Airport and airline CIOs are betting on technology to support their recovery from COVID-19, this is according to new findings from SITA's 2021 Air Transport IT Insights.

Hydrogen air transporters; Cryogenic materials testing; Fuel-cell ambitions; Scalable sustainable fuel; and New Zealand’s solar UAV.

Zero-emissions propulsion developer ZeroAvia has selected Paine Field as the location for a flight research center to support development of a hydrogen-electric powertrain for the De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 regional turboprop.

A U.S. Navy officer asked the Skunk Works representative at the Lockheed Martin exhibit booth an impromptu question during the U.S. Air Force’s Weapons and Tactics Conference in the fall of 2020.

While Airbus and the European industry are accelerating research and technology work to replace current aviation fuels with hydrogen, experts in atmospheric science and propulsion are debating the contrail potential of the zero-carbon fuel.

Startups may pioneer single-pilot operations in regional turboprops, but also create a virtual co-pilot in light aircraft.

Finalizing aircraft certification plans and filling out the mobility ecosystem are priorities for 2022.

China’s eVTOL leader shifts strategy from aircraft sales to mobility service.