Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
The startup asserts that its radio-­frequency electric propulsion unit is easier to manufacture.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Nova Pangea plans to build a plant in the UK to convert agricultural waste and wood residues into bioethanol for processing into sustainable aviation fuel.
Airlines & Lessors

Honeywell is launching a new KX 200 navigation and communications system designed to meet the needs of pilots operating next-generation cockpits.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
Comac Times (Shanghai) Aviation has been set up to supply aerospace components and batteries as China looks to develop electrically powered aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By P. Barry Butler
Programs are adapting to prepare students to work the advanced air mobility industry as engineers, air traffic controllers, pilots and more.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Tunnel test for Nexus; FAA revamps light sport rules; hybrid-electric for eVTOLs; and SMA power for VerdeGo’s hybrid.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
Swarming paths could be useful for deep-space scientific missions.
Space

By Angus Batey
The UK Defense Ministry signs an RTX contract extension for 1,000 Landshield anti-jamming antennas.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
Commercial aircraft engine lessor Willis Lease Finance Corp. plans to develop a power-to-liquid sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in northeast England.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
Having received U.S. FAA approval for their continuous autopilot system certification plan, Reliable Robotics says it will now shift to testing and validation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory space camera is inspired by a hunting dragonfly.
Space

Emirates is taking the first steps in an innovative initiative of meal pre-ordering.
Emerging Technologies

By Brian Everstine
The service seeks shift from one-for-one replacement of KC-135s and C-17s to a series of aircraft, from the basic to the exquisite.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Flutterwave, Africa's leading payments technology company, has joined the IATA’s payment orchestration platform to facilitate travel to sub-Saharan Africa.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Alder Fuels has begun the demonstration-scale production of renewable crude oil at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The three-year project is planned to culminate in a flight demonstration from Hamburg Airport in Germany.
Airports & Networks

By Linda Blachly
Government incentives to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) are proving to be the way to encourage the speedy construction of SAF production plants.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
Solar UAV flies stratospheric; HAPS motor test; electric regional ground demo; and agile eVTOL.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

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

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

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

By Steve Trimble
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.
Budget, Policy & Operations