Emerging Technologies

UK Royal Air Force wants to be net zero by 2040; its counterparts are watching closely.

Risk reduction wind-tunnel buffet onset tests at NASA take Boeing’s transonic truss-braced wing concept to the edge of the envelope.

Embraer’s autonomy project; Unmanned cargo handling; Hydrogen pioneers partner; Denmark boosts e-fuels; and Hydrogen valley airport.

bp is to supply DHL Express with sustainable aviation fuel until 2026 as part of a new strategic collaboration with the global logistics company.

The reignited Airbus-Dassault dispute delays French-German-Spanish future combat air system project.

Long in the making, space-based optical communications is finally joining the mainstream.

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

Delta is the first U.S. airline to partner with the European airframer in its Airbus “ZEROe” aircraft development program, which was unveiled two years ago with a potential service entry date by 2035.

The UK Government has awarded Saudi Arabia's alfanar £2.4 million to develop its site in Tees Valley, UK.

Attendees from 72 nations and 590 exhibitors at HAI’s Heli-Expo boost hopes of a return to pre-COVID civil helicopter industry growth.

Starlink not built for battlefield, so Elon Musk makes on-the-fly updates to keep Ukrainians online.

Cyberactivity targeting the aerospace and defense industry is intense, and the ecosystem that must be protected is more complex than ever.

Universal Hydrogen (UH2) and fuel-cell powertrain developer H3 Dynamics have partnered to develop zero-emission propulsion systems for unmanned aircraft, air taxis and new-design regional aircraft.

If aviation is to be more accessible and ubiquitous, aircraft will have become quieter.

Undefined safety and noise regulations, cloud future vertiport and eVTOL operations.

Bahrain’s Gulf Aviation Academy has signed a new partnership agreement with Mumbai-based Aeon Software.

This is the year is when the bevy of SPACs that formed in 2020 faces a deal-or-no-deal moment.

Optical communications technology is gaining ground in space.

Mubadala subsidiary Sanad is to collaborate with Thales to extend industrial services for airport security, air traffic and avionics systems.

Whisper’s quiet drone; Avoiding satellite collision; Refueling in space; Hypersonic funding boost; and Rapid hydrogen refueling.

With commercial LEO satellite constellations growing tenfold and governments eager to tap new-space, lasers comms’ have arrived.

The zero-emission propulsion startup Hydrogen is to locate manufacturing and distribution of its modular hydrogen capsules and assembly of regional-aircraft powertrain retrofit kits at the New Mexico facility.

The Emirates Group has opened the region’s first and largest solar carport at a sporting facility.

European defense technology firm MARSS develops an aerial ram to hard-kill drone swarms.

U.S. hypersonic aircraft startup Hermeus has closed a $100 million Series B fundraising round, providing the funding to fly its first three Quarterhorse flight-test vehicles and advance design of its planned Darkhorse production aircraft.