Emerging Technologies

SITA has announced the formal integration of IPS Intelligent Passenger Solutions into its airport portfolio.

Air India has introduced a new ancillary service, ‘Fly Prior’, to provide greater flexibility in travel plans to its guests flying within India.

Canada backs sustainability research; electric Smartflyer rolls out; NASA’s X-59 fires up engine; and tackling hydrogen engine vibrations.

Xyrec is developing a robotic application in which drag-reducing sharkskin properties could be directly incorporated into aircraft paint.

AVIC has unveiled a new class of large uncrewed combat aerial system designed to deliver both strike munitions and miniature drone swarms.

Thales is to equip Ethiopian Airlines first A350-1000 aircraft with its state-of-the-art AVANT Up inflight entertainment (IFE) system.

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

The U.S. regulator responds to industry concerns by offering alternative pathways for powered-lift training and operating limits.

Lilium burned through more than $1.4 billion without achieving first flight of its Lilium Jet. Shareholders and customers want answers.

Deorbiting the ultra-high-power International Space Station would be a waste of energy, literally and figuratively.

DG Fuels plans to build a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility Moorhead, Minnesota, with production anticipated to begin in 2030.

An in-cabin wheelchair securement concept is being refined by a design consortium, as the installation feasibility of such onboard aircraft systems progresses.

The European Commission’s commissioner-designate for sustainable transport and tourism has pledged to introduce a sustainable transport investment plan in 2025.

Pegasus has received the Global Environmental Sustainability Airline of the Year Award at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit Asia and Sustainability Awards 2024.

Now live onboard flights to 140 destinations, Emirates has launched a new collaboration with the popular audio-streaming subscription service, Spotify.

The wildcatting company sees lucrative potential in mining platinum in space.

Seven large uncrewed cargo aircraft have rolled out or flown in the past few months.

Uncrewed cargo eSTOL, China’s logistics seaplane and Germany’s megawatt-scale fuel test site.

JetZero has marked a key step toward development of its full-scale blended wing body demonstrator.

At World Defense Show 2024, Professor General Adam Finlay, an Australian special forces commander and academic, delivered a presentation on the pivotal role of data and technologies in modern military operations.

Sustainable flight will require businesses that might otherwise have specialized in discrete aerospace tasks to also get involved in nontraditional areas.

Panelists speaking during the UK ATI annual conference were optimistic that hydrogen fuel cell technology could be scaled up to power regional airliners.

Electric aircraft developer Beta Technologies has raised an additional $318 million through a Series C funding round led by the Qatar Investment Authority.

Turkish Airlines has been awarded the prestigious 'World Class' award by APEX (Airline Passenger Experience Association) for the fourth consecutive year.

SpaceX’s Starship booster “catch” at the launchpad wowed the space world, but big hurdles remain to launching humans to Mars in 2028.