Emerging Technologies

American Airlines has signed an MOU with Yield10 Bioscience to develop camelina as a low-carbon feedstock for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

AutoFlight, a startup with operations in China and Europe, has completed the longest flight to date by an eVTOL aircraft.

Loganair CEO Jonathan Hinkles believes hydrogen propulsion is likely to mature quicker than electric aviation.

ITW GSE has launched a set of technologies that enables individual ground support units such as GPUs, PCAs, charging stations and even aircraft detection systems to all work together.

Riyadh Airports Company (RAC), which operates and manages King Khalid International Airport (KKIA), has successfully trialled Smart Path, a facial recognition technology.

European military views on the need for high-speed rotorcraft are in stark contrast to those held in the U.S.

A decades-old concept for a ubiquitous battlefield network concept is starting to become reality.

Predicting more intense activity above FL 500, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency and Eurocontrol draft guidelines for higher-airspace control.

Startup The Air Co. plans to demonstrate a mobile synthetic fuel production plant.

Kenya Airways Cargo is celebrating the first anniversary of its successful implementation of Cargo Flash Infotech's next-generation 'nGen' Integrated Cargo Management System (ICMS).

Etihad Airways has announced that passengers from all global airports, except Abu Dhabi, will not be able to use the airline’s online check-in service.

Smiths Detection has launched the I-SCAN 6040 CTiX Model S.

Tupan, an innovative air vehicle technology, has announced a partnership agreement with ForestAu Green to start its operations in the UAE.

Eviation is using masses of data from the first flight of its all-electric Alice commuter aircraft last year to inform the design of the production version.

Emirates has recycled more than 500,000 kilograms of plastic and glass over the course of 2022.

Predicting contrails, fuel from manure, solid-state batteries, and racing eVTOL.

Honeywell UOP sees Asia-Pacific as a potential key region to supply biomass feedstock or even produce SAF using biomass products.

A new level of scrutiny and investment is coming to high- and near-space altitudes following a bizarre series of ballooning incidents in February.

Moore, an expert on advanced air mobility, joins Aviation Week editors for no-holds-barred discussion of the challenges facing AAM startups in 2023.

The U.S. Energy Department’s ARPA-E has announced up to $10 million in funding to develop an Aviation Contrail Predictive System.

Under new leadership and with increased scrutiny, the U.S. Air Force wants to make ABMS operational with new awards and a different approach to testing.

Lockheed Martin F-35 component receives Diamond Unclonable Security Tag.

Government officials want companies that will serve nation’s civil and military space needs.

If a new research project is successful, manure could be converted to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

The partnership is planned to expand to include satellites and defense systems.