Emerging Technologies

By Chuck Grieve
Sustainability is a collective responsibility for the entire aviation value chain.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris, Steve Trimble
More data is emerging to support the U.S. Air Force’s creation of the F-35 Adaptive Engine Replacement program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Hamad International Airport (HIA) has officially launched an innovative ‘Digital Twin’ initiative as part of its smart airport programme.
Airports & Networks

Abu Dhabi Airports reveal cutting edge tarmac lighting & guidance system at AUH.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
NASA has launched its hunt for a large-scale experimental aircraft to demonstrate the airframe configuration and technologies for a sustainable single-aisle-class airliner that could enter service by the mid-2030s.
Emerging Technologies

SITA’s 2022 Passenger IT Insights research highlights pent-up demand for both business and leisure travel emerging from the pandemic.
Emerging Technologies

Boeing has released its annual Sustainability Report, which includes employee safety and well-being; global aerospace safety; equity, diversity and inclusion.
Emerging Technologies

The UAE’s Al Shirawi Enterprises and Titan Aviation have signed a strategic agreement to help the decarbonisation goals by airports across the Middle East.
Airports & Networks

By Tony Osborne
Efforts will also support early iterations of UK’s Tempest.
Farnborough Airshow

By Irene Klotz
Capstone dispatched to scout orbit for NASA’s lunar Gateway.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Researchers with the Netherlands’ Delft University of Technology have designed a three-member family of Flying-V aircraft to demonstrate that the next-generation concept scales.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The facility at the Sinopec Zhenhai Refining & Chemical Co. near Ningpo, Zhejiang Province, is designed to manufacture 100,000 metric tons of unblended biofuel annually, and the state-owned company says its refinery will pave the way toward large-scale production.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The RAF’s Rapid Capabilities Office has been developed to learn and move innovative capability enhancements forward speedily.
Farnborough Airshow

By Helen Massy-Beresford
ATM players know that digitalization can help them drive broader sustainability and flexibility improvements across the sector.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
No fast lane is in sight for the introduction of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) in significant quantities, as producers still have to cope with complex processes and high costs, French oil giant TotalEnergies says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

IBA, an aviation market intelligence and consultancy company, has launched IBA NetZero.
Air Transport

Emirates partners with Shahid, an Arabic streaming platform, to offer premium content exclusively onboard its award-winning inflight entertainment system, ice.
Emerging Technologies

Boeing has announced its top-performing suppliers at the company’s 2022 Supplier of the Year event in Los Angeles, with one winner being India’s Tata Advanced Systems.
Aerospace

By Thierry Dubois, Guy Norris
The metal is key to aircraft construction, and Russian suppliers accounted for 30-50% of Europe’s needs before the war in Ukraine.
Farnborough Airshow

By Tony Osborne
Berlin wants to have an electronic attack and escort jamming capability ready before the end of the decade to meet a NATO commitment.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Lori Ranson
IATA says SAF production needs to increase from roughly 100 million liters (26.4 million gal.) annually in 2021 to 449 billion liters (119 billion gal.) to meet the industry’s goal of net zero carbon emissions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

IATA has called for governments to urgently put in place large-scale incentives to rapidly expand the use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Advancing hydrogen for aviation; Alliance for zero emissions; Stratospheric microballoons; Kaman backs autonomy; H55 electric propulsion.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Virgin Orbit looks set to be the pathfinder for the UK’s satellite launch ambitions when it lifts off from Cornwall this summer.
Farnborough Airshow

By Graham Warwick
Airbus has partnered with energy supplier Uniper, Siemens Energy and sustainable fuels company Sasol EcoFT to launch the Green Fuels Hamburg project to produce power-to-liquid synthetic e-kerosene on a commercial scale in Germany.
Aircraft & Propulsion