is reborn! LTA Research's Pathfinder 1, a 124-meter helium giant, soared over San Francisco Bay, marking a new era in sustainable aviation. Funded by Sergey Brin, …
The World’s Largest 3D Metal Printer Is Churning Out Rockets
Oct 25, 2019 · In traditional aerospace manufacturing, a design change can require almost a year of retooling and adjustments. Because hardware changes take so long, the avionics department is …
Titanium 3D Printer: Improving Aerospace Manufacturing - IEEE …
Dec 3, 2025 · How is cold metal fusion changing the 3D printing landscape for titanium parts?
Fly the Hybrid Skies - IEEE Spectrum
Nov 30, 2023 · For this test series, engineers at GE Aerospace assembled two sets of a hybrid-electric system, representing the right- and left-engine sides of an airplane, and simulated the electrical loads ...
How the Boeing 737 Max Disaster Looks to a Software Developer
Apr 18, 2019 · This is part of the wreckage of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302, a Boeing 737 Max airliner that crashed on 11 March in Bishoftu, Ethiopia, killing all 157 passengers and crew.
Bertrand Piccard's Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Aircraft - IEEE Spectrum
May 25, 2025 · Bertrand Piccard, a modern explorer, aims to make history again by flying a green-hydrogen fuel-cell aircraft around the world nonstop by 2028. Known for his environmental missions, …
The Truth About Terahertz - IEEE Spectrum
Aug 17, 2012 · UPDATE 5 MARCH 2024: In Terahertz technology, everything old is news again. “Not that much has changed in the past 10 or 15 years,” says Peter H. Siegel. Siegel, an IEEE Life …