How can a single attachment assembly turn a routine takeoff into an unrecoverable systems emergency? That question has trailed widebody freighters for decades because the engine pylon is not just a ...

Stratolaunch announces the successful completion of its fifth flight test of Roc, the world’s largest flying aircraft. The aircraft flew for 4 hours and 58 minutes over the Mojave Desert and reached ...

Jet engines are not simply hung under a wing; they are mounted through a deliberately engineered weak-link system designed to protect the aircraft when loads become extreme. That is one reason ...

The 8,000-lb. pylon and attachment for Talon-A flew on the Roc for the first time on May 4. Credit: Stratolaunch Stratolaunch’s Roc, the world’s largest heavylift air launch aircraft, is accelerating ...

Spirit AeroSystems executives and employees look over the first test pylon for Bombardier's CSeries single-aisle commercial aircraft. (File photo) The Wichita Eagle Spirit AeroSystems executives and ...

COLORADO SPRINGS—Stratolaunch successfully completed the first flight of the Roc carrier aircraft with the large underwing pylon developed to carry and launch the company’s Talon-A hypersonic testbed ...

The world's largest flying aircraft has reached new heights, with Stratolaunch today completing the seventh test flight of its gigantic Roc carrier plane and logging a record altitude for the huge ...

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The fifth flight debuted a new pylon on the aircraft’s center wing that will be used to carry and release Talon-A hypersonic vehicles. The hardware is comprised of a mini-wing and adapter that is ...