Emerging Technologies

In a breakthrough use of computer vision, Airbus makes swift progress in its autonomous takeoff-and-landing project.

The company aims to produce up to 42 engines per year at the new plant.

Long-running blended wing body studies have so far come to nothing, but Airbus may have the technology to bring it to reality.

DARPA fiscal 2019 budget request targets new weapons and communications concepts for contested environments.

A radically modified demonstrator made its first flight in May 2019, but it has come to light only now after video was posted on social media.

Leonardo Helicopters CEO says AW609 is on right path, as certification nears.

Spanish technology company Indra is introducing artificial intelligence (AI) to its air traffic control (ATC) remote towers to allow a greater degree of scrutiny of both air and ground movements.

Next-Generation Interceptors could be emplaced in the ground by the end of the decade.

Advancing Asian UAM; removing space debris; fuel could help in gusts; measuring X-59’s shocks; DLR’s new Falcon testbed.

Maureva, a leading Airline Software and Service Solutions Provider, has received the New Distribution Capability (NDC) Capable Level 4 status for its ANDIE solution.

Flight test exposed Starliner software glitches, but NASA is more concerned about what else may be lurking in process flaws.

Boeing steers the new airliner project design concept to counter nearer-term competition from the Airbus A321XLR.

Building the safety case, amending the regulations and providing a business case for safe, robust and reliable operation lie ahead.

With global spectrum rights in hand and ground stations under construction, OneWeb plans to roll out high-speed, global internet service.

An appreciation of Clay Christensen’s theory through the lens of disruptive aerospace innovations.

The U.S. Air Force’s Pilot Training Next has delivered pilots to training units months earlier than traditional approaches.

The manufacturer and NASA have worked since 2011 to develop a C2 data link waveform for drones.

Fort Worth-based Bell Textron will work with Japan Airlines (JAL) to explore on-demand air mobility services in Japan with the OEM’s Nexus 4EX electric-vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

Making airlifters and refuelers more survivable and capable emerges as new priority.

Etihad Airways has launched the world’s first Transition Sukuk and the first Sustainability-Linked financing in global aviation, under a Transition Finance Framework.

The U.S. Air Force must decide how to fill an aerial refueling shortfall exacerbated by KC-46 delays and an aging KC-10 fleet.

U.S. funds electric propulsion; Wisk to carry passengers; Gremlins mission demo; HAPS payload developed; Astra Space emerges.

Sustainment focus drives Airbus toward new technology demonstrations ranging from hybrid propulsion to eVTOLs and delivery drones.

The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency envisions using MALE UAVs to support search, rescue and anti-pollution missions.

The market for radar images and radio frequency mapping from space still relies on military and government customers.