Emerging Technologies

Rolls-Royce and easyJet today have set a new aviation milestone with the world’s first run of a modern aero engine on hydrogen.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Hydrogen-powered vehicles progressing on the rails, roads and at sea can inspire and inform aviation applications.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Rolls-Royce and program partner airline EasyJet have conducted test runs on an AE2100 turboprop powered by liquid hydrogen rather than conventional jet fuel.
Air Transport

Football fans flying with Etihad Airways during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 can watch every match live onboard while in the air on Etihad’s E-BOX entertainment channels Sport 24 and Sport 24 Extra.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
China’s Colorful Guizhou Airlines completed the country’s first commercial flight powered by a blend including sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
Combined-cycle engine breakthrough demonstration paves way for Quarterhorse test flights in 2023.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
Turkey’s new UCAV; U.S.-Japan missile defense test; Defense exec foresees supply chain price hikes; Space Force-Blue Origin agreement.
Space

By Graham Warwick
SAF from methanol; liquid-hydrogen demonstrator; improving ducted-fan eVTOL; and an uncrewed firefighting aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Airbus and Air Canada have invested in Canada’s Carbon Engineering, a pioneer in direct air capture of atmospheric carbon dioxide for permanent underground storage or use in production of sustainable aviation fuel.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
As composite materials gain ground in commercial aircraft construction, recycling specialists face the challenge of salvaging those materials instead of more straightforward metals.
MRO

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Paris airports operator Groupe ADP has inaugurated its first solar park, in Caveirac, in the Gard department in the south of France, as part of a long-term agre
Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways has selected Sport 24, produced by IMG and exclusively available in-flight from Panasonic Avionics, in partnership with Inmarsat.
Emerging Technologies

Robin M. Mills
Low-carbon aviation fuels can help industry buy time to develop sustainable aviation fuel that is affordable enough for wide adoption.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Graham Warwick
A digital registry underpinning a global book-and-claim system for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is expected to go live in mid-2023.
Sustainability

By Guy Norris
Start-up hypersonic aircraft developer Hermeus has demonstrated mode transition of the company’s in-house designed Chimera turbine-based combined-cycle engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Carole Rickard Hedden, Garrett Reim, Graham Warwick
As Archer Aviation unveils its four-passenger production air taxi, the Midnight, Aviation Week editors discuss the shifting competitive dynamics in the nascent advanced air mobility market where three rival OEMs with differing approaches push toward FAA certification and operation.
Aerospace

Rolls-Royce has successfully entered the final phase of testing its ALECSys (Advanced Low Emissions Combustion System) demonstrator engine, this time at altitude.
MRO

By Garrett Reim
Startup says it is on track to be among the first eVTOL companies to launch service.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
Boeing’s decision to defer development of a new narrowbody has profound and negative consequences for the industry.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems is exploring the use of exoskeletons, robotics and augmented reality to help maintenance of the UK’s combat aircraft fleets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sash Tusa
Two catalysts could push commercial engine-makers and airframers to speed up their development cycles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
GKN Aerospace has delivered a ground-based demonstrator of a LH2 fuel system under a UK-funded research project to investigate the feasibility of using the cryogenic fuel to extend the flight endurance of a search-and-rescue UAS.
Emerging Technologies

Thousands of aerospace and defence professionals from over 30 countries around the world connected at the Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS) 2022.
Aerospace

The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai (GDRFA) and Emirates airline are now offering international travellers the opportunity to speed up their airport experience by consenting to the use of biometric data.
Airports & Networks