Many airports the nearly 400 U.S. Air Force KC-135 aerial refueling tankers often land at lack fork-lifts or K-loaders to handle loading or unloading cargo from KC-135s. These aircraft can carry a ...

Small cargo ... aircraft also allow for increased flexibility and freedom. It is much easier to differentiate transported ...

The aircraft, known as Pelican Cargo, is pilotless and can carry up to 400 pounds across 200 miles. Company founder and CEO Michael Norcia says the plane will start with inter-island transport.

Canadian charter airline Nolinor Aviation has agreed to buy an all-new aircraft type known as a "blended-wing body" as it ...

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 ...

This take on drone delivery will bear fruit when the prototype cargo ... aircraft. Elroy Air has been working on a large multi-engined, vertical take-off drone that can heave a 500lbs (226kg) load ...

A number of freighter operators are starting to back out of, or postpone, commitments for upcoming aircraft leases, underscoring how the prolonged contraction in demand for air cargo shipping is ...

The nose of Airbus's autonomous variant of the UH-72 Lakota would open up, allowing Marines to front load weapons or large cargo. (Airbus) Airbus U.S. Space and Defense has conducted its first ...

Norcia told Insider that when speaking with potential customers, many said they didn't want a plane that required a lot of ground equipment that could bump into the aircraft and damage it. "The nose ...