Emerging Technologies

By Adrian Schofield
“We certainly haven’t discounted” using the Alia for passenger flights, Air New Zealand CEO Greg Foran tells Aviation Daily.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Understandably, the airline industry likes to highlight its efforts to become more sustainable.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
The Boeing 747-400 will work in conjunction with Stratolaunch’s Roc carrier aircraft to conduct air launches for hypersonic tests in multiple U.S. locations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Paul De Lia
Leveraging cloud-native architectures can help the U.S. military modernize electromagnetic spectrum operations.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
Electric Power Systems is developing a modular family of battery systems for electric aircraft propulsion.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
France’s EcoPulse distributed electric propulsion demonstrator—developed by Daher, Safran and Airbus—has conducted its first flight in hybrid-electric mode.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
AI leaders cooperate; Cargo eVTOL flies; UK extends R&D funding; and China’s firefighting eVTOL.
Emerging Technologies

By Brian Everstine
Lockheed Martin’s two electronic warfare pod programs progress toward flight testing and airworthiness certification.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Industry is hoping November 2023 will go down in history as a turning point for sustainable aviation fuel after a historic framework put forth by the ICAO.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Glenn McDonald
Three pragmatic approaches to sustainability can minimize the impact of regulation and help aviation grow responsibly.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein, Graham Warwick
Electra.aero begins flight-testing its blown-lift distributed electric propulsion ultra-short-takeoff-and-landing technology.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is building a road map of technologies for automated aerial refueling that will pave the way for a second-generation MRTT.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Helped by international players, the UAE has become a regional leader in space.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Hybrid eSTOL flies; sea-based high-speed VTOL; China’s electric regional; Piasecki’s tilt-duct ARES revived.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The UK government is expected to provide £975 million in funding support for the country’s civil aerospace industry over five years starting in 2025.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris
SAF, like safety, should not be an area for competition.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The UK government has announced £53 million ($69 million) in support for nine SAF production projects.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Aviation executives say the flight proves SAF can safely be dropped-in for jet fuel, while environmental campaigners say Virgin's world-first is greenwashing.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters' Vertex project has demonstrated fully autonomous flight, including takeoff, cruise, approach and landing.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Resilient PNT will require multiple alternatives to the singular GPS.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
Major technical risks were retired by the performance of SpaceX’s Super Heavy rocket.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
ADL says it has fine-tuned the mod package for the 737-800 to gain additional fuel burn savings after validating its technology during initial 737-700 trials.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Weak, angled signals from global navigation satellite system satellites are spawning new applications.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
The unnamed tandem flying-wing UAS was unveiled at the China Hi-Tech Fair, where it was flying with four electric-powered motors, two on each wing.
Emerging Technologies