Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is planning to begin offering commercial services with its high-flying solar-powered Zephyr uncrewed aircraft by the end of 2024.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The team is tasked with developing and supporting a purpose-designed propulsion system for the company’s Mach 1.7 Overture transport.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Energia family is a concept series of propeller-driven aircraft, powered by cleaner technologies such as hybrid-electric and hydrogen-electric propulsion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Work will focus on the electronic control system for CFM International’s Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines (RISE) demonstrator engine program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Embraer’s decision to delay the launch of its proposed new turboprop aircraft has raised many questions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris, Thierry Dubois
Is propulsion falling behind airframers’ ambitions? Listen in as our editors break it down.
Business Aviation

By Adrian Schofield
Air New Zealand has selected the four aerospace companies it will partner with in its evaluation of zero-emission technology for a future aircraft order.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
Boom has revealed the formation of an industry team to design, develop and support a purpose-designed propulsion system for its Mach 1.7 Overture transport.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
The hybrid-electric propulsion system for the latest demonstrator will be built around a turbine engine being developed by an unnamed major engine manufacturer.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Thierry Dubois
After agreement on emissions trading for aviation, sustainable aviation fuels remain in focus.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Advances in inflight connectivity continue to benefit Bizav and other aircraft operators.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Graham Warwick
Aura is building a nationwide safety-critical network for command-and-control communications with uncrewed aircraft systems.
Connected Aerospace

By Thierry Dubois, Helen Massy-Beresford, Guy Norris, Graham Warwick, Angus Batey
Airbus, Air France, CFM, Rolls-Royce, Universal Hydrogen and other major players are executing long-term radical sustainability plans.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
An eVTOL behaves and is controlled differently as it changes between thrustborne and wingborne flight and back.
Emerging Technologies

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

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine, Graham Warwick
Aviation Week editors discuss two of the biggest events of the year for military aviation, how they went down and what they mean for the future.
Defense

By Brian Everstine, Guy Norris, Steve Trimble, Graham Warwick
New bomber is touted as the first sixth-generation aircraft, with advances in stealth and range named as key features.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois, Jens Flottau
Airbus is concerned the industry is not moving fast enough toward its net zero target and is shifting focus to hydrogen fuel cell tests.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
A twofold specific energy improvement is sought in batteries, seen as the weak link so far in a hybrid-electric architecture.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Modified Cessna Skymaster plays key role in Canadian low-emission aviation program research effort.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Using carbon for SAF; Automation for UAM; Net-zero jet fuel; and Electrifying ground support.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The formula for a net-zero aviation fuel that would pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere when burned has been developed by researchers.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Flight tests have been conducted to demonstrate how automated ATM could be used to avoid conflicts between autonomous air taxis and crewed aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau, Thierry Dubois
Airbus Summit attendees were urged to focus on the emerging problems of hydrogen leakage and a lack of standards, applicable also to sustainable aviation fuels.
Emerging Technologies

By Brian Everstine
The new Office of Strategic Capital aims to help with the development of key technologies with new connections to funding.
Budget, Policy & Operations