Artificial Intelligence

By Helen Massy-Beresford
IAG deploys AI fuel-efficiency platform across airlines to reduce consumption amid rising fuel costs and price volatility.
Airlines & Lessors

By Michael Bruno
The business aviation industry is experiencing a structural shift driven by unprecedented wealth creation, with IPO activity emerging as a key demand indicator.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Google plans to deploy a first test satellite carrying its tensor processing units for its orbital data center ambitions next month.
Commercial Space

By Karen Walker
Artificial intelligence technology will be an important productivity tool for airlines but will not and should not replace humans, aviation experts believe.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Singapore Aero Engine Services Private Limited and A*STAR’s Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Center will jointly develop and deploy advanced aircraft MRO technologies.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency had expected to have certified a Level 1 AI system to assist human operators by 2025, but that has yet to materialize.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Dassault Aviation has flight tested AI algorithms on its Rafale fighter jet, as the company explores the technology for future upgrades of the combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Singapore is prioritizing deeper MRO capabilities, moving up the aerospace value chain and expanding research and development as it seeks to sustain growth in an increasingly AI-driven and uncertain global trade environment.
Supply Chain

By Bill Carey
The SMART system, an AI-enabled, cloud-based ATM software platform, is being used in a “limited mode” to provide scheduling recommendations for the airspace around Washington, D.C.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Angus Batey
Speakers at ACE stress that innovation in business aviation must prioritize human needs over technology, with AI and eVTOLs as tools, not replacements.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Robert Wall
L3Harris Technologies has begun to build the first Earth-observation satellites for partner Xoople, which aims to turn on its new system in 2028.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
The Defense Innovation Unit is soliciting an AI-based “Space Threat Intelligence Synthesis Engine” to help it track missiles and other threats in space.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The era of space-based computing will need to go through an evolution, with hyperscalers having to rethink their architectures to capitalize on shifting infrastructure to orbit, Planet Chief Strategy Officer Robbie Schingler argued.
Commercial Space

By Ben Goldstein
Tech startup Sift is providing electric aircraft developer Heart Aerospace with a common platform for analyzing telemetry data generated during ground and flight testing of its X1 demo.
Advanced Air Mobility

R. Michael Baiada
The primary purpose of FAA's proposed AI-powered SMART system is to help ATC reduce airline delays. But airline delays are something ATC can’t fix at their root.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
European Union Aviation Safety Agency executive director Florian Guillermet says his organization and, more broadly, aviation were late in adopting artificial intelligence (AI).
Airlines & Lessors

By Michael Bruno
“The investment castings market,” analysts say, “is in War Games mode.”
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
AI-enabled systems routinely fly mock dogfights between fighters within visual range of each other. The next step is to unlock air combat beyond visual range.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
EASA and the commercial air transport industry are lagging in adopting AI, according to the regulator's executive director Florian Guillermet.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
NATO has been exploring how low-cost munitions, high-altitude balloons and autonomous air systems could deny the use of an airfield to an adversary.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Cathay Pacific and Google are expanding their partnership to scale up AI-powered contrail-avoidance system usage to reduce climate impact from contrails.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Light Links is developing laser-based optical communications and drone IFF technology for commercial robotics and military applications.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
GE Aerospace is shipping its thrust vectoring AVEN nozzle to Shield AI for integration with the defense startup's F110-129E-powered X-Bat UAS.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Japan seeks record ¥8.9 trillion defense budget, emphasizing AI, standoff weapons, hypersonics and layered air defenses.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Container-transporting turboprop; heavy-lifting drones; Nvidia’s AI at the edge; and NASA backs university research.
Emerging Technologies