Emerging Technologies

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.

Advancing hydrogen for aviation; Alliance for zero emissions; Stratospheric microballoons; Kaman backs autonomy; H55 electric propulsion.

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

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.

Urban Sky has started selling imagery captured from cameras hoisted into the stratosphere by its “Microballoons.”

Etihad Airways is expanding its quick self-service bag drop facilities at Abu Dhabi International Airport.

A secret contract award to Israel Aerospace industries on June 13 starts a three-year program to field “Standoff In” capabilities.

The OEM produced the T-7A in only three years, but challenges remain before the process can green-light its next all-new airliner.

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

Airbus and global industrial gases and engineering company Linde are broadening their cooperation agreement to study the logistics aspects of hydrogen use in aviation.

Redwire has sold what it says is the “first” space-manufactured optical crystal, to researchers at Ohio State University.

As Europe’s Clean Sky 2 research and technology project is nearing the end, Airbus and industry partners are expected to complete the construction of their multifunction fuselage demonstrator, aiming at lower cost and weight and fast-paced manufacturing.

In a quest to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, the use of sustainable aviation fuel is moving up the agenda for Arab carriers.

Using virtual reality to fly a helicopter has money-saving potential.

The inferiority of batteries as energy sources compared with aviation fuel is widely accepted. Yet electric aviation startups continue to push the envelope of what battery-powered aircraft can achieve.

Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects (DAEP) has selected UK-based Micro Nav market-leading ATC tower simulator suite, BEST, to support its plans for air traffic growth at both Dubai and Al Maktoum International Airports.

Trials will measure ability to handle applications such as a long-range artillery shell and a Mach 4 air-launched missile.

From sustainable materials to improved wheelchair access, cabins must be a part of aviation’s reassessment.

Global aviation industry leaders are gathering in Doha, Qatar, for the 78th International Air Transport Association (IATA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit (WATS), with Qatar Airways as the host airline.

Amadeus is partnering with ATS Travel, an award-winning travel management company in the Middle East, to launch its sustainable drive under the brand 'ATS Go Green'.

Kenya Airways has launched a New Distribution Capabilities (NDC) system to enhance the airline’s offering to travel agencies and travellers to empower them to sell and access more content and ancillaries.

A German startup plans to demonstrate the weight-saving structural integration of a battery system into a wing as the first step toward developing a nine-passenger all-electric regional airliner with a range of 270 nm.

The flight, which marked the first time Roc had flown at altitudes required for effective launch trajectories of Stratolaunch’s Talon-A hypersonic test vehicle, lasted just over three hours.

Boeing is modifying a 777-200ER into a testbed for 30 new technologies in the latest campaign of the company’s 10-year-long ecoDemonstrator evaluation program.

Etihad Cargo has entered into an MoU with B Medical Systems for sustainable pharmaceutical transportation solutions.