Emerging Technologies

Listen in to hear from Aviation Week's Guy Norris and Tony Osborne on the ground at Heli-Expo as show organizers have moved to embrace eVTOLs.

Analysis of past type certification efforts shows that current timelines for eVTOL startups are far too optimistic.

Southwest Airlines has launched a wholly owned subsidiary focused on obtaining scalable sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

The collaboration shows the promise of broadening traffic surveillance capabilities to aircraft.

Nova Systems International has selected FreeFlight Systems Dual-Band ADS-B receiver as part of an upgrade programme to provide more efficient and better decision-making systems during flight.

Sikorsky has unveiled the configuration of the Hybrid-Electric Demonstrator (HEX), a fully autonomous prototype to be developed with GE Aerospace, at Heli-Expo.

Qatar Airways Group has helped open the technology conference Web Summit with a special viewing of the airline’s latest travel technology products.

The LEO constellation is driving down satellite internet costs.

Air India has launched ‘Safety Mudras’, its new inflight safety video that it says blends “safety instructions with the kaleidoscope of India’s vibrant culture."

Airbus and TotalEnergies have signed a strategic partnership to address the challenges of decarbonising aviation through sustainable aviation fuels.

An array of technologies is being matured that could transform the design of airliner wings.

An agreement to launch commercial air taxi services in Dubai in the 2025-2026 timeframe would make the emirate one of the first active UAM markets in the world.

Using the e-fuel in a hybrid powertrain more than doubles the efficiency of SAF usage, the company says.

IATA is expanding the transmission of its Turbulance Aware data for use within industry-leading aviation solutions by The Weather Company.

Fully funded and hardware-rich, Blue Origin readies for orbital operations.

Ten years after MH370 and 15 years from AF447, industry is closing safety gaps spotlighted by those two accidents.

Air India has chosen Collins Aerospace to supply a suite of avionics hardware for 140 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.

Taking technologies from demonstrator programs like UltraFan, Rolls-Royce aims to significantly improve the durability of its latest Trent widebody engines.

JetZero says it is poised to begin flight tests of a subscale version of its full-scale blended wing body multirole demonstrator in the next few weeks.

A dozen teams have been selected to develop energy storage systems to enable electrification of regional aircraft with up to 100 seats and ranges up to 700 nm.

The new supplies will be used for Airbus’s internal fuel needs such as aircraft test flights, delivery flights, and sorties of its Beluga transports.

A New Glenn test vehicle was rolled out from Blue Origin’s Integrated Test Facility on Feb. 21 for a launchpad tanking test.

“We can go dramatically faster,” says new Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp.

ST Engineering’s AirX signed a deal with Turkey’s Eurasia Mobility Solutions for 10 AirFish 8 Wing-in-Ground aircraft—the platform’s first customer.

After speed, autonomy and intelligence, Sikorsky Innovations shifts its focus to new technology challenges.