A two-year project at Brigham Young University in Utah has developed and tested a vacuum-assisted toilet that is about half as loud as the toilet’s currently in use on commercial aircraft
Author: Ben Sampson
Ben Sampson
Ben has worked as a journalist and editor, covering technology, engineering and industry for the last 20 years. Initially writing about subjects from nuclear submarines to autonomous cars to future design and manufacturing technologies, he was editor of a leading UK-based engineering magazine before becoming editor of Aerospace Testing in 2017.
Air-breathing rockets could radically alter the space industry by reducing the cost of launches and increasing the number of testing facilities available to engineers
The UK’s Ministry of Defence is to modernize the test and evaluation equipment and facilities…
The laboratories of leading commercial aircraft makers are growing in size and complexity as more testing is carried out on the ground
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Test center aims to pioneer beyond visual line of sight operations of drones in the UK
Bio Electric Hybrid Aircraft uses a combination of electric batteries and turboprop propulsion to reduce emissions and noise
LDACS enables digital voice communications between air traffic controllers and pilots as well as high speed data transfer
Shape-changing wing tests show potential to enable lighter, more energy-efficient aircraft designs
Adrian Marinescu, a researcher from the University of Nottingham, UK, has been measuring the temperature of pilots’ faces to monitor concentration levels and improve cockpit designs