Emerging Technologies

Qatar Airways has partnered with IMG, a global sports marketing agency, to launch a new sports streaming service onboard its Starlink connected aircraft.

Despite the FAA being told to lift the overland supersonic flight ban, the X-59 low boom demonstrator remains highly relevant, says NASA’s acting administrator.

The head-mounted enhanced vision system promises fewer weather-related delays but faces cost and training barriers.

Questions have lingered for years about industry’s commitment and timelines for providing a next-generation single-aisle (NGSA) aircraft.

The UK government has awarded funding to support two projects to advance hydrogen-electric propulsion for next-generation regional aircraft and air taxis.

Pratt & Whitney says the BWB in development by JetZero is an “interesting opportunity” for the potential launch of an updated version of the PW2000, an engine which first entered commercial service on the Boeing 757 in January 1983.

Clean Aviation and SESAR have led a call to the European Union to support €66 billion of required sustainability investment between 2028 and 2034.

More details are emerging on how ATR and Pratt & Whitney Canada plan to improve on the ATR 72-600 as they target 2035 for entry into service of a new aircraft.

Acron Aviation and EgyptAir have entered into an agreement for the supply of the Traffic Alert & Collision Avoidance System with ADS-B (TCAS 3000SPTM/NXT-800TM Transponder) and the SRVIVR25TM Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and Flight Data Recorder (FDR).

Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) and Airbus signed an MoU at Le Bourget that “establishes a framework for collaboration on sustainable aviation initiatives.

RTX says they have achieved positive thrust with a rotating detonation combustor in a turbine engine in a relevant thrust class for a weapon.

Otto Aviation has announced Jacksonville, Florida, as the location for the production facility for its planned Phantom 3500 business jet.

French aerospace lab Onera has conducted further studies into its Gullhyver concept for an ultra-efficient airliner.

Acron Aviation has signed a multi-year contract with Air Cairo to provide a fully outsourced Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) service based on its industry leading Flight Data Connect (FDC) platform.

Airline company Corsair has selected Thales’ flight optimisation solution, FlytOptim, across all of its flights, which serve Africa, the West Indies, and the Indian Ocean to save thousands of tonnes of CO2 emissions per year.

ATR and Pratt & Whitney Canada will collaborate on the development of advanced propulsion technology for regional turboprop aircraft, shaping the future of low-emission regional aviation.

U.S. carrier Republic Airways will evaluate Beta Technologies’ all-electric CX-300 conventional-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for passenger and cargo use.

Blue Spirit Aero performed taxiing tests with its light hydrogen-electric Dragonfly last week and is planning to fly with a second demonstrator in Q1 2026.

Aircraft hydrogen fuel cell specialist H3 Dynamics is teaming with XSun to develop what they describe as the world’s first solar-hydrogen-electric UAS.

Hydrogen-electric unveiling; hybrid-electric redesign; satcom antenna breakthrough; and immersion-cooled batteries.

Safran and Saft have entered a partnership to develop an 800V battery essentially aimed at future hybrid-electric aircraft.

GKN Aerospace's high-voltage wire harnesses have been delivered to RTX’s Collins Aerospace for testing on an experimental hybrid-electric PW1100G GTF.

GKN Aerospace is focusing on cryogenic cooling system and electrical network technology for hydrogen-fueled aircraft under the Airbus-led ICEFlight project.

Honeywell has completed the development of Surf-A, a new cockpit alerting system for runway incursions awareness, and expects certification by the end of this year.

CFM is increasing the pace and breadth of testing for its RISE advanced propulsion technology program with preparations underway with Airbus for subscale aircraft performance wind tunnel tests.