The cargo plane is derived from the company's A350-1000 passenger jet and boasts a 20% ... Embraer's E-freighters fill a niche gap between small and mid-size cargo planes to target regional ...

The Short 330 was a pioneer in small cargo operations, setting the stage for future regional freighters. Find out how it shaped modern aircraft design ...

The San Francisco-based startup claims to have pulled off the first fully autonomous flight of a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, a small workhorse cargo plane, and it’s hoping to win approval from ...

Small cargo planes will likely be the first aircraft to see pilotless operations as having an inanimate payload means there's less risk involved. "Cargo is, to some extent, ...

After finding early success with a robot crop-spraying plane, the California startup Pyka has developed an autonomous cargo carrier that could be among the first of a wave of novel electric ...

Airbus, the European aircraft manufacturer, estimates that the world will need about 2,440 additional cargo planes, of which 880 would be newly built and 1,560 would be conversions, over the next ...

Some small navies around the world (or largest ones with budget problems) may consider this set up: a small, STOL (Short Take Off and Landing) plane and a flat deck merchant ship for future low ...

Surf Air Mobility expects to obtain regulatory approval to fly a nine-seat hybrid-electric plane by late 2024. Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the ...

A California-based company announced recently it had successfully flown a small cargo plane with no pilot on board. Reliable Robotics, a maker of aircraft automation systems, called last month's ...

The startup’s goal is to “decouple air cargo from airports,” according to CEO David Merrill — which means letting big VTOLs do the work that small cargo planes currently handle for air ...