Cargo Aircraft Uses Containers As Structure. Share. Graham Warwick March 21, 2018. The dream of moving intermodal shipping containers by air, as well as land and sea, is a long held one for aviation.

Proving to be one of the most flexible transport aircraft in United States Air Force history, the McDonnell Douglas/Boeing ...

June 19, 2023: Currently, cargo aircraft lacking a cargo ramp in the rear must use a fork-lift or K-loader to get cargo onto or off the aircraft. The K-loader is a hydraulically operated cargo lift ...

In 2021, it teamed with Collins Aerospace, a unit of Virginia-based Raytheon Technologies Corp., to develop a lavatory system for military cargo aircraft, completed its first module for the Royal ...

Ameriflight places order for 20 Natilus autonomous feeder cargo aircraft valued at $134M in a strategic move to be the first regional U.S. carrier to develop a new roadmap for the future of air ...

The West Atlantic aircraft (G-JMCZ) had been inbound from London Stansted on 26 April. It was transporting 8.9t of cargo with 10 of its 11 main-deck bays loaded with containers. Only bay A, the ...

SAN ANTONIO – A local company that created medical units to place inside a cargo aircraft is now developing units that can transport items via rockets. “Imagine a rocket cargo going across the ...

The Pelican Cargo aircraft has a per-charge range of 200 miles, operates at a cruise speed of 80-90 knots, and can haul up to 400 lb of cargo per trip. Pyka Inc. 4 / 4.

A West Texas company says it's found a remarkably simple way to slash air cargo costs as much as 65% – by having planes tow autonomous, cargo-carrying gliders behind them, big enough to double ...