Emerging Technologies

Dubai Airports is to collaborate with Etihad Clean Energy Development Company to launch the world's largest rooftop solar panel installation project at an airport.
Airports & Networks

By Thierry Dubois
EASA, the FAA and IATA are increasingly using AI to process air transport incident reports in a bid to better detect safety trends—both successes and failures.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
A multitude of autonomous flying vehicles sharing airspace with crewed aircraft over a battlefield raises concerns about safety.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi, Robert Wall
U.S. Space Command pushes for a faster pace to field maneuverable spacecraft to counter on-orbit threats.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
CFM International has revealed plans to conduct dust ingestion tests of the new high-pressure (HP) turbine blade at the core of its RISE technology initiative.
Emerging Technologies

Emirates has partnered with Etihad Clean Energy Development to launch a large-scale solar energy project at the Emirates Engineering Centre in Dubai.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The manufacturer is working to certify the first auto-takeoff system with Brazilian, European and U.S. regulators.
Emerging Technologies

By Christine Boynton
A venture lab launched in partnership with Alaska Airlines in 2023 has unveiled its first startup.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Uruguay’s government and fledgling Environment Ministry have endorsed plans by Avalon Energy Group to build its first SAF production plant in Latin America.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
German aerospace center DLR and Deutsche Aircraft have conducted the first measurements of emissions from a turboprop aircraft powered by 100% synthetic fuel.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Boom Supersonic aims to resume XB-1 envelope expansion flights soon.
Emerging Technologies

Pegasus Airlines has launched its ‘ground-breaking’ new multilingual project.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Listen in to hear Frank Haselbach, president of ISABE and head of propulsion at Airbus, in conversation with Aviation Week's Guy Norris.
Check 6

By Steve Trimble
The Army's next rotorcraft is still in development, but officials are planning its first upgrade—a big shift in the service's approach to aircraft acquisition.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
Autonomy is coming to commercial aviation. Its first stop: the Cessna Caravan.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The Horus A is intended for government applications such as surveillance, communications relay, backing up GPS and even space domain awareness.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Although short of the seven-day flight hoped for, Skydweller says it demonstrated feasibility of staying airborne for months on solar power and batteries.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
To achieve power-on, Lilium applied 900-volt external power to the aircraft, where it was converted to lower voltage to supply electrical and avionics systems.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Under a pilot partnership between Wing and Serve Robotics, packages will be picked up by a ground robot, then delivered by drone to customers up to 6 mi. away.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Pivotal has announced the completion of over 1,000 flights with its BlackFly single-seat eVTOL aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Solar sails could make new deep space missions possible. One potential application is a “space weather buoy” between the Earth and the Sun.
Space Exploration

Arabian Travel Market (ATM) will underscore the pivotal role of connectivity when it returns to Dubai April 28-May 1, 2025.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Aurora’s Liberty Lifter; stratospheric HAPS; Radian’s subscale spaceplane; and GAC plans winged eVTOL air taxi.
Aircraft & Propulsion

The Global Aerospace Summit (GAS) commenced in Abu Dhabi, bringing together the foremost leaders from the aerospace, aviation, and defence sectors.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
Rolls-Royce has elected to shut down its electrical propulsion unit, Rolls-Royce Electrical, having failed to find a buyer for the business.
Emerging Technologies