AAM_Tech_Developments

By Bill Carey
AT&T and Verizon have agreed to delay deploying 5G wireless services using C-band spectrum for two weeks beyond the scheduled Jan. 5 start date, giving the FAA more time to prevent airspace system disruptions arising from the potential of interference with aircraft radio altimeters.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Korean Air has demonstrated the visual inspection of an aircraft using multiple drones simultaneously.
Maintenance & Training

By Graham Warwick
Sustainable aviation and advanced air mobility are the focus of the fifth round of research projects selected under NASA’s University Leadership Initiative.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
South Korea’s Hanwha Systems is to lead development of a hydrogen fuel-cell system to power future advanced air mobility vehicles.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
In the first such move by a leader in the advanced air mobility market, Joby Aviation has acquired Austrian radar designer Inras to prepare for more complex, and eventually autonomous, operations of its electric urban air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has demonstrated an end-to-end delivery operation using an unmanned cargo aircraft and a ground robot.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The first so-called gigafactory built by a European battery company has been commissioned, with the assembly of its first lithium-ion cell.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Behind the scenes of the aviation and telecommunications industries’ clash over 5G wireless transmissions, aviation standards organization RTCA is developing performance specifications for a new generation of radio altimeters that would be hardened against 5G interference.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
As ZeroAvia prepares to fly its modified Dornier 228 hydrogen-electric propulsion system testbed, details of the mobile refueling system that will support flight testing are emerging.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Denmark’s government has set the goal of all domestic aviation being fossil-free by 2030, potentially through a combination of sustainable aviation fuel and electric and hydrogen propulsion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
UK startup Electric Aircraft Group and the University of Nottingham plan to establish a joint venture to develop megawatt-class electric propulsion systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The energy requirements of future aircraft must be reduced by at least half by 2050 if aviation is to achieve the goal of net-zero carbon emissions by mid-century, according to a new aviation strategy adopted by German national aviation research agency DLR.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Italian startup FlyingBasket has conducted its first urban cargo drone flights in Turin.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Europe is expanding its technology base for hydrogen propulsion as the region’s industry pushes to field zero-emissions commercial aircraft by the mid-2030s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Traditional aerospace suppliers are investing in their capabilities to develop systems for emerging electric aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
In Vancouver, British Columbia, Harbour Air Seaplanes has begun modifying a second de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver to electric propulsion and will begin certification flight testing in 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Archer has flown its Maker technology demonstrator, joining other leaders in the electric vertical takeoff and landing industry in flying a vehicle similar in scale to its planned urban air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Swedish startup Heart Aerospace has flown a subscale model of its ES-19 electric regional airliner.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
New York-based seaplane airline Tailwind Air has partnered with Airflow.aero to develop an amphibious, float-equipped version of the startup’s planned electric short takeoff and landing aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Hydrogen propulsion may be a wave of the future for commercial aviation, but it is already a reality for an increasing number of drones on the market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Autonomous flight system developer Merlin Labs announced Dec. 10 that it has reached agreement with Ameriflight to equip the cargo carrier’s fleet with autonomous and semi-autonomous capability.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Start-up carrier Connect Airlines has unveiled plans to become the first zero-emissions U.S.-based airline following the signing of a letter of intent (LOI) with new propulsion company Universal Hydrogen.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
The end state vision for urban air mobility is high-tempo operations that enable a convenient and affordable mode of public transportation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Element 1 plans to bring its on-demand methanol-to-hydrogen generator technology to fuel-cell propulsion applications in aerospace.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Gone is the Cessna Skyhawk-like configuration of the original concept, replaced with an unconventional tandem-wing design.
Advanced Air Mobility