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 ...

German start-up ERC System will in 2026 fly the first prototype of a vertical take-off and landing uncrewed cargo aircraft it hopes to bring to market in the coming years.

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 ...

Sikorsky is flying Matrix, its autonomous flight control system, on a “large cargo aircraft”. The statement, which came during a 8 February press conference about recent uninhabited autonomous flights ...

Summary: The U.S. Navy’s USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) Ford-Class aircraft carrier has conducted successful “dead-load” tests using the electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS), launching ...