Emerging Technologies

Rolls-Royce has officially started building the world’s largest engine, UltraFan, which it says will redefine sustainable travel for decades to come.
MRO

By Tony Osborne
Tempest was one of the winners in the UK government’s Integrated Review securing £1.2 billion for technology development.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Electric seaglider; fuel-cell ScanEagle; autonomy teaming; French electric regional; and listening for turbulence.
Emerging Technologies

Sash Tusa
Ask the Editors: It is near axiom that new models need to offer 15% better economics, and that improvement only comes from major changes.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Airbus has launched a travel companion app called Tripset.
Emerging Technologies

South Africa’s little-heralded but substantial expertise in satellites and their sensors is being resurrected by a new entrant.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
Traditional engine-makers and startups position for emerging hybrid-electric power market.
Sustainability

By Graham Warwick
Byogy Renewables is commissioning a demonstration plant in Japan with the goal of beginning commercial production of the low-carbon fuel in the country by 2025.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Finnair has signed a letter of interest in acquiring up to 20 19-passenger electric aircraft from Swedish startup Heart Aerospace for use on its shortest routes.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Machine learning specialist Daedalean and autonomous system developer Reliable Robotics have partnered to build advanced navigation and situational awareness systems for commercial aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The European Space Agency and national agencies are supporting startups in their bid to offer a new kind of launch services.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A $14.3 billion modernization program risks delays unless Lockheed software developers and military bureaucracy can dodge obstacles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
A new French manufacturer has announced its intention to develop an electric 19-seat regional and freighter aircraft with early funding support from regional governments as part of post-pandemic recovery plans for the country’s aviation industry.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Graham Warwick
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus and Dassault try to reconcile views in thorny FCAS negotiations as a political deadline nears.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Thierry Dubois
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
VerdeGo launches first product in bid to become the hybrid-electric propulsion supplier for a wide range of aircraft applications.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

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

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

By Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
Are Boeing and Embraer betting on the right concepts for new aircraft in the near term?
Aerospace