Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
Northrop Grumman’s Geosynchronous Auxiliary Support Tanker (GAS-T) spacecraft has passed the system requirements review, but the contract with SSC has ended.
Space

Lufthansa Systems has said Ethiopian Airlines ‘relies’ on its finance solution SIRAX/Revenue Accounting.
Emerging Technologies

Thales and Garuda Aerospace have signed an MoU to promote the development of the drone ecosystem in India.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Metafuels and the Paul Scherrer Institute have been awarded $5 million by the Swiss government to demonstrate the production of e-fuel for aviation.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Retaining Moya's same tiltbody electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) airframe, the hybrid version increases range capability to 185 mi. while maintaining the 440-lb. payload capability.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
Le Bourget organizers explain how environmental pressures are already influencing plans for 2025.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
As Universal Hydrogen’s branch in Toulouse is being liquidated, former employees may launch a new project, making the most of their work over the past 2-3 years
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
NASA developing communications systems to transmit video feeds of astronauts on the Moon during Artemis missions.
Emerging Technologies

By Victoria Moores
Airbus-funded powertrain developer ZeroAvia is evaluating an interim hydrogen-electric concept to power narrowbody airframes.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Rolls-Royce’s rapid development of its Orpheus demonstrator engine is beginning to pay dividends and even influencing how the UK OEM thinks about its large commercial engine developments.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Airbus’ high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) spinoff Aalto has won design organization approvals (DOA) from the UK Civil Aviation Authority.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
CAeS says it is close to securing funding to support flight-testing of a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system on a modified Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
VoltAero and Kawasaki Motors have revealed new details about plans to power later versions of the Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft with a hydrogen-fueled version of its newly developed supercharged aero piston engine family.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Cryogenic hydrogen propulsion; airborne 5G connectivity; Airbus UK wing research; and fuel cell for propulsion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Emirates‘ Business Class passengers can now select their hot main meal between 14 days and 24 hours before departure across the airline’s four German gateways.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aviation Week Fleet Data Team
The new advanced air mobility forecast from Aviation Week is the first major industry outlook in over a year.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Despite the upcoming UK defense review, Global Combat Air Program industrial partners have been encouraged by ministerial interest in the project at Farnborough.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin, Jeremy Kariuki
EAA AirVenture ’24 was filled with aircraft debuts, technology advancements, flying and commemorating milestones.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Work on a follow-on program to further mature the technologies in Airbus’ Wing of Tomorrow research project is gathering momentum.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
The company has unveiled detailed flight deck and engine program plans as it faces a challenging development schedule.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
P&WC is working with Maeve on a propulsion system for the European startup's planned hybrid-electric regional turboprop for the 80-seat-class market.
Farnborough Airshow

By Christine Boynton
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has agreed to perform a flight demonstration of ZeroAvia’s ZA2000 hydrogen-electric engines in 2026.
Farnborough Airshow

Airbus and Avolon will investigate how future hydrogen-powered aircraft could be financed and commercialised.
Emerging Technologies

The chief technology officers of Boeing, Airbus, Dassault, GE Aerospace, Rolls-Royce, RTX and Safran have called for government research programmes that enhance scientific understanding of aviation non-CO2 effects such as contrails, nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur, aerosols and soot.
Emerging Technologies

By Joe Anselmo
Siemens is seeing a surge of interest in AI at Farnborough, a trend it says is being driven by new programs in defense, space and commercial aviation.
Farnborough Airshow