Emerging Technologies

The tests at Airbus UK in Filton, England, evaluated the complete assembly of the Safran electric engine, Airbus nacelle and DUC Helices propeller.

A decade-long pursuit of a new autonomous flight technology is entering the home stretch of an R&D phase filled with stops and starts.

Balance sheet and debt concerns add to launch timing uncertainty as Boeing continues to study potential revisions to next aircraft program

DFS air traffic controllers have taken advantage of depressed air traffic to trial better ways of working and are looking at going beyond the existing “remote tower” concept.

Boom Supersonic sees opportunity as recovery reshapes long-haul flying.

European and U.S. authorities are putting the pieces in place to enable advanced air mobility.

A digital-first approach is key to achieving Tempest’s development goals, but the technology needs to be proved.

EASA provides industry with the first concrete guidance on certification requirements for AI in safety-critical applications.

Regional air mobility startup Electra has unveiled its first commercial product, a hybrid-electric aircraft designed to fly a pilot and seven passengers up to 500 mi. with takeoff and landing distances of just 100 ft.

Regional airline Ravn Alaska has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with startup Airflow for 50 electric logistics aircraft.

Without surface mobility, moonwalkers will have a very limited exploration zone.

The European missile manufacturer sees opportunities for missile development and consolidation as future fighter programs evolve.

NASA subsonic X-plane; Joby rooftop vertiports; Eve’s eVTOL partner; Electric Euroglider; airport hydrogen flight; JAXA’s rolling robot.

White House opts to stay the course in space exploration.

Customer order to convert King Air fleet to autonomous flight capability indicated growing maturity of the technology.

U.S. Navy cancels JSOW-ER; SM-6 misses target; Brazil’s Air Force may cut KC-390; USAF buys jet for BACN; GA-EMS cross-link contract.

Almost two decades after Concorde retirement, United’s Boom Overture order is strongest signal yet for commercial supersonic revival.

The need to boost U.S. cyberdefenses amid the complexity of today’s digitized world could lead to the “civilianization” of defense through technology.

Biden’s pending jobs package must include the sector for its ability to boost future innovation.

Merlin’s autonomous King Air; EHang’s bigger eVTOL; Near Earth on VoloDrone; MagniX’s electric seaplane; OneWeb’s beam-hopper.

Swiss artificial-intelligence startup Daedalean has completed a second study with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency to develop concepts for

All across Europe components for Leonardo’s Next-Generation Civil Tiltrotor are coming in readiness for year-end final assembly.

SpaceShipTwo returns to suborbital space after 27-month hiatus.

Aerion AS2 suspension dims hopes of commercial supersonic flight but does not dampen business jet appetite for Mach 1-plus capability.

Model-based systems engineering is emerging as a potential solution to aerospace’s slow, costly processes.