Emerging Technologies

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.

British Airways has officially opened ‘CallBA’, its new call centre located in Gurugram, near Delhi.

The French aerospace group is preparing to begin certification tests on its first electric propulsion unit.

A hydrogen-powered Islander is just the start of a series of zero-emission aircraft planned by Cranfield Aerospace Solutions and Britten-Norman.

Sikorsky is planning to fly a subscale uncrewed aircraft in its Rotor Blown Wing (RBW) vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) configuration.

Swiss startup Jekta has announced an order for up to 50 PHA-ZE 100 electric seaplanes from Indian operator Mehair.

Under the SkyFuelH2 project, the companies plan to build a first-of-its-kind plant for SAF production at Langsele in Solleftea, Sweden.

The facility is set to consolidate all the demonstrator testing work around Airbus' various wing research and development projects.

Reaping the benefit of decades of hydrogen-related research, Cranfield is expanding its work across aerospace applications of this zero-carbon fuel option.

DARPA picks nine for Ancillary; China’s drive/fly eVTOL; Alef’s flying car; and hydrogen future for training aircraft.

Airbus will coordinate 33 companies including airframers, engine producers and defense electronics specialists on studies for a new European airlifter.

The UK government announced a package of reforms that tighten July 3, including a phased removal of free carbon allowances for aviation in 2026.