With a growing market for passenger-to-freighter conversions, the major airframe components directly involved with main deck handling of bulk freight and cargo contained within unit load devices are ...

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Natilus, Inc., the U.S. company working to democratize global freight transport by making air cargo more competitive, today announced major milestones in the design and ...

Airbus Defence and Space has developed and tested a loading system to lift outsized military cargo into the Airbus Beluga A300-600ST aircraft. The capability was successfully tested during a ...

June 19, 2023: Currently, cargo aircraft lacking a cargo ramp in the rear must use a fork-lift or K-loader to get cargo onto or off the aircraft. The K-loader is a hydraulically operated cargo lift ...

The nose-loading freighter shipped an Airbus-made satellite from Toulouse, France, to Florida. The mammoth BelugaST is deployed to transport oversized items like satellites and helicopters. In 1994, ...

Cento is the name of an aircraft designed to revolutionize cargo operations across multiple commercial and military sectors. It's hybrid-electric, which helps reduce emissions and costs, and it's ...

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on FreightWaves.com. Airbus said Tuesday it is commercializing its in-house fleet of Beluga supersize jets used to transport large aircraft components ...

Airbus’s A350 freighter development is advancing with Ancra International set to deliver the initial cargo-loading system in 2024, while Curtiss-Wright will provide actuation for the type’s main-deck ...

Incompatibility between pallets and nets, outdated training, and poor handling standards continue to undermine air cargo ...

China's self-developed "Tianma-1000" unmanned transport aircraft successfully completed its maiden flight on Sunday.

China’s domestically developed ton-class unmanned transport aircraft, Tianma-1000, completed its maiden flight on January 11.