Emerging Technologies

NASA is eyeing the DiskSat as a follow-up to the cubesat.

Three different alternative navigation technologies have been flight tested in a regional jet and helicopter.

The U.S. Energy Department has launched its $2.6 million Hydrogen Shot Incubator Prize, a program which is aimed at finding technologies to reduce the cost of producing clean hydrogen.

Electric-powered jetpacks and paragliders could come to the battlefield.

DLR’s climate-neutral concepts; Pantuo flies eVTOL; SAF from stover; Honeywell’s megawatt milestone; and JAXA’s hypersonic test plan.

As sustainability pressures increase, more agreements to produce and consume low-carbon jet fuel are being announced.

Dassault Falcon 10X business jet may be first large-category aircraft designed for single-pilot operations, a capability Airbus covets.

Bombardier’s EcoJet; Natilus cargo BWB; Lilium’s refined Jet; and FAA/Daedalean on AI.

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

Test flights of Australian-built scramjet-powered drone targets technology for space launch system and hypersonic defense applications.

A nearly $500 million wave of funding shows investors are intrigued by the commercial opportunities of hypersonic flight.

With hot-fire tests of Talon-A’s Hadley rocket engine due in June, scene is set for vehicle’s powered hypersonic flight debut this year.

Despite extensive promotion of sustainable aviation fuels, FBOs and airports report that, often, captains remain reluctant to put SAF into their aircraft.

Hybrid Dash 8 batteries; Nuclear-powered spacecraft; Inside Lilium’s eVTOL; Infrared-welded thermoplastics; Forming antennas in space.

With AAM operations set to begin in 2024-25, the emerging industry is moving quickly to address infrastructure requirements.

As the AAM OEMs adjust to changes the FAA has made to how it will certify the aircraft, remaining AAM building blocks are taking shape.

It is to everyone's advantage that there are a multiplicity of methods of getting to a sustainable aviation ecosystem, the panelists agreed, and "we have to stay motivated and we have to stay determined" to get there.

Slovenian aircraft manufacturer Pipistrel, now under Textron ownership, plans to grow its workforce and accelerate development of new products, including the Nuuva hybrid-electric uncrewed cargo aircraft.

GE Aviation has ground-tested its Passport long-range business-jet engine, the powerplant for the Bombardier Global 7500 and new 8000, on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for the first time.

With aviation facing a growing sustainability challenge, the Lindbergh Foundation and XPrize Foundation have come together to launch the Forever Flight Alliance. Their goal is to accelerate the decarbonization of aviation through incentive prizes.

Daher will fly the collaborative EcoPulse demonstrator "by the end of this year at the latest" as the venerable aircraft manufacturer as it looks to continue to develop new technologies.

The company unveiled a small-scale model of a testbed drone it has been using for flight and wind-tunnel testing at a secret location in Quebec.

Raytheon Intelligence & Space has rebranded its Advanced Concepts and Technology division as Department 22, a business unit focused on next-generation military technologies.

Can Magic Carpet render undergraduate carrier landings unnecessary for future Navy pilots

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has selected Swiss-based H55 to supply battery systems for the engine maker’s regional hybrid-electric flight demonstrator program.