Emerging Technologies

Regent Craft has teamed with Rhode Island-based marine and aerospace composites specialist Moore Brothers to build a quarter-scale technology demonstrator for its seaglider, an electric wing-in-ground-effect vehicle for harbor-to-harbor overwater regional transportation.

Environmental regulations for aviation, such as mandates to use sustainable aviation fuel mandates and hydrogen technology certification, should be backed by an international framework set out by ICAO, a French parliamentary report says.

Plans to develop a maintenance/repair/overhaul (MRO) cluster at Twente Airport in the Netherlands are to be pared back in favor of exploring services related to testing new technologies and opening to business aviation flights as the site’s organizers plot a long-term pathway.

Hydrogen air transporters; Cryogenic materials testing; Fuel-cell ambitions; Scalable sustainable fuel; and New Zealand’s solar UAV.

Zero-emissions propulsion developer ZeroAvia has selected Paine Field as the location for a flight research center to support development of a hydrogen-electric powertrain for the De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 regional turboprop.

A U.S. Navy officer asked the Skunk Works representative at the Lockheed Martin exhibit booth an impromptu question during the U.S. Air Force’s Weapons and Tactics Conference in the fall of 2020.

While Airbus and the European industry are accelerating research and technology work to replace current aviation fuels with hydrogen, experts in atmospheric science and propulsion are debating the contrail potential of the zero-carbon fuel.

Startups may pioneer single-pilot operations in regional turboprops, but also create a virtual co-pilot in light aircraft.

Finalizing aircraft certification plans and filling out the mobility ecosystem are priorities for 2022.

China’s eVTOL leader shifts strategy from aircraft sales to mobility service.

The time to wait and see is over, with Airbus, Embraer and others stepping up their commitment to the AAM market.

Developers of eSTOL aircraft believe the limitations of battery technology are best overcome by using 300 ft. of runway

AT&T, Verizon and the FAA agree to pause 5G network start until Jan. 19

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

After playing out through most of 2020 and 2021 for the electric vertical takeoff and landing industry, the process of assembling memorandums of understanding, letters of intent and other expressions of interest to bolster fundraising drives is underway in other parts of the evolving advanced air mobility market.

AST SpaceMobile, a newly public company aiming to establish a space-based cellular broadband network for smartphones, has offered a peak inside its 85,000-ft.2 manufacturing headquarters in Midland, Texas.

Building supply chain resilience, sustainable innovations and collaboration can help companies persevere through continued uncertainty.

Many ag operators initially viewed ag “drones” as threats but now see them as complementary rather than competitive.

2Excel’s growth has been partly fueled by the transition to the commercial sector of flight testing of defense equipment.

Drone-based aircraft inspections are gaining traction as new providers, technologies and certifications come down the pipeline.

AT&T and Verizon have agreed to delay deploying 5G wireless services using C-band spectrum for two weeks beyond the scheduled Jan. 5 start date, giving the FAA more time to prevent airspace system disruptions arising from the potential of interference with aircraft radio altimeters.

NASA’s sustainable flight demonstrator contest could not have come at a better time for the under-pressure Boeing.

Heart’s subscale flyer; high-speed VTOLs; Toray’s hydrogen tank; electric suppliers; hydrogen drones.

A 13-year project pays off with Brazil’s first hypersonic-speed flight test.

The carrier has previously stated its desire to eventually purchase zero-emissions aircraft to replace its DHC Dash 8-300 turboprops.