Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
ThereCraft cargo UAV; Aeronomie models electrification; TsAGI refines flying wing; EHang teams with Seville; Urban partners with Ascent.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The air cargo sector knows it needs to be more sustainable, and efforts are gaining ground.
Airlines & Lessors

As the aviation industry expands its support for initiatives to reduce its environmental impact, more countries, airlines and companies are making
Sustainability

The European GNSS Agency (GSA), the EU agency managing Europe’s satellite navigation systems, EGNOS and Galileo, today announced the return of the Farming by Satellite Prize, which will promote the use of GNSS and Earth observation in European and African agriculture.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Taking 18 years to fly people in space won’t cut it to get to Mars, says Musk.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
The £65 million ($78m) facility, due to open this summer, will lead research into digital aviation technology.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Advanced ICBMs drive faster schedule, but can MDA deliver?
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Bill Carey
American Airlines, ACSS and the FAA are collecting data on the operational value of flights using ADS-B In.
Connected Aerospace

By Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
NASA looks to industry power train demonstrators to advance electrified aircraft propulsion.
Aerospace

Watch the highlights of Aviation Africa 2 day Summit & Exhibition held at the Ethiopian Skylight Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Safran powers VoltAero; scaling quantum computers; automating dogfighting; eVTOL in Norway; safer batteries; drone delivery bases.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick, Jen DiMascio
Northrop Grumman takes a next step on in-orbit satellite servicing through a public-private partnership with DARPA.
Space Symposium

By Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
NASA is formulating a new, “multi-tech” strategy to pave the way towards a possible next-generation, subsonic, electrified X-plane
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
With a 2024 deadline to land crew on the Moon, NASA is putting its procurement processes on speed drive.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Alongside sustainable fuels and electric propulsion, hydrogen has a role in helping aviation address emissions challenges and industry should allocate resources to exploring its potential, concludes a report by European consultants Roland Berger.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
EASA and Eurocontrol release reports providing a road map and action plan for artificial intelligence in aviation and air traffic management.
Emerging Technologies

Gulf Air has implemented Sabre’s branded fares technology that allows travel agents using the Sabre global distribution system (GDS) to access the full breadth of the airlines' branded fares.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
The project, initiated by Safran, involves regional companies working in agricultural chemicals and energy that plan to work together to produce and distribute sustainable biofuels.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Aireon and Searidge Technologies have announced a partnership to integrate satellite-routed position data from aircraft into Searidge’s “digital tower” platform for large airports.
World ATM Congress

By Graham Warwick
Battery thermal-management company Kulr Technology Group has developed a design for lithium-ion batteries that prevents cell-to-cell propagation of a thermal runaway.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Finnair will work with Finnish oil company Neste to increase the airline’s use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and boost production capacity in Finland.
Sustainability

By Graham Warwick
Russian aerohydrodynamic institute TsAGI has completed a new series of wind-tunnel tests on a low-drag, low-noise concept for a short-range airliner.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The Launch Challenge, intended to show “anywhere, anytime” capability to launch smallsats to LEO, ended without the prize money claimed.
Commercial Space

By Bradley Perrett
The design is for a considerable aircraft with a span of 16 m. But funding is needed.
Aircraft & Propulsion