Emerging Technologies

UK advances drone swarms and combat cloud capabilities to enhance networked warfare.

A Los Angeles-based commuter airline plans to purchase up to 150 Cessna Grand Caravan EX turboprops from Textron Aviation with plans to convert them into hybrid-electric aircraft for commercial air travel.

Sustainable aviation fuel, synthetic training and electric aircraft form the RAF’s road map for a more ecological defense future.

South African fan-in-wing business jet is first subject of Callen-Lenz flight control system project.

Hydrogen turbines; building hybrids; charging eVTOLs; credit for decarbonizing; and Porsche weighs in on UAM.

Airobotics’ drone boxes will support law enforcement for the six-month-long Expo 2020 Dubai.

The new generation of commercial aircraft will need to be largely carbon-free in the coming decades. Anuradha Deenapanray Chappard looks at how the industry’s big players are working to meet these targets.

Universal Hydrogen signs deals with first customers for hydrogen-electric propulsion retrofit.

Composites and additive manufacturing will be key to urban air taxis, new airliners and other vehicles.

How two new business turboprop singles will stack up in an evolving head-to-head competition.

U.S. Army and Navy officials are planning the first round of upgrades for a joint hypersonic missile program.

The Canadian federal and Quebec provincial governments together will invest in projects at Bell, CAE and Pratt & Whitney Canada to develop technologies supporting the electrification and decarbonization of aviation.

Qatar Airways Cargo has rolled out third-party eBooking platform WebCargo by Freightos across the United States of America, effective 19 July 2021.

Bye Aerospace doubles down on its lead in certifying electric aircraft to directly target the turboprop-twin business aircraft market.

U.S. Navy can use KC-46 tankers; Space nuclear-propulsion concepts chosen; Germany’s space command; and India’s 10th P-8.

Boeing is backing the production of sustainable aviation fuel in the U.S. under a partnership with supply chain developer SkyNRG.

Aimed at enabling single-aisle airliners to burn carbon-free hydrogen in turbine engines, GKN Aerospace is leading a two-year Swedish-funded research project.

Universal Hydrogen will retrofit ATR 72 and de Havilland Canada Dash 8 regional turboprops operated by Icelandair, Air Nostrum and Ravn Alaska with hydrogen fuel-cell power trains.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) warned that the reliance on taxation as the solution for cutting aviation emissions in the EU’s ‘Fit for 55’ proposal is counter-productive to the goal of sustainable aviation.

United Airlines and its regional affiliate Mesa Airlines have conditionally agreed to order 200 19-passenger electric airliners from Heart Aerospace as they participated in the Swedish startup's $35 million Series A funding round.

Saudia Airlines will be implementing GE Digital’s Aviation Software Asset Records solution.

SITA has announced the acquisition of Safety Line, a Paris based start-up specialising in digital solutions for aviation safety and efficiency.

Advancing sustainability in aviation education will open new doors for graduates and accelerate innovation across the industry.

While Airbus is refining hydrogen technology maturation, the endeavor spreads to airport ecosystem and certification authorities.

French hybrid-electric aircraft startup VoltAero has selected Rochefort Charente-Maritime Airport in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwest France for its final-assembly plant.