Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Airbus and global industrial gases and engineering company Linde are broadening their cooperation agreement to study the logistics aspects of hydrogen use in aviation.

Redwire has sold what it says is the “first” space-manufactured optical crystal, to researchers at Ohio State University.

As Europe’s Clean Sky 2 research and technology project is nearing the end, Airbus and industry partners are expected to complete the construction of their multifunction fuselage demonstrator, aiming at lower cost and weight and fast-paced manufacturing.

In a quest to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, the use of sustainable aviation fuel is moving up the agenda for Arab carriers.

Using virtual reality to fly a helicopter has money-saving potential.

The inferiority of batteries as energy sources compared with aviation fuel is widely accepted. Yet electric aviation startups continue to push the envelope of what battery-powered aircraft can achieve.

Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects (DAEP) has selected UK-based Micro Nav market-leading ATC tower simulator suite, BEST, to support its plans for air traffic growth at both Dubai and Al Maktoum International Airports.