By operating the Iris GVI and the Iris CMX drones at the same time, a team could need only 30 minutes to complete a full-body ...

Texas eliminated mandatory safety inspections in 2025, but residents of populous counties like Dallas will still need ...

Boeing electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) unit Wisk Aero is ramping up flight testing of its flagship Generation 6 air taxi. Wisk on Monday revealed that it completed the first flight of a ...

Chevy Silverado owners know the frustration of chasing down brake issues — from spongy pedals after bleeding to stubborn ABS air pockets and parking brake faults. These trucks have unique brake system ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - At Roadrunner Brake Tag Station, it is business as usual: Vehicle owners showing up to get their required inspection sticker. But the business owner is against a bill that is ...

Top Air Force leaders are stressing the need to improve aircraft readiness and ensure maintainers have enough spare parts to fix airplanes and keep them in the air. (Staff Sgt. Tristan Truesdell/U.S.

The Air Force recently reversed course to require only one annual scheduled review, but plans to include unscheduled ones as well. By Nicholas Slayton Updated Feb 1, 2026 3:00 PM EST Add Task & ...

When the brakes are applied, circuits send compressed air from the storage tanks to front and rear service chambers that push the brake shoes into the brake drums, thus slowing down the vehicle. Semis ...

Boeing 737 Next Generation operators have until Jan. 9, 2026, to inspect affected aircraft for cross-fed brake hoses, a new FAA airworthiness directive (AD) says. Factoring in the rule’s Dec. 10 ...

The FAA is fast-tracking a mandate of Boeing-recommended inspections of 737 Next Generation hydraulic brake hoses following an NTSB probe that concluded incorrectly installed hoses caused a February ...

This blog is a compilation of publicly available information on Safran Group’s (Paris, France) production of carbon fiber-reinforced carbon (carbon/carbon) brake discs for aircraft. The company ...

Most modern cars stopped using drum brakes years ago, adopting disc brakes for their improved performance and heat resistance. Those sound like pretty good reasons, so you'd think they'd be just as ...