Designed to ensure safer skies, “Air-Guardian” blends human intuition with machine precision, creating a more symbiotic relationship between pilot and aircraft.

MIT researchers are converting the plant material lignin into hydrocarbon molecules that could help make jet fuel 100 percent sustainable.

The computer-vision technique behind these maps could help avoid contrail production, reducing aviation’s climate impact.

Jacqueline Thomas PhD ’20 recounts her final academic year at MIT, from once-in-a-lifetime field work to a virtual thesis defense.

The rate of passenger fatalities has declined yet again in the last decade, accelerating a long-term trend.

Real-time visibility estimates are a critical need in remote areas where visual flight is common and automated weather stations are scarce.

Assembled from tiny identical pieces, the wing could enable lighter, more energy-efficient aircraft designs.