Emerging Technologies

SIA group has acquired 1,000 tons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Neste and another 2,000 tons of SAF from World Energy using the book and claim system.

The next generation of commercial aircraft will probably make a greater use of electric power for greater efficiency.

Aircraft leasing company AerCap and EgyptAir have deepened their partnership to support EgyptAir’s fleet modernisation and expansion strategy.

As European startups struggle to raise cash, Heart Aerospace moves from Sweden to Los Angeles.

The Trump administration’s fiscal 2026 budget request threatens to cut NASA programs that focus on green aviation.

Hinetics’ power-dense superconducting motor eliminates the need for cryogenic fluids.

When will CAE announce a successor for Marc Parent, who is scheduled to leave the company in August?

U.S. SAF production approximately doubled from December 2024 to February 2025 with slower growth forecast into 2026.

NASEM's report lays out a set of research priorities for NASA to help achieve its goal of reducing aviation-induced cloudiness and persistent contrails.

Clean Aviation executives are striving to firm up plans, even though they have slipped to the right, for both hybrid-electric and hydrogen propulsion.

United has invested in Twelve, which is building a plant to produce power-to-liquid sustainable aviation fuel from renewable electricity, captured CO2 and water

Will JetZero's blended-wing body passenger jet become a reality? Our editors weigh in.

A newly released road map calls for Collaborative Combat Aircraft orders to begin this year, with new increments rolling out in roughly five-year intervals.

Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects has awarded a formal contract to Smiths Detection to deploy advanced checkpoint screening technologies across all terminals at Dubai International Airport (DXB).

Tata Consultancy Services has partnered with Jazeera Airways to drive the next phase of its digital transformation.

South African Airways (SAA) said it has been impacted by a significant cyber incident that began on Saturday, 3 May 2025.

AeroVironment has unveiled the Red Dragon, a second-generation loitering munition with a more than 400 km (249 mi.) one-way range.

Russian aeronautical research institute TsAGI has flight tested a windowless cockpit demonstrator.

Northrop Grumman says an advanced inertial navigation device that could pave the way for precise hypersonic flight guidance in GPS-denied environments has flown successfully on Stratolaunch’s recently confirmed Talon-A Mach 5-plus test flights.

Superconducting motor runs; Electrifying two-seater; Hybrid hydrogen eVTOL; Hydrogen-powered turnaround.

It will enable the startup’s WM2500 2-megawatt-class electric propulsion system to be tested driving the fan module from a Honeywell LF507-1F geared turbofan.

JetZero is targeting a critical design review (CDR) of its full-scale multi-role demonstrator late in May.

The DOT is one of only four cabinet-level agencies that would see a top-line funding increase in the Trump administration’s proposed fiscal 2026 budget.

The Green Fuel Forward initiative aims to educate and increase corporate awareness and adoption of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) credits.

Many production projects are underway across the globe, but political upheaval risks affecting investment decisions.