Emerging Technologies

By Joe Anselmo, Graham Warwick, Ben Goldstein, Sergio Cecutta
Having seized the pole position in electric vehicles, Chinese industry is racing ahead in advanced air mobility.
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By Garrett Reim
Last living Apollo 17 crewmember is guiding off-world prospecting.
Commercial Space

By Angus Batey
The high costs of power-to-liquid sustainable aviation fuel are preventing the technology from moving forward.
Emerging Technologies

By Bill Carey
Using satellites for radio communications over oceans promises air traffic management efficiencies.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
For decades, aircraft manufacturers have preferred derivatives over all-new aircraft. That approach appears to be ending.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Satellite crowding and military conflict create new dangers in space.
Space

By Guy Norris
Stratolaunch conducted the first powered flight of its Talon TA-1 test vehicle, a key step toward supporting regular and reusable hypersonic test capability.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The airframer will essentially choose between burning hydrogen in a turbine engine and using it in a fuel cell to produce electricity—which favors efficiency.
Sustainability

By Thierry Dubois
3DMF's high-energy hydro-forming technology may make production of complex parts easier, cutting long, painstaking steps, Safran Nacelles CEO Vincent Caro says.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
CAeS has released details of the finalized hydrogen fuel cell packing design it is developing for flight tests on a modified Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
CORAC President Yannick Assouad tells Aviation Daily the amount the Airbus ZEROe and ATR EVO programs may benefit from is still being defined.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Batteries for 100-seaters; Daher advances thermoplastics; UK CAA explores hydrogen; MagLev for eVTOL; Beyond flies fuel cell.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
A vertiport network linking attractions across Rome is the first element of a vision to build out networks across Southern Europe and eventually elsewhere.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The project was eclipsed by private spacecraft refueling efforts.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
For Europe’s Clean Aviation public-private aeronautics research program, time is a raison d’etre.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
Off-the-shelf algorithms open up new possibilities for inexpensive UAVs.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The UK CAA launched the challenge in November 2023 to help exploit the potential of hydrogen as a zero-emission aviation fuel.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Daher is gearing up to test large components made from thermoplastic composites and pitch them for future commercial aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
A forthcoming launch will test Lockheed Martin Space’s concept for advancing internet-like communications in orbit for military users.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris, Tony Osborne
After 35 years, Heli-Expo is transforming into a new, broader event to be called Verticon.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
An airline operator pre-working group will guide plans for the commercial blended wing body as subscale flight tests pave way for a multirole demonstrator.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Scrappy Houston startup Intuitive Machines puts the U.S. back on the surface of the Moon.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The JAXA Smart Lander for Investigating Moon set a standard Intuitive Machines hopes to meet with its Odysseus lunar lander soon.
Space

By Guy Norris, Tony Osborne
Listen in to hear from Aviation Week's Guy Norris and Tony Osborne on the ground at Heli-Expo as show organizers have moved to embrace eVTOLs.
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