Emerging Technologies

Saudia Group has signed a partnership agreement with Saudi Projects, a media platform, in a strategic initiative to enhance local media content and enrich its in-flight entertainment.

Flydubai and BBC Studios has entered a new partnership that will see the launch of a BBC Kids branded space for flydubai passengers on their inflight entertainment system.

Formula 1 (F1) is expanding its investment in Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) through a new programme developed with global partner Qatar Airways.

In 2023 Etihad Airways achieved a 45.3% improvement in passenger carbon intensity compared to its 2019 baseline.

Certifying an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi is prohibitively expensive. With markets tight, some startups are changing course.

A group of mostly undergraduates has set a record for amateur rocketry.

Smaller and lighter radars are becoming upgrade options for the Army’s weight-sensitive rotorcraft.

ENAC’s reshaping plan, aimed at integrating environmental and societal priorities, is well underway.

Safran is gearing up to begin a six-month test campaign with the low-pressure compressor of the CFM RISE engine demonstrator in the first quarter of 2025.

Pilot and aviation training in India has received a boost as Simaero has signed its first A320 NEO full-flight simulator for its new training facility set to open in Delhi in 2025.

Kenya Airways has been awarded Africa's Best Airline Website 2024 and Africa's Best Airline App 2024 at the 4th Annual World Travel Tech Awards.

The Heart X1, set to fly next year at Plattsburgh International Airport, will be representative in size of the ES-30, designed to carry 30 passengers.

Airlines are desperate to get their hands on hard-to-get sustainable aviation fuels. Now criminals are trying to cash in on the supply-demand imbalance.

Fastjet has been using Maxamation’s Aviator RM system since 2017 in order to maxamise its flight revenue for its route networks.

Hypersonics expert Dr. Mark Lewis joins the podcast to examine the X-30 NASP program, and how—decades later—its legacy still lives on.

The Air Transport Action Group and Arab Air Carriers Association are both keen to see a global book-and-claim system for sustainable aviation fuels.

International Airlines Group says it has signed a new 10-year sustainable aviation fuel purchase agreement with e-SAF producer Infinium.

Can Southeast Asia’s diverse array of cash and agricultural crops boost aviation’s SAF supply?

Megawatt hybrid power for U.S. Army, Terrain fingerprints for navigation, Australian eVTOL flies and H3’s 400-kW fuel cell.

Three managing directors from Accenture Middle East : Ahmed Etman, MD cybersecurity practice; Radwane Saad, MD cyber strategy; and Abedalqader Nasrallah, MD cyber resilience; outline how the global firm is playing its part in the region’s aviation cyber defence

GKN Aerospace is leveraging digitized processes and additive fabrication to drive aero-engine efficiencies.

Australian and British companies are working together on a passive and jam-resistant navigation system for missiles, as well as crewed and uncrewed aircraft.

As e-fuels shift to early production, what are the hidden barriers beyond finance?

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

NASA's Rich Wahls joins the podcast to discuss the AACES project as aviation strives for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.