As the idea of hydrogen-powered commercial air travel has gained traction in Europe, EASA believes it may have to look at certification beyond the aircraft.

France has tested a laser weapon as a defense against unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that it hopes to use in protect major public events starting in 2023.

Charged with enabling zero-emission transatlantic flight within a generation, the UK’s Jet Zero Council has launched a competition designed to demonstrate how airport upgrades could enable the introduction of electric- and hydrogen-powered aircraft.

Two subscale models of a fan-in-wing vertical-takeoff business jet are to fly in 2022 under the UK government-supported Project NOMAD.

To enable synthetic fuels to fulfill their sustainability promise, the aviation industry must fight for its share of renewable energy and hydrogen electrolyzer capability to secure a level playing field on which to battle other sectors reluctant to be weaned off liquid fuels.

The UK is looking for a zero-emission training aircraft as the Royal Air Force (RAF) targets net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. 

Existing aeronautical standards are not adequate for certifying artificial intelligence (AI) with safety-critical systems, and new means of compliance will have to be developed, concludes a report jointly issued by standards developers SAE International and Eurocae.

Dassault Aviation has created a joint research laboratory in partnership with two French academic institutions dubbed Moliere, an acronym of the French for “innovative functional materials for aviation.”