Emerging Technologies

By Jens Flottau
Neither OEM has plans for new aircraft programs in the next one or two decades where it matters most in terms of emissions reduction—in the long-haul segment.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
GKN Aerospace, Marshall, and Parker Aerospace have signed an MOU to partner on development of a liquid hydrogen fuel system for future zero-emission aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz, Garrett Reim
Space freighter module forms the basis for multiple future missions.
Commercial Space

By Joe Anselmo, Graham Warwick
The advanced air mobility market is at a critical juncture—and the hard work is just beginning.
Check 6

By Graham Warwick
Enabling contrail avoidance; hybrid regional demonstrator; next-generation HAPS; and quantum computing for R&D.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Gevo says its Net-Zero 1 ethanol-to-jet project has been invited to begin due diligence and term sheet negotiation phase for a $950 million loan guarantee.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Aero Challenge Group is to invest “a double-digit million Euro sum” in development of the aircraft designed to carry 1,000 kg of payload or eight passengers.
Advanced Air Mobility

Jim Harris
Country-specific policies around climate goals could complicate financial decisions by airlines and OEMs.
Sustainable Aviation Fuel

By Joe Anselmo, Graham Warwick, Jen DiMascio, Steven Grundman
The differentiator in military programs is shifting from platforms to software. Listen in to hear how this change is transforming industry.
Check 6

By Graham Warwick
Another eVTOL technology demonstrator crashes during flight testing. Should the industry be worried?
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
American Airlines has cooperated with Google Research and Breakthrough Energy to test whether atmospheric zones likely to create contrails can be avoided.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Initial operating experience of a recently developed drag-reduction package on a Delta Air Lines Boeing 737-800 indicates cruise fuel-burn savings of up to 2%.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
German aerospace center DLR has flown a subscale demonstrator of the HyBird concept for a small hybrid-electric regional aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Adrian Schofield
The report was jointly produced by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization and Boeing amid a growing acceleration of SAF in Australia.
Sustainable Aviation Fuel

By Graham Warwick
Tier 1 aerospace suppliers see the AAM industry as a way to bridge the business and technology gaps to the next single-aisle airliner.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Vertical Aerospace’s VX4 eVTOL prototype suffered significant damage during a remotely piloted flight test at Cotswold Airport in Kemble, England.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Sash Tusa
The rotary-wing industry model is fracturing, and a much smaller U.S. civil rotorcraft industry is likely as civil and military requirements diverge.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble, Guy Norris
A new U.S. effort to prove technology for reusable hypersonic flight is inching forward as government scientists seek information on industry-funded projects.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Comac/CATL electric aircraft venture; high-power silicon battery; JetBlue and carbon capture; and fly/drive evTOL hovers.
Emerging Technologies

By Linda Blachly
With some government tax incentives and allowances on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) development and production set to expire in a few years.
Emerging Technologies

By Bill Carey
Some EAGLE executive committee members briefed pilots on progress made by the four developers of candidate unleaded fuels.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
Air New Zealand has issued a call for expressions of interest from airports to be a part of its electric flight demonstration program.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Both Universal Hydrogen and ZeroAvia are developing hydrogen-electric retrofits for the ATR 72.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Launch risks, cryogenic and uranium fuel are among the challenges facing the agencies’ ambitious DRACO space nuclear thermal propulsion orbital demonstration.
Space