Emerging Technologies

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.

South African Airways (SAA) has taken delivery of the first of four new Airbus A350-900s.

Panasonic Avionics subsidiary, AeroMobile, an inflight mobile connectivity provider, have launched mobile connectivity onboard EgyptAir Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft.

Jet Aviation and GE Aviation have signed a long-term agreement for a comprehensive safety and fleet modernisation project including C-FOQATM.

Ethiopian Airlines Group has launched an innovative capacity development initiative aimed at creating local value in agricultural products.

With the introduction of eVisa service back in June 2017, Ethiopia eased entry into the country with a digitised service accessible from any part of the world, which to-date has seen more 200,000 people from 217 countries visit Ethiopia via the eVisa.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced the results of its 2019 Global Passenger Survey showing that passengers are looking to technology to improve their travel experience.

The deal between Qatar Airways and Rwanda for the new $1.3 billion international airport near Kigali has been officially signed.

Impediments to the success of African carriers and the economies they support will be the focus of discussion at the Airlines Association of Southern Africa’s (AASA) forthcoming 49th Annual General Assembly.