Emerging Technologies

Smaller aircraft like turboprops are the perfect “testbed” for efforts to make aviation greener.

A Boston startup is taking a new look at wing-in-ground-effect vehicles through the lens of distributed electric propulsion, advanced flight control and hydrofoil lifting surface technology.

Airbus flies 100% SAF; hybrid tests in UK; SAF from waste food; certifiable drone control; and more tech news.

Airbus and Dassault try to reconcile views in thorny FCAS negotiations as a political deadline nears.

Government ministers across West Africa have jointly issued a 15-point post-covid recovery plan for the air transport industry in the region.

Ask the editors: Is it worthwhile to change aviation’s fuel infrastructure? The answer might be the use of LNG as a transition to SAF.

Thales has unveiled a new digital secondary surveillance radar, the RSM NG, with increased performance and reliability for safer air traffic management – up to 2, 000 flight tracks and 64 simultaneous data outputs to air traffic centres.

VerdeGo launches first product in bid to become the hybrid-electric propulsion supplier for a wide range of aircraft applications.

UK lessor Falko Regional Aircraft is to participate in the development of Electric Aviation Group’s (EAG) hybrid-powered regional airliner.

Startup Spike outlines its approach to quiet supersonic air travel as it begins fundraising drive.

After a series of cancelled programs over a decade ago, U.S. military officials make a new push for tracking moving targets from space.

Are Boeing and Embraer betting on the right concepts for new aircraft in the near term?

Megawatt power distribution; Hydrogen for general aviation; In-space factory; Compact diesel; Flight-inspection eVTOL.

Speed, electrification and autonomy are among technologies unlocking the potential for VTOL to perform a wider range of missions.

To electrify future large commercial aircraft will require new wiring systems that can distribute tens of megawatts of power at thousands of volts safely and reliably at high altitudes.

Norwegian domestic airline Widerøe has partnered with Rolls-Royce and Italy’s Tecnam to become the potential launch operator of the P-Volt electric-powered passenger aircraft.

From 11 March, passengers planning on travelling on the airline’s Doha to Istanbul route will begin trialling the digital platform offering a more safe, secure and contactless experience for travellers.

EgyptAir Tourism and Duty Free have entered a new agreement with IBM to leverage IBM Cloud capabilities to scale and modernise EgyptAir Duty Free back-end operations and host its SAP Travel Retail System.

German aviation engineering services specialist Apus Group has begun construction of a hydrogen fuel-cell-powered four-seat aircraft which it plans to fly in mid-2023 and hopes to have on the market by 2025.

NASA electrifies propulsion; turbo air-cooled fuel cell; hydrogen power-train testbed; and funding boosts Volocopter.

Qatar Airways Cargo recently surpassed a milestone with 10 million COVID-19 vaccines transported, including COVID-19 vaccines for UNICEF as part of the five-year MoU to support UNICEF’s Humanitarian Airfreight Initiative.

Gulf Air was recently certified with level 4 of the New Distribution Capability (NDC) certification from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

The Arabian Travel Market (ATM) will return to Dubai between 16-26 May 2021 with its organiser Reed Exhibitions saying it will focus on recovery of Middle East tourism following the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dubai Airshow 2021 is to introduce its new dedicated startup event, VISTA, which will be the ultimate platform for innovators, creators and market disruptors to display the latest technologies and play a part in accelerating the future of the aerospace and defence industries.

A secret program inside GatorWorks seeks to deliver a high-speed, reusable propulsion system.