Emerging Technologies

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.

In new analysis released this week, the aviation sector details how it can meet its climate goal of cutting CO2 emissions in half by 2050, compared with 2005. It also highlights that net-zero emissions from air transport across the global could be achieved a decade or so afterwards.

Advanced combustors and new thermodynamic cycles are under study to exploit the energy potential of liquid hydrogen fuel.

Nordic countries committed to electrifying aviation are initial targets for Swedish startup.

System would automatically scan anyone who enters the cabin, adding a layer of defense against virus transmission.

ZeroAvia flies fuel cells; Boeing pauses NeXt; Rolls tests ACCEL; Safran’s quiet gear; Vertical’s smart charger.

Green aviation start-up ZeroAvia has completed the first flight of its hydrogen fuel cell-powered Piper M350 test aircraft.

Swedish startup Heart Aerospace has unveiled the electric propulsion system for its planned 19-seat regional airliner, the ES-19.

The company is making key technology choices early and still has massive challenges ahead: technological, regulatory and in convincing industry partners to participate.

Lifting the veil of secrecy over its electric air taxi vehicle, Joby Aviation makes pioneering steps toward eVTOL certification.

Aviation Week had the opportunity to sample the flight characteristics of the Joby air taxi in a company demonstration simulator. I was guided through

After NASA’s DART collides with Didymos asteroid, Hera will precisely measure the impactor’s effect.

Numerous challenges must be overcome to get to the hydrogen propulsion future envisioned by Airbus, along with rewritten business models.

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

Vertical noted that many of the advancements in battery technology have emerged from the automotive sector, but these batteries are “not optimized for aviation gravimetric energy or power density requirements.”

Rolls-Royce has completed testing of the ground-breaking technology that will power the world’s fastest all-electric plane.

Rolls-Royce has developed ACCEL to beat the current electric aircraft speed record of 210 mph.

Northrop’s new jammer; Chinook tests more powerful engine; Brazil accepts Gripen E; and the soft power of space.

More than 200 security trays will be redistributed from Edinburgh Airport in Scotland to airports in Africa, to help staff train for security inspections.