Emerging Technologies

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

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

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.”

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.