Emerging Technologies

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

HAPSMobile has announced the first stratospheric flight of its AeroVironment-developed Sunglider high-altitude pseudo-satellite, the fifth test flight of the solar-powered long-endurance unmanned aircraft.

Abu Dhabi based Tawazun Economic Council (Tawazun) has formed a collaboration with Airbus and the National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC) from the UAE University, to build and develop a Satellite Assembly, Integration and Testing (AIT) Centre.

As it moves to offset losses caused by the pandemic, the UK air navigation services provider makes upgrades to its radar infrastructure.

Automotive fuel cells are taking to the air, but more development is needed to make them suitable for aircraft use.

The Army’s next scout aircraft will be an air-launched effect that could enter service six years before the FARA.

European Commission plans to incentivize investment on a large scale so hydrogen may contribute to climate goal.

Abu Dhabi Airports has partnered with Meta Touch, a ground breaking UAE company, to deploy new touchless technology across 53 elevators at Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH), helping to prevent cross-infection from interacting with elevator buttons and enable a COVID-19-free airport environment.

Recovering, reflying SpaceX Falcon 9s will save Space Force $53 million.

As ETOPS runs for 777X GE9X engine get underway, GE sets sights on flow-inducer validation tests.

Ask the Editors: Software has made great strides, but pilots are still needed to handle complex missions in the real world.

APT 70 flies urban; EHang’s logistics eVTOL; Paris UAM test site; Japan’s air taxi plans; Sabrewing’s Arabian deal

An inside look into the U.S. Army’s radical experiment, Project Convergence, a sensor-to-shooter demonstration.

BEA’s persistence on three research campaigns leads to a potentially far-reaching discovery of metal fatigue on GE-Pratt GP7200 turbofan.

This week's Arabian Aerospace podcast looks at an innovative use of drone technology underway in Abu Dhabi.

GE Aviation is offering a new digital fuel dashboard at no cost to commercial airline customers using GE's event measurement system (EMS), enabled by Microsoft Azure.

SITA is accelerating innovation in air traffic control (ATC) communications as part of Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator programme, alongside key industry partners including NASA and long-standing airline customer, Etihad.

Turkey’s brand in airport operations, TAV Airports served 89.1 million passengers in 2019, with a 7% increase compared to the previous year.

Despite much evidence to the opposite, the public’s image of hydrogen in aviation was set by the 1937 Hindenburg fire.

Doubling Reaper’s firepower; Rats undermine Triton comms; Will Kazakhstan buy A400Ms?; and Russia receives new Mi-28s.

Never have clouds, i.e., internet-based computing, been more welcome in the aerospace and defense industry.

Secretive startup Joby Aviation let Aviation Week’s Guy Norris witness a flight test of its new electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft. He and

Water vapor from hydrogen-fueled aircraft will generate more contrails, but research is needed to understand persistence and mitigation.

Eco Helicopters sees a quicker route to urban air mobility via Tier 1 Engineering’s electric-powered Robinson R44.

One unexpected bonus of the coronavirus crisis will be a boost for air cargo’s previously slow digital transformation.