Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Two subscale models of a fan-in-wing vertical-takeoff business jet are to fly in 2022 under the UK government-supported Project NOMAD.
Emerging Technologies

By Alan Peaford, Chuck Grieve
This week's Newsround looks at how India is gaining pace in its goal of reducing emissions and playing its part in the aviation industry's sustainability targets.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick, Lee Hudson
Paul Lemmo, a seasoned veteran at Lockheed Martin, chats with Aviation Week about rotorcraft and Future Vertical Lift competitions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Germany takes the lead in pushing Europe to embrace e-fuels produced from electric, hydrogen and CO2.
Sustainability

By Graham Warwick
To enable synthetic fuels to fulfill their sustainability promise, the aviation industry must fight for its share of renewable energy and hydrogen electrolyzer capability to secure a level playing field on which to battle other sectors reluctant to be weaned off liquid fuels.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
The UK is looking for a zero-emission training aircraft as the Royal Air Force (RAF) targets net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Graham Warwick
Existing aeronautical standards are not adequate for certifying artificial intelligence (AI) with safety-critical systems, and new means of compliance will have to be developed, concludes a report jointly issued by standards developers SAE International and Eurocae.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Dassault Aviation has created a joint research laboratory in partnership with two French academic institutions dubbed Moliere, an acronym of the French for “innovative functional materials for aviation.”
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Electric Alice reshaped; Collins’ 500-kW motor; ZeroAvia advances hydrogen; Volocopter’s EASA first; and HyFlexFuel expands SAF sources.
Advanced Air Mobility

Travelport and Emirates have reached a commercial agreement that will allow Travelport-connected travel agencies to avoid the airline’s surcharge on bookings via Global Distribution Systems (GDS) that will be introduced from 01 July 2021.
Emerging Technologies

Your Runway to Success, published today by SITA, sets out five critical areas for the air transport industry’s rebuild in the next 18 months and highlights SITA’s remodelled solutions to tackle the major challenges facing air travel in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Emerging Technologies

By Jen DiMascio
Committee halts practice of adding F-35s; GA-ASI Skyborg flies; Hensoldt to integrate German sigint aircraft; and Japan’s UH-2.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
As the benefits of satellite navigation are answering pressing needs, a European mandate is to accelerate its adoption by carriers.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
Liquid hydrogen, cryogenic cooling and electric propulsion are coming together in European and UK research programs.
Sustainability

The Middle East South Asia (MESA) operation of Hellmann Worldwide, one of the largest global logistics service providers has become the first in the region to join the Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) programme.
MRO

By Graham Warwick
A European research project has demonstrated the potential to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from a wide range of organic wastes including sewage sludge and manure.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The addition of sustainable aviation fuel at Cologne Bonn Airport has been driven in part by demand from air freight operators looking to offer a lower-carbon to their customers.
Airports & Networks

By Thierry Dubois
The startup's modified Cessna 337H Skymaster prototype will soon start touring between midsize regional airports across France.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Fuel cells for aircraft power; Blade UAM expands; Volocopter Paris flight; Vertiport partnerships; and Japan SAF flights.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
Gallium nitride has migrated across terrestrial radar applications for a decade but is ready to enter the challenging market for fighters.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Jen DiMascio
SDA to loft spacecraft; Indonesia receives ScanEagle delivery; Will LRASM survive in Japan?; and Qatar’s Hawk trainers take flight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
COMMERCIAL AVIATION Boeing conducted the long-delayed first flight of the 737-10, the fourth and largest version of the MAX series, with a 2-hr. 30
Aerospace

By Guy Norris, Thierry Dubois
GE/Safran demonstrator aims to make open rotor a reality for new single aisles after 40 years of research, tests and abandoned attempts.
Sustainability

AVANT Up is Thales’s latest evolution of industry leading inflight entertainment (IFE) solutions.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
Airline eVTOL shuttle services could be on the horizon.
Advanced Air Mobility