The airline aims to select an aircraft this year to operate commercial demonstration flights in 2026.

Textron Aviation has been awarded a contract by AvMet International for a Beechcraft King Air 360CHW (cargo door, heavy weight) and four Beechcraft King Air 260 aircraft to support the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s National Center for Meteorology programme for cloud seeding.

Aviation innovation is said to be hardcoded into the Emirates Group’s DNA and this was brought to life at the new Innovation Majlis unveiled by HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman & chief executive Emirates Group at its Dubai headquarters yesterday.

Sikorsky’s tailsitter eVTOL; X-59 on the flight line; autonomous in Alaska; and unlocking biomass for SAF.

Initial success in protecting airborne defense platforms can be leveraged to improve maintenance and readiness.

Noida International Airport in India has selected SITA’s Airport Management System to help automate and streamline the operations of the airport.

Goldilock makes a technology that essentially disconnects customer from networks to maintain security.

Startup Merlin has completed a series of autonomous flight trials in Alaska using a Cessna Caravan fitted with its automated flight control system.