Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
ZeroAvia’s plans to demonstrate long-distance hydrogen fuel cell-powered flight have been set back after its demonstrator aircraft was involved in a landing accident.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The latest Skunk Works demonstration series shows off new level of ad hoc, multidomain networking.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Irene Klotz, Guy Norris
Up to five test runs of the rotorcraft are planned by May 4.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick, Thierry Dubois
Ask the editors: Longer-haul electric aircraft will depend on better energy storage, higher power densities and greater efficiencies.
Sustainability

Smiths Detection, a provider in threat detection and security screening technologies, has launched a new lithium batteries algorithm for the HI-SCAN 10080 EDX-2is, its dual-view air cargo and checked-baggage screening system.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
As new materials and fuel technology advance, NASA gets serious again about nuclear space propulsion for missions to Mars and beyond.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Bye’s electric twin; In-orbit debris monitoring; New LEO use; Decarbonizing Europe’s skies; and Furanics for SAF.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Europe’s civil aeronautical industry is beginning to express impatience about the launch of the Partnership on Clean Aviation, a follow-on program to the ongoing Clean Sky 2 research and technology project for greener air transport.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Through targeted technology investments, regional air mobility can offer early benefits for communities, industry and investors, a new NASA white paper has concluded.
Airports & Networks

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have launched a Destination Tracker in preparation for the restart of international travel.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
A four-year research project to develop a cheaper method of producing sustainable aviation fuel from agricultural and forestry residues has kicked off in Europe.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Zero-emissions propulsion startup Universal Hydrogen has raised $20.5 million in Series A funding from investors including the venture arms of Airbus, JetBlue Airways and Toyota.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz, Jen DiMascio
“This is the first powered flight on another planet. Let that blow your mind for a minute.”
Space

By Graham Warwick
Bye Aerospace has launched development of the eFlyer 800, an eight-seat, all-electric competitor to Textron Aviation’s Beechcraft King Air 260 turboprop.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The airline group said it would achieve this by purchasing one million tons of sustainable jet fuel per year, which will allow it to cut its annual emissions by two million tons by 2030.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jen DiMascio
General warns of Chinese space prototype; U.S. Army wants FVL upgrades; Singapore’s new operational tanker; and T-7 aft fuselage arrives.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
An alliance has been launched with the goal of accelerating investment in sustainable aviation fuels by creating a certificate system that provides a standardized approach to verifying and tracking the emissions reductions from the low-carbon fuels.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Europe and Japan have launched a joint research program to advance the direct conversion of CO2 to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
While Ariane 6 is overcoming the last technical hurdles, reusability demonstration programs are making progress.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Electric aircraft propulsion will lead to the creation of electric low-cost carriers—eLCCs—flying sub-regional routes that are not economically viable for hydrocarbon-powered aircraft, proposes a report released by UK trade association ADS Group.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
A Russian research agency is preparing to begin the first flight tests of a superconducting electric motor powering an aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Swiss startup H55, a spinoff from the Solar Impulse round-the-world aircraft project, has joined MagniX and Harbour Air to certify an electric-powered version of the de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver.
Emerging Technologies

Unilabs, the leading European diagnostic services provider, and the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the trade association for the world’s airlines, have signed an agreement to incorporate Unilabs’ worldwide Covid-19 testing network into IATA Travel Pass.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Another startup has emerged to join the growing number of companies targeting the unmanned air logistics market.
Advanced Air Mobility