Emerging Technologies

Turkish Airlines launched its sustainability brand “Tomorrow On-Board” on June 5 - World Environment Day.

AAPA's DG says Asia-Pacific governments should maintain neutrality from media and NGOs and take a holistic and multipronged approach to net zero aviation.

Operators are working to receive automated flight approvals.

UAS has announced the winners of its Outstanding Suppliers of the Year Awards at a ceremony during EBACE 2024 in Geneva.

Comac has jointly established the Large Aircraft Research Institute with Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xian, China.

The Pentagon’s advanced research agency has selected six teams to develop preliminary designs for a shipborne VTOL uncrewed aircraft.

The company is flight-testing a subscale rotor blown wing as it pursues advanced UAS for an array of missions.

Project Runway's aim is to help airlines access SAF using the book-and-claim approach and partner with corporate customers to share the premium for the fuel.

IATA has launched IATA FuelIS, an advanced analytics solution to optimise airline fuel consumption, using aggregated and anonymised flight and fuel data.

Panasonic Avionics has signed an agreement with Air Arabia for the installation of its eXW wireless in-flight entertainment (IFE) solution across 172 aircraft.

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With 120-150 seats, the new airliner will be able to burn both liquid hydrogen and sustainable aviation fuel.

Proponents of artificial intelligence in aerospace say the technology will help workers, not replace all of them.

With the Collaborative Combat Aircraft, the head of Lockheed Martin’s advanced development arm challenges U.S. Air Force planners and competitors.

A Japanese consortium has committed to invest $100 million in Aalto, the Airbus-owned spinoff company flying the Zephyr high-altitude, pseudo-satellite UAS.

IATA predicts a tripling of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) production in 2024 to 1.9 billion litres (1.5 million tonnes) are on track.

Daedalean and Avidyne make progress toward U.S. and EU approval of vision-based situational awareness system.

Nexus eVTOL takes shape; Archer heads to Korea; Hy2Move boosts hydrogen; and certifying seagliders.

Digital fingerprints allow customers to check a part’s authenticity by taking a picture with a cellphone.

Bluebox Aviation Systems and Jazeera Airways recently renewed their six-year partnership for the delivery of the Blueview IFE experience called Jazeera Screens.

Neo Space Group (NSG) and Display Interactive (DI), have advanced Skywaves satellite connectivity system for airlines, and SkyFly end user portal which will transform in-flight passenger experiences.

Emirates has joined the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Turbulence Aware Platform.

Emirates and HiDubai sign MoU to engage in local businesses and offer greater access to international market opportunities through its Business Rewards programme.

The three-year demonstrator program led by Airbus UpNext is using a truck equipped with an aircraft cockpit to test the systems.

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