Throughout much of history, humanity has desired to get its feet off the ground. High off the ground. Thus, around the start of the 20th century, great strides were made in aviation. In short order, ...

Autonomous electric aviation startup Pyka is working hard to scale up its crop-dusting and cargo plane lines, but it has attracted a lucrative new suitor: the Pentagon. The promise of a ...

A Canadian airline plans to expand its fleet with a futuristic "blended-wing body" aircraft. The design would be a first in commercial aviation. The manufacturer plans to also build a 200-person ...

Well over a century after the Age of Sail gave way to coal- and oil-burning ships, climate change concerns are prompting a new look at an old technology that could once again harness wind to propel ...

Boeing is adding capacity to convert old 737 passenger planes into cargo haulers, a bet on continued growth in e-commerce. The Chicago-based company said Wednesday it will add two production lines to ...

Pyka’s autonomous electric Pelican cargo carrier is an adaptation of a plane it developed for crop spraying. The startup sees it as a step toward developing a zero-emission short takeoff and landing ...

CLIMATEWIRE | One of the Air Force's largest airplanes may have to fly with smaller cargo loads due to climate change, according to new research published by the agency. The C-17 Globemaster III is ...

Canadian charter airline Nolinor Aviation has agreed to buy an all-new aircraft type known as a "blended-wing body" as it expands beyond its all-Boeing fleet. The futuristic cargo plane "Kona" is ...

Although aircraft are still a relatively modern invention, they have become the dominant way of moving across large distances. Early planes were rather small and often could only carry a crew of one ...