Aerospace Emerging Technologies
Mar 22, 2021
Airbus flies 100% SAF; hybrid tests in UK; SAF from waste food; certifiable drone control; and more tech news.
Mar 22, 2021
Airbus and Dassault try to reconcile views in thorny FCAS negotiations as a political deadline nears.
Mar 20, 2021
Government ministers across West Africa have jointly issued a 15-point post-covid recovery plan for the air transport industry in the region.
Mar 18, 2021
Thales has unveiled a new digital secondary surveillance radar, the RSM NG, with increased performance and reliability for safer air traffic management – up to 2, 000 flight tracks and 64 simultaneous data outputs to air traffic centres.
Mar 18, 2021
Here are some of the modern commercial helicopters in development and/or chasing certification.
Sep 25, 2020
Green aviation start-up ZeroAvia has completed the first flight of its hydrogen fuel cell-powered Piper M350 test aircraft.
Sep 25, 2020
Swedish startup Heart Aerospace has unveiled the electric propulsion system for its planned 19-seat regional airliner, the ES-19.
Sep 24, 2020
Vertical noted that many of the advancements in battery technology have emerged from the automotive sector, but these batteries are “not optimized for aviation gravimetric energy or power density requirements.”
Sep 24, 2020
Rolls-Royce has completed testing of the ground-breaking technology that will power the world’s fastest all-electric plane.
Sep 24, 2020
Rolls-Royce has developed ACCEL to beat the current electric aircraft speed record of 210 mph.
Sep 23, 2020
More than 200 security trays will be redistributed from Edinburgh Airport in Scotland to airports in Africa, to help staff train for security inspections.
Sep 22, 2020
Hyundai Motor is continuing to build out the infrastructure side of its initiative to begin commercial urban air mobility (UAM) services by 2028.
Sep 21, 2020
An intermediate engine between the current LEAP turbofan and one that would enter service in 2035 with slashed greenhouse gas emissions is not in the cards, according to Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin.