
Aerospace News & Articles - IEEE Spectrum
Dec 20, 2025 · The latest developments in aviation, satellites, astrophysics, space flight, and space exploration
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, …
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.
Low-Earth-Orbit Satellites Go Low With Bengaluru's Bellatrix - IEEE ...
Oct 3, 2024 · Edd Gent is a contributing editor for IEEE Spectrum. Bellatrix Aerospace's new ultra-low Earth orbit satellite will be powered by a novel air-based electric propulsion system.
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 …
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 ...
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 …
Barrier Breaker Is Shaping Aerospace Engineering’s Future
Sep 18, 2024 · Barrier breaker majors in mentoring future innovators Wesley L. Harris ’s life is a testament to the power of mentorship and determination. Harris, born in 1941 in Richmond, Virginia, …
Katherine Bennell-Pegg: Australia’s First Astronaut Makes History
Nov 4, 2024 · UNSW Sydney, with its School of Aerospace, Mechanical, and Mechatronic Engineering, is renowned for its innovative research in space technology and satellite systems, while UTS …
Titanium 3D Printer: Improving Aerospace Manufacturing - IEEE …
Dec 3, 2025 · Titanium 3D printer technology by CADmore Metal offers faster, cheaper production for 3D printed parts made out of the durable metal.