Emerging Technologies

BAE Systems will build a full-scale fuselage section of the notional Tempest design in its factory of the future trials.

Swiss eVTOL demo; EASA advances AI; suborbital spaceplane; AeroTEC advances electric; EHang expands; and Sunglider flies higher.

Ask the Editors: There’s a way to go before propulsion electrification, but the type certification of aircraft begins to lay the bricks.

Boom Supersonic, an aerospace company building the world's fastest civil aircraft, and Rolls-Royce, has announced an engagement agreement to explore the pairing of a Rolls-Royce propulsion system with Boom's flagship supersonic passenger aircraft, Overture.

Ask the Editors: A recent round-table highlighted the future of combat offerings from a number of countries. Who else is on the radar?

The FCC has endangered a national treasure by allowing high-power terrestrial transmitters in the band of frequencies that includes GPS.

UK’s Jet Zero Council, FlyZero study and hybrid-electric regional; Swift flies HALE UAV; Advanced electric trainer; Soft solid batteries.

Rolls-Royce is planning to make the first flight of its ACCEL high-speed electric-powered aircraft later this year.

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

With the goal of demonstrating zero-carbon flight across the Atlantic within a generation, the UK government’s Jet Zero Council held its first meeting on July 22.

Val Miftakov is the founder and CEO of ZeroAvia, which is developing a zero emission electric powertrain for regional aircraft that uses hydrogen fuel cells. Aviation Week's Executive Editor, Technology Graham Warwick speaks to him about the startup’s plans in this Tech Talk.

Air Tanzania has selected Panasonic Avionics’ (Panasonic) inflight entertainment (IFE) and connectivity systems to enhance the passenger experience onboard its Airbus A220 aircraft.

Hydrogen propulsion could play a key role in a complete rethink of long-haul aviation to reduce its environmental footprint, a study by German aviation think-tank Bauhaus Luftfhart has concluded.

UK electric regional; supersonic opposition; EHang flies tourists; Indra tests Targus OPV; ANA’s delivery drone; and eVTOL down under.

Ask the Editors: The latest work on tiltrotors focuses on reducing cost and minimizing compromises between vertical and forward flight.

The UK has launched a government-backed project to help the country’s aerospace industry develop a zero-carbon commercial aircraft by 2030.

Rolls-Royce weathers COVID-19 supplier impacts to bring components together for first next-gen engine.

Company’s largest indoor engine test facility is a key part of the UltraFan development.

The UK has brought another seven aerospace companies into the Team Tempest consortium to develop technologies for a future UK-led combat air system.

Despite challenging times, Boeing stays course with new 787-10 ecoDemonstrator program and plans next phases for 2021-22.

Even though the pandemic has stalled airlines’ financial and traffic growth, the aviation industry continues to move forward on environmental

Despite the global air transport market collapse and aircraft production slowdown following the COVID-19 pandemic, Pratt & Whitney believes the longer-term impact may potentially accelerate the adoption of advanced propulsion technology as airframers revise product development strategies.

Harbour Air founder Greg McDougall and Cape Air founder Dan Wolf are committed to electric flight.

Milestones for the T-7 trainer; what comes after the MQ-9; Sierra Nevada’s Shooting Star and a new name for Airbus operations in the U.S.

Passur Aerospace will integrate satellite-based aircraft tracking data from Aireon into its airline and airport operations management platform, the companies announced on July 14.