Emerging Technologies

Recreational flights in New York may pave the way for public acceptance of the new technology.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

TA-0 flight data matched predictions, sets up initial drop test before high-speed flight with first reusable Talon in early 2023.

Bridger Aerospace is the first customer for Aurora Flight Sciences' Skiron-X .

Building on lessons from the PW1100G, Pratt & Whitney’s expanded Advantage test and pre-production readiness program is targeting a smoother entry into service.

With an eye on contested logistics, service officials want more capable mobility aircraft sooner than originally planned.

Flights of UMS Skeldar’s V-200 rotary-wing uncrewed aircraft have demonstrated a detect-and-avoid system capable of automatically maneuvering a UAV around intruder aircraft

The RAF is to emphasize low-cost capability as it begins to re-explore its Lightweight Affordable Novel Combat Aircraft (LANCA) work after canceling its Mosquito demonstrator during the summer.

Upcoming flight trials by Universal Hydrogen mark a key milestone on the road to zero-carbon-emission air travel.

New research shows China’s growing capabilities to disrupt military satellite communications.

A320becomes hydrogen laboratory; China’s large cargo UAV; Embraer’s autonomous bizjet vision; and XPeng’s drive/fly eVTOL.

The Air Force Research Laboratory is developing an interface standard it hopes will be adopted by commercial industry, too.

The past might yield fuel-savings and emission-reducing solutions for regional transport and larger aircraft.

Anti-satellite threats force military satellites to use more fuel.

China flies new UAS; Aero Vodochody’s L-159 upgrade; MDA receives NGI software build; and Lockheed to make PRSM missiles in 2023.

Woodward is likely far from the last large aerospace and defense company to announce a post-pandemic business restructuring.

The service’s experiment has become the Pentagon’s lead JADC2 proving ground, but more work is needed to connect sensors and shooters.

In the range of solutions to drive aviation to a greener future, none alone will come close to being a silver bullet by 2050.

The initial flight will be “very short” and will set the stage for a series of follow-on flight tests of the fixed-wing demonstrator.

Targeted at certification in 2027, the nine-passenger aircraft will incorporate a distributed electric propulsion system.

MagniX adds fuel cells; Electric propulsion standards; Net-zero competition; Drag-reducing AeroShark.

While the Air Force shifts focus toward a future KC-Z, some on Capitol Hill say the planned 2040 fielding date leaves too long of a gap.

SAF is seen as the most realistic near-term option to cut aviation emissions, but securing more supply is an obstacle for the industry.

Expeditionary units could recharge their equipment with laser energy redirected by UAVs.

Electric propulsion pioneer MagniX is expanding into the development of hydrogen fuel cells for 50-90-passenger airliners.