Emerging Technologies

Error and fear are part of human beings’ superior performance, says French safety expert.

Startup Beta Technologies transfers its eVTOL prototype to new location to begin flight testing.

Ask the Editors: Composite use is growing as a percentage of weight for manufacturers. Repair and recycling knowledge also are improving.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched the Security Risk Intelligence Portal (SRIP)—an incident reporting tool to help airlines mitigate and manage security risks.

Despite the high level of cabin health protection, suppliers are ready to sell dedicated antimicrobial coatings and systems.

Global technology giant Honeywell has taken a step into the future with the formation of a new business unit dedicated to the growing unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and urban air mobility (UAM) industries.

Critical challenges remain to be overcome before air-breathing hypersonics can be applied to wider roles.

Flight testing will increasingly augment ground tests as U.S. hypersonic development transitions to operational vehicles.

Electric STOL for logistics; electric aircraft certification; Wisk back in flight; more funds for Lilium; Norway eyes e-fuels.

France and Germany clear billions in support for aerospace, with France aiming at a carbon-neutral narrowbody.

The pace of hypersonic strike systems research is picking up internationally, galvanized by developments in Russia and China.

Readers write about First Take graph proportions, "STOLPort" history, COVID-19 and airlines, and NASA’s C-17 role.

Russia buys interim fighter-bombers; GA-ASI to vie for MQ-9 replacement; KC-46 RVS testing coming; COVID-19 contractor relief bill?

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

SITA has said technology is helping airports and airlines safely resume operations and help implement new hygiene measures to restore passenger confidence after a lengthy shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design software providers are working closely with customers to fully industrialize additive manufacturing.

Ask the Editors: The supersonic renaissance slowed before the pandemic, but new aircraft should come to market after aviation recovers.

IATA’s CEO Alexandre de Juniac said during this week’s media briefing that airlines continue to burn through cash.

As additive manufacturing helps the aerospace supply chain, 3D-printing innovations could benefit traceability and next-gen aircraft.

Six months after the ADS-B mandate entered force, the FAA says it is pleased with the level of compliance.

Having learned first-hand the challenges of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles, a group of former Airbus Vahana team members have launched a company to develop a hybrid-electric short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for short-haul aerial logistics.

Maureva, a Mauritius-based company that specialises in the provision of software and follow-up services to airlines, continues to grow internationally with the opening of offices in the Canadian city of Montreal and a further subsidiary in the South Korean capital city of Seoul.

Startup Varon Vehicles is taking an infrastructure-centric approach to urban air mobility in developing nations.

A decade after a surge of excitement over additive manufacturing in aerospace, the technology has not changed the landscape.

A scramjet-powered missile developed under the joint DARPA/U.S. Air Force Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) program was destroyed in a recent test accident, Aviation Week has learned.