Emerging Technologies

Government incentives to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) are proving to be the way to encourage the speedy construction of SAF production plants.

IATA and Atkins have created a suite of digital tools for airports to estimate the embodied carbon associated with the construction of terminal buildings and aviation assets.

Solar UAV flies stratospheric; HAPS motor test; electric regional ground demo; and agile eVTOL.

BAE Systems says its Phasa-35 solar-powered uncrewed air system reached an altitude of more than 66,000 ft. for the first time in June.

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

Jazeera Airways has launched its first sustainability report, “Flying Green – a Step towards Sustainable Aviation."

Diamond Aircraft has delivered its first DA62 MPP to Qatar’s Centre for Geographic Information Systems (CGIS)

Ordinary matter accounts for just 5% of the universe. The Euclid mission will focus on everything else.

Link Plumeria is now formally attached to the F/A-XX development project at the heart of the Navy’s Next Generation Air Dominance program.

Collins Aerospace says it is on track to open a $50 million aircraft electrification and electric propulsion laboratory dubbed "The Grid" in October.

Etihad Airways and UK aerospace company, Satavia, have signed a contract that aims to dramatically reduce atmosphere-warming contrails.

The airline aims to select an aircraft this year to operate commercial demonstration flights in 2026.

Aviation innovation is said to be hardcoded into the Emirates Group’s DNA and this was brought to life at the new Innovation Majlis unveiled by HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman & chief executive Emirates Group at its Dubai headquarters yesterday.

Textron Aviation has been awarded a contract by AvMet International for a Beechcraft King Air 360CHW (cargo door, heavy weight) and four Beechcraft King Air 260 aircraft to support the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s National Center for Meteorology programme for cloud seeding.

Sikorsky’s tailsitter eVTOL; X-59 on the flight line; autonomous in Alaska; and unlocking biomass for SAF.

Initial success in protecting airborne defense platforms can be leveraged to improve maintenance and readiness.

Noida International Airport in India has selected SITA’s Airport Management System to help automate and streamline the operations of the airport.

Goldilock makes a technology that essentially disconnects customer from networks to maintain security.

Startup Merlin has completed a series of autonomous flight trials in Alaska using a Cessna Caravan fitted with its automated flight control system.

Vaeridion has announced a series of partnerships to support development of its planned nine-passenger eCTOL regional airliner.

The station will mark the first public refueling site for vehicles with hydrogen fuel cells in Ontario.

With soaring demand for semiconductors, aerospace and defense companies need a sound strategy for securing components.

VoltAero has selected Avidyne’s Quantum open flight deck avionics system for its hybrid-electric Cassio.

Backed by European and UK research programs, Rolls is evaluating “vast unknowns’’ posed by the future move to hydrogen-fueled propulsion.

Integration issues were too difficult to overcome for promising experimental aircraft.