Emerging Technologies

Emirates is launching an interview with UAE astronaut Dr Sultan AlNeyadi live from space, which will be streamed on its Emirates ice channel.

NASA says the problems were uncovered during system checkout tests at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California.

Teams led by Boeing, GE, Northrop Grumman and RTX are among those to receive funding to develop tools to mitigate contrail-related climate forcing.

Oman Air has replaced the plastic used to wrap blankets and mattresses in its premium cabins with an eco-friendlier paper-based alternative.

Recipients of the DAIR Green Fund include RAMPF Composite Solutions, which is developing a low-rotational-inertia propeller to extend component life.

Startup begins converting 70-seat Dash 8 Q400 to test a 2-megawatt-class hydrogen fuel-cell powertrain.

Active flutter control; humanoid robot pilot; delivery drone detect-and-avoid; heavy-lift VTOL demonstrators.

The organization’s new study offers a detailed comparison between alternative sustainable power configurations for an Airbus A380-like airliner.

The U.S. Air Force’s research and acquisition bureaucracy will play only a supporting role as the service’s energy office leads flight demonstration.

After three decades of studies, the BWB will finally become full-scale as JetZero and Scaled Composites ramp up for a multirole U.S. Air Force project.

As Russia pulls out of the CR929 and Airbus and Boeing sit on their hands, JetZero is showing that its radical new concept just might be for real.

Parsons Corp. says it has acquired Sealing Technologies in a deal valued at up to $200 million that is geared to bolster its cyber capabilities.

CarbonCapture and a team of partnershave received $12.5 million federal funding to start engineering and design work for a megaton-scale direct-air-capture hub.

South Korean researchers have developed a humanoid robot capable of understanding flight manuals and flying an aircraft without cockpit modifications.

Boom Supersonic has received an FAA experimental certificate of airworthiness for its XB-1 technology demonstrator, meaning flight-testing can now get underway.

UAE’s flagship renewable energy company, Masdar, and Hydrogen-electric aircraft developer, ZeroAvia, have signed a partnership agreement.

Pegasus Airlines has entered a partnership with Norway-based climate tech company CHOOOSE.

Aviation companies at this year's Dubai Airshow will showcase the latest solutions towards a sustainable future.

As the aerospace manufacturing sector grows in the Middle East, so does the expertise from the region’s companies. The UAE manufacturer Edge is a case in point. MICHAEL DESHAIES, chief executive of the company’s EPI division explains how its heat and surface treatments has led to the Abu Dhabi business becoming a precision engineering leader.

India trumped a Russian effort to conduct the first in situ science experiments in a water-bearing region of the Moon.

The two companies’ eVTOL lawsuits have been dropped before they went to trial.

Two U.S. aerospace industry teams have been awarded NASA contracts to study technology for sustainable high-speed airliner designs capable of Mach 2-plus.

The goal of the 40-month, $4.2 million project was to actively suppress flutter using onboard sensors, algorithms and control surfaces.

Emirates is launching a special collection of 100 films to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Warner Bros. Studios.

Saudia has been investing in a variety of sustainability projects and new environmentally friendly initiatives.