Emerging Technologies

Future wings will be designed with better aircraft fuel efficiency in mind, meaning engineers will explore every way to cut their drag.

Loganair has stepped up its collaboration with Cranfield Aerospace Solutions.

The airport said the dolly was able to push the limits of its technology in a hot and humid climate, including extreme rain events in some occasions.

With manufacturing already in mind, GE and Safran delve into the design of RISE’s less visible features.

The TP-R90, a recuperative turboprop designed for light aircraft, ran on gaseous hydrogen; Turbotech and Safran will switch to liquid hydrogen later this year.

Beta Technologies has concluded the first deployment of its Alia electric aircraft to a U.S. military base.

The coalition aims to grow Hong Kong as a regional sustainable aviation fuel hub for both Hong Kong and China.

The architecture may help keep the engine’s power to the minimum specification, as opposed to oversizing the engine to cope with marginal phases of working.

Europe advances strut-braced wing; ZeroAvia’s silicon-carbide inverter tests; electric aircraft climate impact benchmarked.

Vertical Aerospace CEO Stephen Fitzpatrick took action this week to reassure viability of his company by committing up to $50 million in additional capital.

The two partners in the CFM International joint venture, GE and Safran Aircraft Engines, are studying how to evenly share revenues in a future engine.

Astrobotic and JAXA wrestle with landing on the Moon.

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

A three-year project to mature technologies for a low-drag strut-braced wing for future ultra-efficient airliners has been kicked off by an ONERA-led team.

Swiss startup Sirius Aviation has unveiled the ground demonstrator for the hydrogen-electric ducted fan propulsion system for its Sirius Jet project.

Validating the design of the fan blades is the overarching goal of a monthslong campaign at ONERA’s S1MA wind tunnel.

When astronauts land on the Moon, will taikonauts be there to greet them?

The program aims to test quiet supersonic boom over different areas of the U.S.

T & E’s latest study has identified 25 industrial projects and 20 smaller pilot projects that pledge to produce synthetic fuels for aviation.

Fast rotorcraft race to flight; Wing’s bigger package-carrier; Airbus tests fuel-cell system; and ZeroAvia develops hydrogen refueler.

Ryanair and Italian sustainable fuels provider Enilive have signed a LOI for the long-term supply of SAF at several airports across Italy served by the airline.

The startup details the Quarterhorse flight-test plan as concept design work accelerates for the follow-on Darkhorse hypersonic cruiser.

A specialist in experimental rotorcraft, Piasecki eyes the transition from R&D to production.

Former Uber Elevate leaders build an ecosystem for electric regional aviation.

Ahead of an expected major award for a new fleet, delays hit prototypes that had been expected to be fielded in January 2024.