Emerging Technologies

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and World Meteorological Organization have signed an agreement to increase and improve the automated reporting of meteorological data by commercial aircraft.

Pyka has FAA approval to begin trial operations at farms in California and Nevada.

Ask the Editors: There is room for both and overlap between both, and who will win where will play out over the next decade.

Stratospheric cell mast; Heaviside favors elegance; Pipistrel picks Honeywell; Volansi flies vaccines; Iris enables BVLOS.

Plans for major technology demonstrators to shape next generation of single-aisle airliner firming up in Europe and U.S.

Transonic Truss Braced Wing, electrified propulsion small-core turbofans and high-rate composites top NASA’s priorities

From Boom to Joby, aviation startups are turning to 3D printing to reduce time and cost required to field new products.

Aviation Week editors honored more than two dozen 2020 Laureate Awards winners from around the globe in a virtual event.

In a continuing effort to thwart potential drone incursions into Changi Airport (SIN) airspace, local authorities have deployed a military-grade anti-drone protection system during the lull in activity at the airport.

U.S. drone start-up Volansi announced on Oct. 20 that it is testing the delivery of temperature-controlled medicines in North Carolina with pharmaceutical company Merck.

Aviation’s electric propulsion pioneers are reliving the passion of the formative years of aviation as the push to develop electric and hybrid

British start-up Stratospheric Platforms is developing a hydrogen fuel cell-powered, high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air system (UAS) that could provide cellular connectivity to remote areas.

TAAG Angola Airlines (TAAG) has signed a new five-year agreement with SITA, to roll-out new, faster network connectivity linking all 15 of the carrier’s airport sites located in Africa, Europe and Latin America.

Kawasaki’s compound; Rolls’ eVTOL rig; ADAC OKs multicopters; Aerion’s eSTOL linkup; Eve for UAM; and Compact rotary power.

Data link and ADS-B will be instrumental for improved European air traffic management, but key countries are late in implementation.

Here is a look at some of the commercially developed and operated hardware on the International Space Station.

Certification standards we use for human pilots could also be applied to artificial intelligence.

Upgrades are underway for carrier aircraft as Stratolaunch prepares to offer hypersonic test capability from 2022 onward.

Urban air mobility and drone traffic management share the same technology pillars but will occupy different layers of airspace.

University research parks help startups learn business and develop innovative technologies as well as the next generation of leaders.

Electric-powered multi-copters could supplement traditional helicopters in the emergency medical service role, a study by Germany’s ADAC motoring association has detailed.

Fifteen-nation program marks 20 years of continuous human presence in low Earth orbit.

Development of compact, efficient rotary internal-combustion engines able to run on jet fuel has been boosted by U.S. Army contracts to advance the technology for unmanned-aircraft propulsion and rotorcraft auxiliary-power applications.

With the second largest helicopter fleet in the world, Canada has launched a program to develop the technologies, supply chain and regulations for advanced air mobility, including urban and regional cargo and passenger transportation.

Prismatic’s PHASA-35 high-altitude pseudo-satellite has been fitted with a sensor payload and been taken through simulated cold soak testing to prepare it for stratospheric flight.