Aerospace

Two industry leaders have signed an agreement for the future of aviation development.

April 10, 2012 4:47am | By Charlie Osborne

These are your fee dollars at work: low-cost European air carrier RyanAir is set to purchase about 150 Boeing 737 passenger jets.

3 | January 23, 2013 9:12am | By Andrew Nusca

The Actuation 2015 consortium funded by the European Union welcomes another member in its quest to develop the underpinnings for an all-electric aircraft.

February 14, 2012 8:55am | By Andrew Nusca

SmartPlanet's C.C. Sullivan visits "California Design" in Los Angeles and brings back ideas on the materials and manufacturing that made it all happen.

February 9, 2012 5:39am | By C.C. Sullivan

Facebook coaxes your valuable personal information away from you. It has leveraged that into a $1 billion profit, and an enormous market cap. Woe betide manufacturers! Sound off here.

18 | February 2, 2012 7:02am | By Mark Halper

From gaming applications to fitness accessories, the potential consumer applications for motion-capture technology are quite literally limitless.

4 | January 2, 2013 3:07am | By Mari Silbey

"The Morning Briefing" is SmartPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about the aviation industry.

1 | January 2, 2013 12:20am | By Charlie Osborne

Commercial space visionaries see actual city-to-city connections as the next stage in suborbital space travel.

7 | October 3, 2011 10:27pm | By Joe McKendrick

The Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT) will be in a state of aimless free fall sometime in late October or early November, scientists predict.

3 | September 29, 2011 6:28am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

China's largest unmanned helicopter has successfully completed its first test flight. Will it become the next military drone?

May 10, 2011 3:07am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

The United States' ever-fluctuating plans for NASA is threatening the science and engineering brainpower and workforce development needed to remain a space player.

5 | March 30, 2011 10:15am | By Larry Dignan

GE's new Global Innovation Barometer indicates that global executives believe the U.S. leads the world in innovation. Behind it? Germany, Japan and China.

7 | January 26, 2011 7:15am | By Andrew Nusca

United was the first U.S. carrier to get on-board with the U.N. Global Compact. Its latest corporate responsibility report underscores the role technology will play in reducing the impact of air...

3 | October 18, 2010 6:02am | By Heather Clancy

Boeing's new unmanned aerial vehicle, the Phantom Eye, can conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance -- and use hydrogen to do it.

6 | July 13, 2010 6:22am | By Andrew Nusca

One of the Concorde's biggest problems was the supersonic boom it created due to its speed. Two new designs hope to defeat--or at least lessen--the noise.

11 | July 1, 2010 5:44pm | By Dan Nosowitz

Contrary to popular belief, Millennials aren't driven primarily by eco-interests, but they do believe in business as a cause.

3 | May 25, 2010 2:51pm | By Heather Clancy

It's good to be in the business of building a smarter planet: the top 10 highest-paying college majors are all technical degrees.

April 14, 2010 9:00am | By Andrew Nusca

Zipping around the earth's atmosphere, or even to the moon, may require a different kind of insurance.

1 | February 26, 2010 9:33am | By Joe McKendrick

For the first time, see satellite images of the world's biggest graveyard for military aircraft.

2 | February 24, 2010 8:48am | By Andrew Nusca

The space agency awards a $500 million contract for development of a suit astronauts may wear to the moon or Mars.

13 | January 28, 2010 4:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan