Emerging Technologies

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.

Akasa Air and CFM International have signed an agreement to purchase CFM LEAP-1B engines to power 150 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.

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.

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

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

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

The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) of Saudi Arabia has launched the "Enabling Advanced Air Transport in the Kingdom" initiative.

You can’t read any publication nowadays without coming across the term artificial intelligence (AI). The IT world seems to see AI as the next “big thing", but how is it affecting the passenger experience?

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.

IndiGo has partnered with Swedish innovation company Altered to fit its fleet of aircraft with innovative nozzles to help reduce on-board water consumption by up to 98%.

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.

Safran Aircraft Engines and France’s national aerospace research agency ONERA have begun first wind tunnel tests with the ECOENGInE, a 1:5 scale demonstrator of the future Open Fan.

Airports across the world have been expanding and improvising their security regime and devoting wider resources to make the systems and processes smoother.

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

Wind tunnel evaluations are giving Safran confidence about meeting the targeted noise levels of the RISE open-fan engine demonstrator, company executives say.

Cellphone-from-space startup AST SpaceMobile on Jan. 19 announced a long-awaited investment round,.