Emerging Technologies

A new Royal Air Force strategy lays out plans for the introduction of larger systems after having developed small, swarming platforms.

The commission and major sustainable aviation fuel producer send reassurance on mandate volumes.

The company is confident a spate of hardware issues and oversights are behind it.

The MoU is intended to enable collaboration to identify research, development, demonstration, and deployment opportunities for sustainable aviation technologies

Flight tests of the Rolls-Royce Pearl 10X engine for the ultra-long-range Dassault Falcon 10X business jet have begun following delivery of the company’s Boeing 747-200 flying testbed fitted with the test engine to its Tucson facility in Arizona.

Demonstrators built under Clean Sky 2, the project’s predecessor, were exhibited at the annual forum as a source of motivation.

The rebirth of faster-than-sound civil transport remains a pipedream to many, but it is making material headway in Southern California.

Rolls-Royce has begun bench tests of its first 320-kW electric motor demonstrator for potential regional aircraft applications.

Future battlefields with dispersed units and contested logistics are driving DARPA’s new portfolio of disruptive investments.

The two front-runners in the nascent U.S. air taxi market have staked out sharply different paths in their manufacturing strategies.

In a wide-ranging interview, Culp talks about the new company’s future and says he has no interest in taking his turnaround skills to Boeing.

High-speed testbeds make progress; validating a digital twin; non-CO2 emissions road map; power-beamed UAV; SAF via bacteria.

The U.S. is marshaling unprecedented resources to shore up its chipmaking capabilities. Results thus far are mixed.

Southwest Airlines has acquired SAFFiRE Renewables, a corn stover-to-ethanol technology company in which it already holds equity.

Neste’s production alone would cover the European SAF mandate for 2025, the Finland-based fuel producer says.

The company says its process could be cost competitive with fossil fuels and even carbon-negative.

Saudia is offering a stopover visa programme for passengers flying from Europe.

The 2024 National Defense Authorization Act directed the secretary of defense to secure critical minerals from “reliable sources.”

Startup plans to support growth in onshore wind energy generation by transporting larger turbine blades.

While French innovators are making gradual progress in electric, hybrid-electric and hydrogen propulsion, they are looking for critical funding.

China’s Sinopec and France's TotalEnergies will jointly establish a sustainable aviation fuel production site in China.

Emirates has commenced the activation of its fuel agreement with Neste this month at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.

A year after scrapping the SpaceJet program, Japan is revisiting plans to develop its own airliner—this time powered by hydrogen.

The eVTOL industry seems to be in a Boeing 367-like moment.

Demonstrator test program targets development of safety culture and expertise in advance of Boom’s Overture airliner effort.