
Aerospace News & Articles - IEEE Spectrum
Dec 12, 2025 · The latest developments in aviation, satellites, astrophysics, space flight, and space exploration
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.
Electric Aircraft Motor Gets Superconducting Upgrade - IEEE Spectrum
Jun 26, 2025 · Superconducting motors are set to power regional airliners with unmatched efficiency. Learn about the tech behind this aviation leap.
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, …
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 ...
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 …
MEMS In Space - IEEE Spectrum
Jul 2, 2001 · A MEMS-based digital thruster for attitude control is under development by Aerospace, TRW Inc. (headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio), and the California Institute of Technology, in Pasadena.
Titanium 3D Printer: Improving Aerospace Manufacturing - IEEE …
Dec 3, 2025 · How is cold metal fusion changing the 3D printing landscape for titanium parts?
GPS Spoofing Attacks Are Dangerously Misleading Airliners
Dec 29, 2024 · Todd Humphreys is a professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, where he directs the Wireless Networking and Communications Group and the …
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, …