Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
The medium-thrust UltraFan design launch signals Rolls’ commitment to single-aisle market ventures as its large engine variant moves toward new tests.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Another Chinese eVTOL flies; artificial intelligence beats human in drone race; detonation-powered hypersonics.
Emerging Technologies

Airbus has released a report highlighting the pressure on airport operations, focusing on the Middle East, and how its Agnet Turnaround is built to address the challenges.
Emerging Technologies

Skywards Everyday, an app that enables members to earn Skywards Miles, has partnered with EmCan, the loyalty programme of Emarat.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
Earth observation pioneer Planet Labs sees large language models speeding up analysis of images to improve understanding.
Satellites

By Thierry Dubois, Graham Warwick
While Lufthansa Technik sees riblet films as most suitable for older-generation widebodies, MicroTau targets the Airbus A320 narrowbody.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Rotating detonation engines have huge potential for realizing efficient high-speed flight, but they are proving fiendishly difficult to get right.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
Deutsche Aircraft and India's Dynamatic Technologies have inaugurated the rear fuselage assembly line at Dynamatic’s Bangalore facility for the D328eco.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

IndiGo has collaborated with Swiggy, India’s on-demand convenience platform.
Emerging Technologies

iGA Istanbul Airport has ushered in a new era in aviation history with the launch of Europe’s first-ever “Triple Runway Operations.”
Airports & Networks

By Vivienne Machi, Guy Norris, Steve Trimble
Companies say they are ready to support the White House’s Golden Dome initiative. They just need the green light.
Space Symposium

By Steve Trimble
The C-130’s new role opens the door for a novel class of mass-produced, low-cost cruise missiles to enter U.S. and foreign weapon inventories.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
China’s Comac is studying a potential low-boom supersonic airliner for possible mid-century market entry; a study published in China details the design.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Lufthansa Technik is studying how its fuel burn reducing AeroShark riblet film can be engineered to cover a greater proportion of the aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

Help AG has partnered with Dubai Air Navigation Services (dans) to strengthen the cybersecurity framework of one of the region’s most critical aviation organisations.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
The aim of the tests was to measure the microphysical properties of the contrails resulting from direct hydrogen combustion under real atmospheric conditions.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Jet VTOL UAS; CycloRotor flies; cargo gyroplane; and electrified trainer.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
With the cabin comprising 10% of an aircraft’s weight and refurbishments sending tons of plastic to the landfill, some designers are ready to think differently.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Graham Warwick
Australian startup MicroTau is working with Delta Air Lines to test its drag-reducing riblet film on the Boeing 767.
Emerging Technologies

By Christine Boynton
JetBlue Airways is advancing its adoption of new technologies while proceeding through a multi-year plan to return to profitability.
MRO Americas

By Ben Goldstein
Whisper Aero is focused on designing and manufacturing ultra-quiet electric ducted fans for use in drones, eVTOLs and electric regional aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Renowned aircraft designer Darold Cummings explores questions raised by Boeing’s F-47 NGAD design.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton
Industry stakeholders suggest AI could help with the shortage in skilled talent in the MRO sector.
MRO Americas

Matarat Holding has signed an MoU with SITA to accelerate the digital transformation of airports across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Emerging Technologies