Emerging Technologies

By Alex Derber
Why advanced coatings are crucial for aircraft engines—and will also be for next-gen engines, including hydrogen-powered types.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
MTU Maintenance will be performing test runs with SAF on JetBlue’s V2500 engines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Ian Jennions and Jim Angus
Enabling aircraft to communicate could produce cost savings and environmental improvements, but improved data transfer is needed.
Emerging Technologies

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Hungarian startup AerinX is partnering with eVTOL developer Orca to explore maintenance processes for eVTOLs.
Emerging Technologies

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Two of the startups recently selected by Aerospace Xelerated are developing technology to help MROs take better advantage of data.
Emerging Technologies

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
A Clean Aviation research project is exploring how to automate complex aircraft part inspections.
Emerging Technologies

By James Pozzi
Netherlands’ Twente Airport is changing paths to embrace the evolving aviation landscape.
Emerging Technologies

By Paul Seidenman, David Spanovich
For thermal blankets, it’s lighter weight, longer life.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Drone-based aircraft inspections are gaining traction as new providers, technologies and certifications come down the pipeline.
Marketplace

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
The airline has developed drone swarm technology to speed up visual inspections compared to single drone deployment.
Emerging Technologies

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is already seeing MRO graduates being poached by emerging industries such as commercial space.
Workforce & Training

By Craig Gottlieb
Aftermarket services that improve airline sustainability.
Emerging Technologies

By James Pozzi
The next phase of the collaboration will target making the technology fully operational across the KLM fleet.
MRO

Brett Levanto
As aviation technologies evolve, MRO will have to reorganize and decentralize to keep up.
Emerging Technologies

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Panelists at Aero-Engines Europe in Stavanger, Norway, say MROs need to embrace new technologies and expand their recruiting scopes to fill future workforce pipeline.
Workforce & Training

By Henry Canaday
ST Engineering has launched its Component Health Management solution, which it says will help avoid defect-related delays and cancellations.
Emerging Technologies

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
The Russian cargo carrier is using GE Digital’s Maintenance Insight software to set up a predictive maintenance program.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
The move comes as GE Aviation Engine Services Singapore prepares to hire 300 new staff in 2022 to get ready for the expected post-pandemic recovery in the Asia-Pacific region.
Emerging Technologies

By Henry Canaday
Ensuring capacity for engine shop visits has not been a challenge during most of the pandemic, but engine work is picking up with the recovery, and
Emerging Technologies

By James Pozzi
Partnership will see developments around artificial intelligence and virtual reality.
MRO

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Ferrovial Airports’ senior vice president of corporate development shares the company’s vertiport plans and predicts how MRO will differ for advanced air mobility.
Emerging Technologies

By Lee Ann Shay
Creating our annual Top 10 MRO Predictions list for the upcoming year usually includes a four-step process. It starts the second half of November
MRO

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Dronetix has developed a new drone-based MRO inspection system that does not require a pre-programmed flight path.
Emerging Technologies

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
MTU Maintenance is launching its own engine fleet management software while Boeing partners with technology experts in Canada to build a new digital aircraft records platform.
Emerging Technologies

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Copa Airlines is using software tools to simplify maintenance processes and extend time between scheduled maintenance intervals.
Emerging Technologies