Emerging Technologies

Turkish Airlines has enhanced its NDC (New Distribution Capability) compliant TKCONNECT programme.

Listen in as Aviation Week’s propulsion editor updates our chief Boom skeptic on the company’s latest test flight.

The helicopter company is partnering with United Therapeutics to bring hydrogen-electric propulsion to the R44 and R66.

Although there is no imminent threat, pilot groups are stepping up their campaign against reduced-crew and single-pilot concepts.

Space-to-space and space-to-air tests are planned to prove optical communications capability.

For some technology features and design philosophy, new two-seaters developed in Europe may be the precursors of future commercial aircraft.

Three unmanned aerial systems parked in the show’s static display perhaps fooled people to think at least two of them were from Turkey’s Baykar.

After partnering with JetZero, easyJet CEO Johan Lundgren shares his thoughts on future technologies and eco-initiatives.

The elements offer greater thrust potential than conventional gas propellants.

EasyJet has partnered with blended wing body (BWB) aircraft developer JetZero, joining Alaska Airlines as part of a planned 12-airline customer focus group.

French carrier Amelia has analyzed a dozen flight plans and modified some of them to prevent the formation of contrails as part of a broader Thales-led project.

The CEO reports progress toward raising €450 million and reaching certification of the ERA 19-seater.

While the Collaborative Combat Aircraft effort prioritizes quick fielding, Project VENOM plans to evaluate future improved capabilities—including AI.

Feedstocks grown in Southeast Asia can potentially fulfill around 12% of global sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2050, according to a new study.

China’s AeroHT, a subsidiary of electric vehicle manufacturer XPeng, has publicly debuted its Land Aircraft Carrier, but slipped first deliveries of the combination ground-air vehicle into 2026.

The war in Ukraine has seen an increase in interest in Thales’ air defence systems, the company said at the show.

SITA has appointed Selim Bouri as its new President for the Middle East and Africa region.

C-130J as a hydrogen demonstrator; fuel cells for European regional project; ductile composites for LH2 tanks.

Aura Aero is closing in on certifying an aerobatic two-seater and working to raise the required equity to develop its 19-seat hybrid-electric regional aircraft.

Fourteen Indonesian airports are set to receive new weather systems from Vaisala under the Finnish Public Sector Investment Facility funding.

Korean Air has begun fueling a scheduled flight with a 1% SAF blend from its base at Seoul Incheon International Airport.

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

Japanese electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer SkyDrive has raised additional funding from its Series C round.

Greater government clarity and urgency is required if aviation is to reach 2050 “net-zero” carbon-emissions status, says a company engineering the transition.

Boeing and the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development of Nigeria signed an MoU to strengthen the West African country’s aviation sector.