Emerging Technologies

Leaders in electrified aviation must fly certifiable prototypes in next 12-18 months to meet service-entry targets of 2024-25.

The national airline of the Maldives (Maldivian), Island Aviation Services, and ATR have signed a contract for the purchase of the airline’s first ATR aircraft.

Accelerating net-zero carbon emissions is in the best interest of the aviation industry, businesses and consumers.

Satcom for Perlan glider; Alcohol-to-jet SAF boost; Regent’s seaglider demonstrator; Aura picks batteries; and Dufour adds distributor.

Gulfstream customer support is marking a successful year of expansion.

The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) is making a clarion call to governments and stakeholders to harmonise the health protocols, reconsider the bans and adopt a risk-based approach.

EasyJet to provide large-airline perspective to project, converting small commuter to hydrogen-electric propulsion.

Regent Craft has teamed with Rhode Island-based marine and aerospace composites specialist Moore Brothers to build a quarter-scale technology demonstrator for its seaglider, an electric wing-in-ground-effect vehicle for harbor-to-harbor overwater regional transportation.

Environmental regulations for aviation, such as mandates to use sustainable aviation fuel mandates and hydrogen technology certification, should be backed by an international framework set out by ICAO, a French parliamentary report says.

Abu Dhabi Airports marked 40th anniversary of the official opening of Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) on January 2.

Plans to develop a maintenance/repair/overhaul (MRO) cluster at Twente Airport in the Netherlands are to be pared back in favor of exploring services related to testing new technologies and opening to business aviation flights as the site’s organizers plot a long-term pathway.

Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services has launched a new feature that enables customers to make online reservations for their cargo.

Airport and airline CIOs are betting on technology to support their recovery from COVID-19, this is according to new findings from SITA's 2021 Air Transport IT Insights.

Hydrogen air transporters; Cryogenic materials testing; Fuel-cell ambitions; Scalable sustainable fuel; and New Zealand’s solar UAV.

Zero-emissions propulsion developer ZeroAvia has selected Paine Field as the location for a flight research center to support development of a hydrogen-electric powertrain for the De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 regional turboprop.

A U.S. Navy officer asked the Skunk Works representative at the Lockheed Martin exhibit booth an impromptu question during the U.S. Air Force’s Weapons and Tactics Conference in the fall of 2020.

While Airbus and the European industry are accelerating research and technology work to replace current aviation fuels with hydrogen, experts in atmospheric science and propulsion are debating the contrail potential of the zero-carbon fuel.

Startups may pioneer single-pilot operations in regional turboprops, but also create a virtual co-pilot in light aircraft.

Finalizing aircraft certification plans and filling out the mobility ecosystem are priorities for 2022.

China’s eVTOL leader shifts strategy from aircraft sales to mobility service.

The time to wait and see is over, with Airbus, Embraer and others stepping up their commitment to the AAM market.

Developers of eSTOL aircraft believe the limitations of battery technology are best overcome by using 300 ft. of runway

AT&T, Verizon and the FAA agree to pause 5G network start until Jan. 19

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

Saudi Arabia’s Power for Defense Technologies Company (PDTC), has signed an agreement with Navratana Defense PSU, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) India, to bring India and Saudi Arabia closer through the promotion of defence and aerospace technologies.