Japan’s electric-aircraft consortium; AeroVironment on NASA’s Mars Helicopter; Japan’s private rocket fails; Hypersonic booster contract for Lockheed.

As the 2018 Farnborough Airshow showcases the latest and greatest in aviation and aerospace, we look at some of the technologies shaping the industry’s future.

British expertise in solar-powered HAPS is a direct result of small-satellite sector success.

Airbus helps transform ideas into new companies or new business lines through coaching, a workplace and conditional funding.

Low-boom demo becomes X-59; Facebook grounds high-altitude UAV; Hypersonic testbed fires up; Ultra-endurance UAV advances; Boeing backs Matternet drone deliveries.

Aviation Week’s Guy Norris and Graham Warwick have been in Atlanta, Georgia, for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ Aviation 2018 conference. They talk about insights from the many panels and presentations and some hidden gems in the exhibition hall.

With a £74 billion turnover, UK is one of the major players in global aerospace sector.

Emerging commercial and military requirements bring innovation and disruption to the vertical-flight industry as well as safety and affordability expectations.