Manufacturing Minute: This Plane-Blimp Hybrid Is Called A Plimp

The unmanned 28-foot aircraft contains a helium-filled envelope that gives the craft the buoyancy of a blimp.

Oct 11th, 2017

7 Actions Manufacturers Need to Take Now

7 Actions Manufacturers Need to Take Now

Fortune favors the bold and in order to get through this crisis, manufacturers must take decisive action.

United Airlines airplane takes off at San Francisco International Airport, Oct. 15, 2020.

United Seeks to Build its Own Pilot Pipeline

The airline vowed to train 5,000 pilots this decade, including taking on applicants with no flying experience.

Image taken from video showing debris from a SpaceX rocket behind clouds over Vancouver, Wash., March 25, 2021.

SpaceX Rocket Debris Lands at Farm

The nearly intact helium storage vessel left a 4-inch dent in the ground.

Goldwater Center for Science and Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz.

Scientists Develop a Way to Speed Up Research in Space

And it's all happening some 3,500 meters under the sea.

Supersonic Passenger Jet Would Travel at Mach 4

Aerion wants to fly commercial from Los Angeles to Tokyo in three hours.

A Guided MLRS is fired from Lockheed Martin’s HIMARS launcher.

Lockheed Gets $1B Rocket Contract

The contract calls for the production of more than 11,000 rockets.

Virgin Galactic unveiled the VSS Imagine on Tuesday, March 30, 2020.

Virgin Galactic Rolls Out New Spaceship

And it has a mirror-like finish.

The camera froze on this frame before the explosion.

SpaceX Launches Test Rocket, Breaks Apart Before Landing

Elon Musk tweeted "at least the crater is in the right place!"

Chris Sembroski, from left, Jared Isaacman, Hayley Arceneaux and Sian Proctor at the SpaceX launch pad, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Fla., March 29, 2021.

Two Space Fans Get Seats on Billionaire's SpaceX Flight

An Arizona teacher and a Washington data engineer will spend three days in orbit.

Nevada Company Sues NASA Over Space Habitat

The company claims that NASA owes it over $1 million.

Petr Kellner, PPF's main shareholder, watches his daughter compete during the equestrian CET Prague Cup, CSIO Grand Prix, Prague, August 23, 2020.

Czech Billionaire Killed in Helicopter Crash

The Eurocopter AS50 crashed under unknown circumstances in Alaska.

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Southwest Orders 100 Boeing 737 Max Planes

Dallas-based Southwest expects aircraft capital spending of about $5.1 billion through 2026.