Aerospace Emerging Technologies

Dec 06, 2024
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Dec 05, 2024
Passengers are increasingly accepting the use of facial recognition and other biometrics at airport touchpoints.
Dec 04, 2024
Air taxis could greatly reduce journeys to and from airports. Will they take off?
Dec 04, 2024
British startup Skyfly has completed an initial series of hover tests using a full-scale prototype of its two-seat Axe personal eVTOL aircraft.
Dec 04, 2024
MagniX has completed electric engine altitude testing at NASA, with Wright Electric and RTX to follow.
Dec 09, 2024
The propulsively efficient open fan forms a center piece of CFM’s RISE technology but its large diameter poses integration challenges for single aisle airliners
Dec 09, 2024
Aionics is seeking to replicate the AI approach for developing new and custom battery cell chemistries targeted at specific uses, including EVs and aviation.
Dec 09, 2024
Pierre Farjounel was appointed chief information security officer and head of future developments at regional aircraft manufacturer ATR.
Dec 06, 2024
The U.S. Defense Department is funding an uncrewed air vehicle (UAV) laser power-beaming development project.
Dec 06, 2024
Stratolaunch says it is receiving its final rounds of approvals to conduct its first reusable test flight of the Talon A hypersonic testbed by Dec. 31.
Dec 06, 2024
Anduril Industries and OpenAI have formed a “strategic partnership” to develop artificial intelligence systems for national security missions.
Dec 05, 2024
Bell has completed wind-tunnel testing of its proposed X-plane for a DARPA project to demonstrate a high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Dec 05, 2024
Technology progress is making fuel cells the lead contender over the combustion of hydrogen in a gas turbine engine, Clean Aviation says.