Aerospace Emerging Technologies

Dec 18, 2025
China’s emerging low-altitude economy is driving the development of large uncrewed logistics aircraft.
Dec 16, 2025
Energy-saving formation flying; airports as hydrogen hubs; electric trainer advances; urban eVTOL test flights.
Dec 15, 2025
The captive-carry Talon campaigns should clear Stratolaunch’s Boeing 747 and Roc for a double hypersonic test attempt in early 2026.
Dec 12, 2025
We have created the world’s safest form of transportation through reporting our errors. Imagine what we could achieve by examining our successes with equal rigor.
Dec 11, 2025
IATA warns that sustainable aviation fuel production growth is slowing and targets are at risk.
Jan 06, 2026
The Zero Engine Taxi eTaxi system electrically drives one of the aircraft’s main landing gear wheel sets using power from the auxiliary power unit.
Jan 05, 2026
Indra and RTX have been awarded contracts to replace the FAA’s ground-based air traffic control (ATC) system radars.
Jan 02, 2026
The UK government has launched a call for evidence on the use of crop-based feedstocks for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Dec 24, 2025
A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision to ban Chinese-made drones for communications has instilled uncertainty among public-sector users.
Dec 22, 2025
Expirations of temporary mitigation measures and lack of improved radio altimeters have commercial air transport markets facing new threats from 5G interference
Dec 22, 2025
The wind-tunnel trials tested active control of a high-aspect-ratio wing while controlling the thin, flexible wing’s response to maneuver loads and gusts.
Dec 22, 2025
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has signaled a desire to revitalize the agency’s aeronautics program, calling for more experimental X-planes.
Dec 19, 2025
Eve Air Mobility conducted the long-awaited first flight of its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing engineering prototype on Dec. 19.