Virgin Orbit has laid off most of its staff after failing to secure a funding lifeline to continue with the development of its space solutions business. In comments reported by CNBC, Dan Hart, the company’s CEO, told employees at a ...

And Universal Hydrogen is joining the race this week. The company has a test flight planned for its Dash 8-300, a regional aircraft with over 40 seats.  The major goal is to test out the propulsion system, which will use ...

Photo: Philip Pilosian (Shutterstock) In aviation, a “tail strike” is an unfortunate incident in which a plane’s tail literally strikes the runway, the ground, or another stationary object. Typically, such episodes will occur during take off or landing and, typically, ...