Airbus is leading a flight test campaign to measure the effect of sulfur content in jet fuel on contrail formation and mitigation.

Applications of AI to disruption management are among the areas targeted as IAG opens applications for the 10th year of its IAGi innovation accelerator program.

Universal Hydrogen’s demise and Airbus’ slowdown of its ZEROe hydrogen project questioned the feasibility of the technology in aviation. The remaining players have strikingly contrasting approaches in their projects.

Laser-based satellite-aircraft links gain traction for future inflight connectivity, offering higher speeds but facing cloud interference and high costs.

Russia started deployment of its first national low-orbit satellite internet constellation similar to Starlink or Oneweb.

Panasonic Avionics, is developing a system capable of switching from one satellite constellation to another, including China’s planned Spacesail.

Aether Fuels is advancing plans for a Southeast Asia facility capable of producing 100,000 tons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) annually.

Prior to the Iran war, the leading fear among investors had been how disruptive AI could be to many business sectors. But not in aerospace and defense.