Emerging Technologies

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.

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.

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

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.

After Air France allowed its employees to experiment with ChatGPT, the airline's staff are now pioneering generative AI applications across its operations.

The European Commission has approved up to $1.5 billion in state aid to support development and deployment of a hydrogen value chain for the transport sector.

Global aviation solutions provider, UAS International Trip Support (UAS) and aviation sustainability solution leader, 4AIR, have entered a strategic partnership.

The company will use the tool to enhance management of its digital documents and expects to see efficiency improvements, particularly around compliance tasks.

Blasting space junk with beams of light could be one of the most cost-effective methods of cleaning up space.

The companies have signed a cooperation agreement related to the planned certification of the ERA 19-seat hybrid-electric regional airliner.

“We need to restore hope. We need to restore enthusiasm, and we need to show what we can achieve," Piccard said in the EBACE 2024 keynote address.

The company’s engineers are working on the business jet’s architecture, starting with a digital twin.

The aircraft will rival the carrying capacity of the largest civilian helicopters but with lower operating costs and a far superior noise and emissions footprint.

Global trip support solutions provider, UAS International Trip Support (UAS) - is enhancing its Global Trip Manager's capabilities.

The initial aircraft is planned to launch into a company testing program around the end of this year using only the thermal engine.

The system is intended to enable dispatchers, controllers and pilots to see which areas and contrail formation altitudes to avoid.

The campaign was launched by NBAA-BACE in October to advance the industry’s commitment to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.