Aerospace

Nanotube heat shield; HAPS in flight—UAVOS’ ApusDuo and AV’s Hawk30; Latecoere tests IFE by light; Army eyes hydrogen power.

In a short period of time, Bombardier has undertaken four bold moves to radically transform its aerospace business.

Final systems installation is underway for Mod. 2 testing of the all-electric X-57 as NASA nears a critical design review of high-lift motors for the final test phase.

A global contract for development, production and introduction into service is close to signature.

Rolls’ German hybrid; Triumph’s thermoplastic elevator; carbon-fiber 3D printer; Volocopter’s agricultural drone; SSTL supplies target satellite.

Germany’s diamond shaped LO demonstrator could be the jewel that shapes a future combat aircraft.

A smaller new airplane might make more sense for Boeing.

Record-setting Solar Impulse 2 to become new class of solar-powered, medium-altitude pseudo satellite.

Brian Sill is President of Engines and Power Systems (E&PS) for Honeywell Aerospace. E&PS develops, produces and supports high-performance propulsion engines and auxiliary power units for air transport, business and military customers worldwide.

A3 project Wayfinder is developing certifiable autonomy for use across Airbus’ product range from air taxis to commercial airliners.

French think tank plots a progressive path for the application of autonomy to reduce demand for commercial aircraft pilots.

The UK will need a multilayered approach to protect national infrastructure and events from drone misuse.

Aviation Week pilot gets first-hand experience of the first emergency Autoland system for general aviation.

Future UltraFan variants could incorporate starter generators as part of more-electric push.

Unique approach of system integrators competing to attract technology “sprinters” is enabling use of swarming robots on urban missions.

Airbus backs advanced batteries; VoloDrone; Seaplane becomes ePlane; DARPA’s launch conundrum; GE-powered drone; pilots and drones; Uber Eats’ drone delivers.

Developed in secret like the Pearl 15, Rolls-Royce’s Pearl 700 has already amassed 1,200 test hours in advance of first flight on the new Gulfstream G700.

The Middle East continues to be a theater of innovation, improvisation and adaptation for both offensive and defensive small drone warfare.

Lilium eVTOL advances; Volocopter in Singapore; Hybrid Twin Otter; Safran powers VoltAero; Zipline military deliveries; GKN automates composites; Utah eyes UAM.

Cyber hardening, environmental sustainability, and development speed and cost are “grand challenges” facing the industry, a new study finds.

There have been no images or statements released, but growing evidence points to the existence of the stealthy RQ-180 and its use in regular front-line service.

We must question the norms we have become accustomed to and ultimately refine our individual behavior to spring back to a collectively sustainable state.

MBDA’s Anglo-French missile programs are benefitting from joint industry, academic technology research.

With investments and joint studies, the automotive industry is dipping its toes in the emerging urban air mobility market.

Successfully run at Mach 5 temperatures, validating for the first time the capability of the novel heat exchanger design to operate at hypersonic flight conditions for atmospheric and space access applications.