Emerging Technologies

Thuraya Telecommunications Company has launched its new IP-based radio communications solution, Thuraya Push-to-Talk (PTT).

SAF from sunlight; Rotating detonation engine; Composite cryogenic tank; Turbine weight saving; Dutch electric flight.

Oliver Wyman is one of the top consulting firms in the world and partner Robbie Bourke talks to Alan Peaford about two burning issues - recovery in the MRO segment and the potential for future aircraft opportunities.

Boeing has been selected to provide Etihad Airways with the Jeppesen FliteDeck Advisor digital solution for the carrier’s 787 Dreamliner fleet.

Production of SAF from many sources other than cooking oil is coming online.

Manchester City and Etihad Airways have today announced the installation of new plastic recycling pods outside the Etihad Stadium.

Boeing has confirmed that recent composite cryogenic tank tests that pave the way for future liquid-hydrogen-fueled aircraft used a reusable tank shell originally built as flight hardware for DARPA’s former Experimental Spaceplane Program.

Honeywell UOP is working with China’s Oriental Energy to build a large sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility in Maoming, Guangdong province.

Emirates is streamlining check-in formalities for its customers in Ajman and the Northern Emirates with the introduction of a new check-in facility.

Boeing says it has improved the performance and reduced the production time of its Wideband Global Satcom-11+ (WGS-11+) satellite by using advanced manufacturing techniques, in particular by 3D printing more than 1,000 parts.

Technoheaven has entered a strategic partnership with Emirates airline.

Helicopter operations are a small fraction of global annual aviation fuel usage, but the industry wants to join aviation’s green efforts.

Using C-130s as floatplanes and cruise missile launchers is part of AFSOC’s latest pivot to Asia.

Northrop’s Mission Robotic Vehicle to install life-extension pod on Australian Optus satellite.

Newer and more stringent net-zero carbon targets are being coupled with actions that will significantly change what it means to be a sustainable airline.

One major talking point at the World Defense Show (Riyadh March 6-9) will be the modernisation programme for the Royal Saudi Air Force’s fleet of C130s – the second largest fleet in the world after the USA.

ARPA-E funds electric; DLR opens Winglab; River rescue drone; Northrop’s Digital Shadow; Heavylift cargo UAV; Astroscale restarts demo.

Etihad Airways, in collaboration with Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, has launched the Etihad Mangrove Forest.

Airbus and CFM will use A380 testbed to answer crucial questions about hydrogen propulsion.

Turkey’s Keyvan Aviation Group has received a Type 1 DAT Provider Certificate from European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

SITA has appointed David Lavorel as its new CEO.

Travelport and Qatar Airways have signed a comprehensive agreement encompassing content, NDC distribution and merchandising.

An A380 will flight-test a hydrogen-burning turbine engine by the end of 2026 under a collaboration between Airbus and CFM International partners GE Aviation and Safran.

With collaboration the name of the game at the MRO Middle East event in Dubai today, Turkey’s main MRO company Turkish Technic, and Swiss-based aviation and aerospace advisor, AMROS Global, have signed a collaboration agreement for the C-Check and lease-out operations of two Airbus A330.

The plant is projected to grow to 1 gigawatt-a-year production capacity by 2028 to fulfill conditional pre-orders for 600 aircraft systems from ZeroAvia and Piasecki Aircraft as well as Airbus.