Emerging Technologies

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

The deep-pocketed Silicon Valley startup is chasing air dominance programs with a new design philosophy.

Heart also plans to fly the X1 within the next six months from a yet-to-be-decided airport in the U.S., which would make it the first new-generation hybrid aircraft to reach that milestone.

The advancement of hydrogen and electric propulsion research at Royal NLR comes as several Netherlands-based companies are designing new-generation aircraft.

Aerodynamic checks following unexpected handling issues on the first flight were added as a precautionary step in flight control modification.

U.S. Air Force and Army support finally takes Piasecki’s Ares into the air.

Volocopter has suffered from delays and financial uncertainty. Its recent board reshuffle moves Chinese investor Geely into a central spot.

Beyond Aero, a company designing a fuel cell-powered business jet, has revealed the outlines of larger aircraft that would use a similar propulsion system.

Aviation needs other transport sectors such as road transport to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles and meet SAF targets, Boeing's Jim Hileman says.

The oil and refining industry should prepare for when China imposes policies on sustainable aviation and signs up for CORSIA, Shell Aviation's president says.

Asset manager Brookfield plans to invest up to $1.1 billion in Infinium to boost the output of the company's power-to-liquid e-fuel production plant in Texas.

Dewar was most recently senior vice president and general manager of the Airbus A220 program.

UAS International Trip Support (UAS) has entered a partnership with technology company Moove to launch the UAS Charter App.

Eve Air Mobility is now aiming to fly its full-scale engineering prototype “early next year,” CEO Johann Bordais says.

Executives at the ACI-North America conference were told to ready themselves for the integration of new technologies such as air taxis.

Variable-cycle engines are now a “mainstream research direction” in China.

With the prospect of a favorable cost-benefit ratio, carriers start their own contrail prevention trials.

GE Aerospace will launch several new AI- and robotics-powered MRO technologies at its soon-to-open Services Technology Acceleration Center.

GE Aerospace unit Aerospace Carbon Solutions has acquired Satavia, a UK-based company specializing in preventing the formation of contrails.

IndiGo has introduced the Required Navigation Performance Authorization Required (RNP AR) flight procedure for its operations into Kathmandu.

In every one of Emirates’ 470 flights that depart each day, all pilots actively use GE FlightPulse.

The theme for the 2024 World Safety and Operations Conference (WSOC) is “Embracing Innovation and Technology for Safe and Efficient Operations.”

Testing contrail avoidance; Spectrum for UAS control; Electrifying the King Air; Longer-lived batteries.

Next-Generation Adaptive Propulsion engine-makers are awaiting a possible redirection over power needs amid the U.S. Air Force's NGAD review.