Emerging Technologies

The German market is an early proving ground for companies vying to equip European air forces with collaborative combat aircraft to augment crewed fighters.

Artificial intelligence’s trillion-dollar question: When the bubble bursts, what lasting value will remain?

Structural reorganization and Lean processes are making headway in GE Aerospace’s push to increase production capacity and tackle durability improvements.

LCC easyJet has begun routine engine-off taxiing operations at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways have issued a joint report warning that SAF goals will be hard to achieve at the current rate of supply.

Electra.aero is forecasting U.S. demand for 12,000-16,000 short-haul regional shuttle aircraft in the first 10 years of operation.

JCAB has become the third regulator to qualify Loft Dynamics’ virtual-reality helicopter simulator as a Level 7 flight training device.

Electric seaplane family plan; battery team for hybrid regional; U.S. quantum computing boost; and folding-wing eVTOL UAS.

Hermeus achieves first U.S. private supersonic flight with Quarterhorse demonstrator reaching Mach 1.21.

American Airlines will install SpaceX Starlink inflight connectivity across its Airbus aircraft, covering nearly half of its in-service mainline fleet.

Airbus has launched a Tech Hub in Canada to work with local industry and academia on research projects principally in support of the A220 airliner program.

The International Centre for Aviation Innovation and the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Associations will study integration of AI and machine learning into ATM.

U.S. startup Trillium Renewable Chemicals has secured $13 million in funding to scale up its technology to produce acrylonitrile.

Airspeed, the relative speed of the aircraft to the air, is vital information to maintain sufficient stall margin.

AutoFlight demonstrates eVTOL in Kazakhstan as plans for air taxi network linking Almaty and Alatau City advance with private financing and foreign investment.

Acelen Renewables has secured $1.5 billion in funding to begin construction of a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility in Bahia state.

Solving the sensing system problem. Arkeus’ AI powered sensing system and road ahead for autonomy.

One designer’s thoughts on NASA Aeronautics’ next step.

Taiwanese battery maker Molicel plans to cooperate with Canadian startup Evio Aircraft, which intends to develop a 76-seat, hybrid-electric regional airliner.

U.S. invests $2B in nine quantum computing firms including IBM and Rigetti for aerospace applications and domestic production.

SpaceX bets on vertical integration and Starship's high launch cadence to enable orbital AI data centers and Mars colonization.

Airbus prepares Valkyrie drone flight tests with Learjet surrogates to demonstrate collaborative combat aircraft capabilities for European air forces.

H2Fly advances hydrogen-electric aviation with new fuel cell systems and aircraft integration services while targeting 2 kW/kg performance threshold.

If you are flying an aircraft, whatever the type, airspeed—the relative speed of the aircraft to the air—is vital information.

Stratolaunch says its Boeing 747-400 carrier aircraft successfully deployed the firm’s latest reusable Talon hypersonic vehicle in March for the U.S. MDA.