Articles about aerospace

Recycler rescues mysterious trove of rare aerospace hardware, and sets out to discover its past

Instead of obsolete laptops, gaming consoles or a mess of tangled cords, a drop-off at a Bellevue, Wash., electronics recycler turned up experimental 1970s microprocessors and early flight-control cables that were more like the ultimate tech time capsule. Read More

SpaceX leapfrogs Amazon and briefly tops Microsoft in market value on Cursor acquisition news

Shares of SpaceX surged Tuesday, pushing the Elon Musk-led company above Amazon and into a neck-and-neck race with Microsoft for the title of the world’s fourth-most valuable public company less than a week after its blockbuster $75 billion IPO. Read More

Drone capital of the world? Seattle could be a big winner in the U.S. crackdown on DJI and others

New U.S. restrictions on foreign-made drones could reshape the industry — and give Washington state a major opening. Brinc Drones CEO Blake Resnick says the region’s existing players and aerospace talent position Seattle to benefit as domestic manufacturers scale up. Read More

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Recycler rescues mysterious trove of rare aerospace hardware, and sets out to discover its past

SpaceX leapfrogs Amazon and briefly tops Microsoft in market value on Cursor acquisition news

Drone capital of the world? Seattle could be a big winner in the U.S. crackdown on DJI and others

Outbound Aerospace winds down after exotic aircraft concept reaches the end of its financial runway

Radical’s full-size prototype for a stratospheric drone makes first flight

AeroTEC joins forces with Pratt & Whitney to test hybrid-electric plane in Moses Lake

Outbound Aerospace achieves its first test flight and attracts more funding for airplane ambitions

Spokane’s aerospace Tech Hub lands $48M in federal funding for Eastern Wash. testbed

Judge overturns jury verdict awarding $72M to Zunum in its dispute with Boeing

Boeing chooses its next CEO — and he will reportedly be based back in Seattle

Stealthy aviation startup attracts backers while getting a prototype ready for takeoff

Spokane’s aerospace Tech Hub misses out on federal funding but vows to keep going

Spokane’s Tech Hub places a big bet on advanced aerospace materials — will the feds follow suit?

Former Amazon Prime Air employees raise $4.5M for stealthy solar airplane startup

Stratolaunch’s air-launched test vehicle goes supersonic in its first powered flight

Uncommon Thinkers: MagniX CTO Riona Armesmith geeks out over electric aviation

Boeing and NASA partner with Alaska and other airlines on eco-friendly X-66A aircraft

We have separation: Stratolaunch reaches milestone with release of test payload

Amazon Web Services gets set to ignite space accelerator program’s third stage

Inside the world of aviation, space and defense news with the team behind Hype Aviation

Boeing wins $425M in NASA backing to demonstrate super-fuel-efficient airplane

Stratolaunch flies mammoth airplane with separation test vehicle hooked onto it

Stratolaunch ascends to new heights with successful test of world’s biggest airplane

In its second year, Amazon Web Services’ Space Accelerator boosts 10 far-out startups

Wash. state Dept. of Commerce funds 4 new ‘innovation clusters’

World’s widest airplane flexes its landing gear during Stratolaunch’s fourth test flight

Lockheed Martin kills plans for acquiring Aerojet Rocketdyne after FTC blocks deal

Zeva puts its Zero ‘flying saucer’ eVTOL through first free-flying test in a pasture south of Seattle

MagniX wins $74.3 million from NASA to demonstrate electric aviation technologies

‘We are airborne!’ Stratolaunch sends the world’s biggest plane on second test flight