Emerging Technologies

Thales Avionics sees next-gen flight management systems (FMS) as an integral part of greener, more economical flights.

In this special Insight programme, brought to you with the support of Rolls-Royce we look back to the recent Aviation Africa summit in Rwanda, where Akbar Al Baker, the dynamic and sometimes controversial, chief executive of the Qatar Airways Group led the A-list of industry speakers.

Incoming MTU CEO Lars Wagner hopes to break CFM International’s Boeing 737 monopoly to power possible narrowbody successor.

Lilium’s new CEO Klaus Roewe is confident the eVTOL manufacturer can freeze the production design next year and fly the Pegasus in 2024.

AutoFlight plans to develop and certify its electric urban air taxi in Europe, manufacture the vehicle in China and market it globally.

TruWeather sees a need to build microweather sensor networks to support urban air mobility operations.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The U.S. Navy’s first carrier-based, autonomous refueling aircraft has had “growing pains,” a Boeing executive says, as the production phase begins.

As the European Commission and ESA rally to support reusability concepts, research and technology projects slip to the right.

Volocopter is looking ahead not only to where its urban air taxis will fly but to the airspace and vertiports they will need to operate.

Lars Wagner discusses sustainability, MTU's technology roadmap and Boeing's next aircraft in an upcoming interview with Aviation Week.

Startup believes it can automate air taxis but will face FAA certification challenges.

A program aimed at identifying cost savings inadvertently led to a major performance improvement for the Lockheed Martin stealth fighter.

SAF from carbon dioxide; Climate research HAPS; Vertical flies VX4; Rheagal cargo eVTOL; and UAM flight trials.

Hopeful that practical obstacles will be overcome, European Commission official says UAM will be a reality in Europe in 3-5 years.

The U.S. military services are looking for a range of autonomous aircraft—from expensive high-end aircraft to less costly lower end systems. Aviation Week editors discuss what industry is offering, particularly for mid-range attritable systems, and some of the complications involved with cultivating the new technology.

The first tethered hover of the VTOL comes more than two years after the initial prototype was rolled out.

The news comes days after SkyDrive unveiled renderings of its two-seater SD-05 eVTOL aircraft.

Eviation Alice’s first flight denotes a milestone for a new generation of purpose-designed electric aircraft.

Analysis is needed determine whether slamming a spacecraft into an asteroid belongs in the Earth’s future planetary defense arsenal.

JetBlue has invested in New York-based Air Company, which promises to produce a carbon-negative fuel made from captured CO2.

Electra.aero conducted the first flight of its Dawn One solar-battery hybrid-electric research aircraft at its new development facility at Manassas Regional Airport in Virginia on Sept. 9.

Industry veterans agree the regional sector will serve as a proving ground for new aircraft concepts—but they do not agree on the specifics.

First flight of the all-electric commuter and cargo aircraft prototype is a major milestone on the road toward the fielding of a new generation of sustainable air vehicles.

SITA and Middle East Airlines–Air Liban (MEA) have renewed a technology contract and moved the airport's baggage reconciliation system (BRS) at Rafic Hariri International Airport.