Emerging Technologies

Somewhere in Australia, Boeing and partners are building a loyal-wingman drone. A photo of a fuselage major assembly reveals details.

A new U.S. military assessment adds a hypersonic glide vehicle to China’s nuclear weapons portfolio.

Having placed a bet on the return of supersonic air travel by becoming a supplier on Aerion’s AS2 business jet, aerostructures specialist Spirit AeroSystems is putting down a marker on the emerging urban air mobility industry.

Ivory Coast carrier Air Côte d’Ivoire is extending its relationship with trusted inflight connectivity partner SITAONAIR across its new fleet of A320neo aircraft, enabling enhanced levels of passenger satisfaction.

Spirit’s eVTOL tieup; electrified commuter aircraft; kitplane-based MALE flies; Volocopter raises more funds; Sweden’s electric aviation.

Ukrainian engineers are helping Chinese industry with the study of engine designs.

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.