Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Hydrogen propulsion startup ZeroAvia has ordered additional fuel-cell systems from Sweden’s PowerCell.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Thierry Dubois, Ben Goldstein, Adrian Schofield
Innovative new propulsion technologies are set to shape the regional sector in the years to come.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Wright Electric hits milestone; Pyrotechnic protection; Wisk teams with Blade; Beta flies for USAF; AKKA helps Aura Aero; Dufour funding.
Emerging Technologies

By P. Barry Butler
Extended reality systems present a way to address key safety and workforce-training challenges.
Maintenance & Training

By Guy Norris
While Roc flight tests hog the limelight, Stratolaunch is quietly developing the Talon-A hypersonic testbed—Roc’s primary payload.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick, Guy Norris
Will we ever be able to trust an autonomous aircraft?
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Startup Wright Electric has begun testing the megawatt-scale power inverter that is a key building block in development of the electric propulsion system for its planned single-aisle airliner.
Emerging Technologies

IATA has welcomed the agreement by the G20 Tourism Ministers to support the safe restoration of mobility by following the G20 Rome Guidelines for the Future of Tourism.
Airports & Networks

On Thursday, April 29, the Kouga and Swinburne nature reserves in South Africa welcomed three lions, one lioness and three cubs. This involved a three-day trip with the help of Qatar Airways Cargo from Kiev to Doha and Johannesburg so that the lions could walk on grass for the first time in their lives.
Aerospace

According to research by Cirium, weather phenomena such as heavy rains, thick fog and flooding are a significant cause of flight delays around the world and costs airlines billions of dollars annually. Adverse weather can also cause up to US$500k in damage to a modern aircraft engine.
Emerging Technologies

United Aviation Solutions (UTD) and the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) have launched the Brown Condor Initiative (BCI) aimed at providing a platform for AFRAA members with Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facilities to support their North American counterparts in MRO services and assets.
MRO

By Tony Osborne
London City Airport flight operations are now being directed from 70 mi. away.
Airports & Networks

By Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
Scalable autonomy framework development supports airborne agent that can react to unanticipated situations for a wide range of aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
European engineering services company AKKA Technologies is to assist French startup Aura Aero with development of its planned 19-seat Electric Regional Aircraft and Integral E electric aerobatic aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

UAE aerostructures manufacturer Strata is to enter the business aviation sector thanks to an offset agreement between the Tawazun Economic Council and Swiss airframer Pilatus.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Thierry Dubois
COVID-19 has pushed sustainability and emissions reduction higher up the aviation agenda–and highlighted the need for further action.
Program Management

By Tony Osborne
The slow pace of Leonardo’s AW609 program has not benefited from the global pandemic.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
ZeroAvia testbed crash; Lufthansa deploys riblets; MightyFly’s autonomous logistics; Wingcopter’s triple drop; Hydrogen startup funding.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Europe’s industry sees itself in a time crunch for sustainability, but budget negotiations on the Clean Sky follow-on program drag on.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

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