Emerging Technologies

Virgin Galactic conducts sole U.S. human spaceflight in 2019.

Air-launched, anti-missile interceptors and defensive lasers are set to take the next step in development.

Lockheed Martin has extended its long-running hypersonic links with Aerojet Rocketdyne.

A conference agreement by the House and Senate on Dec. 16 inserts at least three-quarters of a billion dollars in fiscal 2020 budget accounts linked to the U.S. military’s bulging hypersonic weapons portfolio.

NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology research aircraft remains on track to make its first flight in 2021.

Gulfstream Aerospace has announced its Savannah-based fleet has flown more than 1 million nautical miles/1.85 million kilometers on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Norway and Sweden look set to receive shots in the arm to their defense capabilities in the 2020s, as neighboring governments react to the threat posed by Russia.

Canadian seaplane airline Harbour Air has flown a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver converted to electric propulsion and powered by a 540-kW (750-hp)

Lockheed tests ground-launched long-range missile; Japan to keep making F-35s; Space Fence nears start of ops; NATO training center opens

Emirates has launched a new feature on its app called Airport maps which will allow customers to navigate seamlessly through the airport. The Airport maps can detect the user's location (via Bluetooth and wifi) and provide point to point navigation through all touchpoints of the airport including check-in desks, Emirates lounges, shops, restaurants or ATMs in the airport.

Airbus has commenced in-flight trials of IoT connected cabin technologies on board an A350-900 Flight Lab aircraft – to be shortly revealed to customers.

Etihad Airways has re-launched etihad.com to improve the online customer journey, making it easier for guests to plan their trip, search for information, and manage their booking.

French start-up, Multi Access Electric Air Mobility (MAEAM), launched a new “disruptive” aircraft programme at EBACE.

Honeywell announced an agreement with Air Arabia at the Saudi Airshow today, to extend maintenance services and supply auxiliary power units (APUs) for the airline’s fleet of Airbus A320ceo aircraft.

South African Airways (SAA) and its wholly-owned subsidiary and low cost carrier, Mango Airlines, made history in 2016 as the first two airlines in Africa to operate commercial flights respectively, which were powered by sustainable aviation fuel produced from Sunchem’s nicotine-free tobacco plant, Solaris.

Northrop Grumman taps into the internet of things to enable real-time monitoring of the health of munitions and rockets motors.

Formation flying airliners; eVTOL crash cause; Pakistan’s low-cost HAPS; stratospheric glider flights; low-noise approach guidance.

If parts of the industry are going back to square one or close to it with electric technology, Japanese newcomers may have opportunities.

By Alexandre de Juniac. It’s no secret that aviation has come in for a good deal of scrutiny and criticism over its environmental impacts. The flight shaming phenomenon and proposals for a Green New Deal that would reduce and even replace air travel with other modes of transport have been in the news around the world, not just in Europe and the United States, where they respectively originated.

With the air transport industry trying hard to reduce its environmental footprint, Airbus is looking at unconventional ways to improve efficiency.

L3Harris Technologies has signed an agreement with RwandAir to support the airline’s pilot training plans and growth strategy.

Nanotube heat shield; HAPS in flight—UAVOS’ ApusDuo and AV’s Hawk30; Latecoere tests IFE by light; Army eyes hydrogen power.

Africa’s most prestigious aviation event heads to Ethiopia for the first time, as Michael de Klerk reports.

Final systems installation is underway for Mod. 2 testing of the all-electric X-57 as NASA nears a critical design review of high-lift motors for the final test phase.

Airbus provided secure communications technology for the recently concluded formula 1 Grand Prix in Bahrain.