Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
The Zero Engine Taxi eTaxi system electrically drives one of the aircraft’s main landing gear wheel sets using power from the auxiliary power unit.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo’s AW609-based Next-Generation Civil Tiltrotor Technology Demonstrator is testing wing, propulsion and fly-by-wire concepts to derisk future designs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Indra and RTX have been awarded contracts to replace the FAA’s ground-based air traffic control (ATC) system radars.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris
The insatiable energy demand of artificial intelligence datacenters continues to drive surprising new developments in the aeroderivative gas turbine business.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
The American system of innovation is like a quantum system: It is nondeterministic, everywhere all at once, exploring a multitude of possibilities.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Automated Black Hawk; Eve’s eVTOL flies; Arctic auroral radar; controlling thin wings.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The UK government has launched a call for evidence on the use of crop-based feedstocks for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
Quantum sensors and navigation could be deployed soon while other technologies are years from reality.
Emerging Technologies

Erik Lindbergh
The aviation industry today faces challenges that were unimaginable in 1927, yet the path forward still begins with bold dreams, fortitude and shared conviction.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
“Nobody understands quantum mechanics,” said Richard Feynman, Nobel Prize winner in physics.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
DARPA is taking a hard look at the quizzical, quantum-mechanics-based hardware.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Hybrid focus for Clean Aviation; exhaust additives reduce contrails; point-to-point cargo eVTOL demo; and anti-jamming for urban air taxis.
Emerging Technologies

By Bill Carey
A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision to ban Chinese-made drones for communications has instilled uncertainty among public-sector users.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Expirations of temporary mitigation measures and lack of improved radio altimeters have commercial air transport markets facing new threats from 5G interference
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
The wind-tunnel trials tested active control of a high-aspect-ratio wing while controlling the thin, flexible wing’s response to maneuver loads and gusts.
Emerging Technologies

By Robert Wall
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has signaled a desire to revitalize the agency’s aeronautics program, calling for more experimental X-planes.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Eve Air Mobility conducted the long-awaited first flight of its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing engineering prototype on Dec. 19.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
Onera has started using a new test facility for structural materials, applying new methods to a Clean Aviation project on airframes for hydrogen propulsion.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Neste and Cathay Group have agreed to a deal for the supply of Neste’s sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) across Europe, the U.S., and Asia-Pacific.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
New technology is significantly decreasing “permanently lost” luggage among air travelers, according to aerospace technical support systems specialist SITA.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
China’s emerging low-altitude economy is driving the development of large uncrewed logistics aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A U.S. researcher has proposed adding ice-nucleating particles to engine exhaust to make contrails less harmful by shortening their lifespan.
Emerging Technologies

By Molly McMillin
Wichita’s National Institute for Aviation Research marked its 40th anniversary with a sneak peek of its new innovation advanced manufacturing hub.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Energy-saving formation flying; airports as hydrogen hubs; electric trainer advances; urban eVTOL test flights.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
The captive-carry Talon campaigns should clear Stratolaunch’s Boeing 747 and Roc for a double hypersonic test attempt in early 2026.
Aircraft & Propulsion