Emerging Technologies

The U.S. Energy Department’s research arm is studying whether it can launch a program to modify a regional jet into a flying testbed for the propulsion systems.

NASA and Boeing are setting up for a round of key wind tunnel tests of the X-66 Sustainable Flight Demonstrator.

AUKUS defense pact partners have been testing the integration of autonomy and artificial intelligence (AI) on uncrewed air systems (UAS).

As the AIAA's Aviation Forum and Ascend events come together for the first time in Las Vegas, editors review some of the cutting-edge developments shared there.

Questioning of aviation’s net-zero-emissions 2050 target comes as key technologies move toward ground and flight testing.

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

What could the supply chain look like for the next generation of single-aisles?

Air India Express has become the first Indian airline to launch a virtual interline platform.

Some airlines are becoming increasingly involved in studies to see which concepts might be more beneficial than others to their future operations.

UK advertising watchdog ASA has upheld complaints that a radio ad relating to Virgin Atlantic’s much-publicized 100% SAF flight in November 2023 was misleading.

Raytheon Saudi Arabia, an RTX business, has started its 2024 internship programme, welcoming 14 Saudi students from ten leading universities and technical institutes across the Kingdom.

SITA is launching a new version of its wireless solution, SITA Mobile Data Access (MDA) 2.0.

An engine choice for a 737 successor may be years away, but Boeing is showing signs of preferring ducted engines to the outwardly more efficient open fan.

The service is weighing a quick start for its next tanker while pausing the sixth-generation fighter program.

Boeing is questioning the use of CFM International’s RISE open fan engine to power its next-generation single aisle aircraft.

The Tempest program faces a political stress test in Britain’s new strategic defense review.

Ethiopian Airlines Group has entered a partnership with the United States (US) Transport Security Administration (TSA) PreCheck programme.

China’s battery giant CATL has agreed to invest “hundreds of millions of dollars” in AutoFlight, the Shanghai-based eVTOL aircraft developer.

Ethiopian Airlines Group has signed an MoU with Satarem America to partner on production and use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in Ethiopia.

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) recently cut the ribbon on its new Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems Laboratory.

Japan Airlines (JAL) has signed a purchase deal with a leading Japanese energy company that will help it meet its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) usage target.

Qatar Airways Cargo has launched the "My Allotments” feature on its website within the Digital Lounge portal enhancing booking efficiency and intuitiveness.

Compound, conventional rotorcraft and tiltrotors are among the technologies being proposed by industry for NATO’s future rotorcraft needs.

Two startups join short list of companies that have unveiled full-scale prototype electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles.

“This model ... did what it was meant to do, which is it proved the aerodynamics of the nose activating take-off gear,” says JetZero CEO Tom O’Leary.