Emerging Technologies

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Honeywell’s RASP also aims to anonymize speech for national security purposes.

There are three lessons to take away from Airbus’ admission that it is delaying its hydrogen-fueled aircraft dream.

Turbulence Solutions is in the final stages of development of a turbulence-canceling system for ultralights, before studying its application to larger aircraft.

Danish energy company Topsoe and Malaysian firm FatHopes Energy have agreed to explore the possibility of setting up an SAF refinery in Malaysia.

New spins on NASA-developed heat shield technologies paved the way for an era of reusable space vehicles.

The 100-kW ENGINeUS 100B1 is designed to power electric training aircraft.

Twelve has raised an additional $83 million in funding to build power-to-liquid fuel plants, beginning with its AirPlant One facility in Moses Lake, Washington.

MTU's CEO says his company and partner Pratt & Whitney plan to develop a ducted second-generation of the GTF for the next Airbus and Boeing narrowbodies.

Europe needs investment to drive much-needed growth in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) volumes, the European transport commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas said.

Two stakeholder groups—Project SkyPower and the Sustainable Aviation Fuels Institute (SAFII)—have detailed separate plans to accelerate the roll out of SAF.

Etihad Airways has rolled out its new and elevated digital experience across etihad.com and the mobile app.

Reversals by major OEMs put the burden of aviation decarbonization on startups and small aircraft.

Supernal eVTOL breaks cover; Climate Impulse takes shape; monitoring battery health; autonomous aerial application.

Norsk e-Fuels plans to have three plants n line by 2032 producing a total of 250,000 liters of e-fuel, or synthetic kerosene, sustainable aviation fuel.

If there was ever any doubt about the intention of the United Arab Emirates to establish clear leadership in the advanced air mobility sector and to transform urban transportation, then events this last week in Dubai and Abu Dhabi put them firmly to bed.

Highlights of ICAO’s three-day event in Abu Dhabi included decarbonisation efforts and eVTOL demonstrations.

As Airbus puts hydrogen on the back burner and ATR delays its hybrid-electric turboprop, does the industry have a prayer of meeting its net-zero goals?

The zero-emission airliner delay leaves advancing hydrogen to startups that are focusing on retrofits and smaller aircraft.

A year after launch of the project, Climate Impulse is reporting progress toward its goal of flying around the world nonstop on hydrogen-electric power in 2028.

The International Civil Aviation Organization's Finvest Hub will connect aviation decarbonization projects with potential public and private investors.

ADNEC Group has announced that BlackSky Holdings, a space-based intelligence company, will be a supporting sponsor for IDEX Talks during the International Defence Exhibition (IDEX) and Naval Defence & Maritime Security Exhibition (NAVDEX).

The fourth edition of ICAO’s Global Implementation Support Symposium (GISS) drew to a close on Wednesday 12 February.

Thales and France-based carrier Amelia are scaling up their collaboration on preventing the formation of condensation trails, or contrails.

The Trump administration has approved the first tranche of a $1.67 billion loan guarantee to build a sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) plant in Montana.