Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
If a new research project is successful, manure could be converted to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The partnership is planned to expand to include satellites and defense systems.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Projects to develop electrified propulsion for single-aisle commercial aircraft enter their second phase at ARPA-E.
Emerging Technologies

By David Casey
Birmingham Airport is aiming to become the first in the UK to operate commercial zero-emission hydrogen-fueled flights with ZeroAvia.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
eVTOL propeller test; hybrid-electric turboprop; hydrogen supply networks; and vertiports for Dubai.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
U.S. pushes for more Ukraine aid; U.S. tankers grounded; Polish MQ-9 flights to start; and replacing Russian platforms.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has established a partnership with Divergent Technologies to develop 3D-printed UAV structures.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Infinitum has developed a motor with a stator that is a lightweight printed circuit board.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The modified Tech TP technology demonstrator has completed ground tests at Safran Helicopter Engines in Tarnos, France.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Propulsive efficiency gains could diminish for bigger turbofans unless nacelle drag can be reduced. Flight tests show promise from a short inlet design.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Germany has launched a three-year project to identify global networks for the cost-effective production and transport of green hydrogen.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Heat management has become a critical issue in fuel cell-based system design.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Emphasizing resilience, Daher unveils a 2027 strategy to make the most of airframers’ planned production ramp-up.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
The EU research program has called for additional proposals for projects to mature technologies for hydrogen-powered aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
While fuel savings in flight are the preponderant environmental outcome of using composites, changes in manufacturing would be welcome.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Thermoplastic fuselage; Tailless flight control; Robotic sheet-metal forming; Hydrogen aviation ecosystem.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
European’s Clean Aviation research program has launched a slew of projects aimed at enabling a low-emission hybrid-electric airliner to enter service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Airbus and Air New Zealand have formed a consortium to evaluate ways to deploy hydrogen hubs at airports, starting with a case study at Christchurch.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
The European Union (EU) Parliament went ahead with the adoption of revisions that will expand the scope of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS.)
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Joe Anselmo, Steve Trimble, Graham Warwick, Brian Everstine
Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss a week of high drama, including the shootdown of China's balloon and the future of high-altitude surveillance.
Defense

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

By Garrett Reim
Balloon industry says it can survey the Earth better than satellites and for less cost.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Alaska Airlines and United Airlines both plan to be early adopters of electric aircraft but have contrasting visions for initial operations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble, Guy Norris
A bizarre, five-day saga revealed a new Chinese spy program, possible advances in light-than-air technology and new high-altitude skills for the F-22.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
A static firing of Super Heavy’s 33 Merlin engines is the last major milestone before debut launch.
Commercial Space