Emerging Technologies

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

By Garrett Reim
Many “emerging” technologies were thought of and first tried long ago.
Emerging Technologies

By Alan Dron
The new automated take-off system will enable E-Jets to make better use of short runways and improve payload-range performance.
On Location

By Jens Flottau
Embraer is introducing an automatic takeoff function onto its E2 family of passenger jets, leading to much-enhanced range capabilities from short runways.
Farnborough Airshow

By Guy Norris
Speaking at Farnborough Airshow, Boom founder and CEO Blake Scholl shared plans to begin full-scale core tests of its Overture airliner's Symphony engine in 18 months.
Farnborough Airshow

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Airbus, Air France-KLM, Qantas and a collection of other partners are investing a total of around $200 million in a sustainable aviation fuel financing fund
Emerging Technologies

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has expanded its partnership with Rolls-Royce to advance its sustainable initiatives.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Safran will provide the electrical power generation system for the Boeing X-66A aircraft, which forms part of NASA's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project.
Farnborough Airshow

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
The 100-day mission was designed to hunt for water ice near the lunar south pole.
Space

By Graham Warwick
“We hope to power their ZEROe,” ZeroAvia founder and CEO Val Miftakhov said on the first day of this year's Farnborough Airshow.
Farnborough Airshow

By Guy Norris
Pratt says the engine developed for the company’s Hybrid-Electric Propulsion (HEP) flight demonstrator has run at full power for the first time.
Farnborough Airshow