Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
The Royal Danish Air Force is claiming to be the first air service to operate electric-powered aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Michael Bruno
The backstop agreement provides that an affiliate of AEI will buy up to 7.5 million shares of GigCapital stock at $10 apiece.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Aerospace and defense companies stepping up quantum computing investments, with two top-tier providers announcing separate investments.
Connected Aerospace

Panasonic Avionics has been named the winner of the 2021 Popular Science Best of What’s New Award in its Aerospace category.
Aerospace

UK based World Mobile is launching its unique hybrid mobile network supported by low altitude platform balloons in Zanzibar, as it plans to roll-out its innovative service providing reliable mobile internet to more people at lower cost throughout the African continent.
Emerging Technologies

NEOM, the smart and sustainable regional development in northwest Saudi Arabia and Volocopter, the pioneer of urban air mobility, have established a joint venture (JV) company to design, implement, and operate the world’s first bespoke public vertical mobility system in NEOM.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Volocopter co-founder Thomas Senkel links two eVTOLs a decade apart.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
As Etihad adopts Satavia’s tool to explore mitigation techniques, ways to prevent contrail formation appear achievable.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The German aerospace center will modify the aircraft by adding a fuel-cell powertrain being developed with MTU Aero Engines.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau
At the recent Dubai Airshow, the Toulouse-based aircraft manufacturer and Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) announced a long-awaited upgrade plan for the ATR 42/72 based on an extensively improved derivative of the PW127 engine family dubbed the XT.
Emerging Technologies

Moment, French leader in onboard digital solutions, has been selected by Fly Baghdad to provide an in-flight entertainment solution aboard its fleet of 5 Boeing 737 NG.
Emerging Technologies

OneWeb, a global communications company powered by Space, has signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with GDC Advanced Technology.
Emerging Technologies

Embraer has signed an MoU with Pratt & Whitney to collaborate on studies of 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).
Air Transport

By Jen DiMascio
DRDO Chairman G. Satheesh Reddy says the nation has a road map to boost weapon sales dramatically in five years.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Heart picks Aernnova; DLR’s hybrid SynergIE; Smooth-flying Celera; Skydweller and Telefonica; Renault’s flying 4.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Endorsing plan for model AAM ecosystem, North Carolina awarded nonprofit AeroX a grant to build ATM system.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
The advent of new 5G broadband cellular networks is driving the redesign of core aviation equipment.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Renault has marked the 60th anniversary of its most iconic model by building a flying version as a show car.
Advanced Air Mobility

CTT Systems, which specialises in absolute humidity control products for aircraft, has said it has seen more interest in dehumidification systems as sustainability becomes paramount.
MRO

By Graham Warwick
Startup Heart Aerospace has selected the Spanish aerostructures company to build the fuselage, empennage and wing for its all-electric regional airliner the ES-19.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Peaford, Mark Pilling
This week’s TATV news from the Middle East, Africa, South Asia and Turkey looks at a major breakthrough in the development of an eVTOL cargo carrier.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
In the wake of the COP26 Climate conference Aviation Week editors talk to leaders of FlyZero, a UK government-backed Aerospace Technology Institute project targeting zero-carbon emission commercial aviation by 2030.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
The regional airliner concept uses distributed hybrid-electric propulsion to reduce energy consumption.
Aircraft & Propulsion

SITA is celebrating the 30th anniversary of WorldTracer, a solution that has helped over 200 million passengers trace their mishandled bags over the decades.
Emerging Technologies

Organisers of the Dubai Airshow, said the 2021 event was officially the biggest edition since it first began in 1989, with USD 78 billion worth of deals announced during the week.
Aerospace