Aerospace Emerging Technologies

Nov 12, 2024
Salient Motion is working on a “library of certifiable building blocks” for actuators.
Nov 11, 2024
Canada backs sustainability research; electric Smartflyer rolls out; NASA’s X-59 fires up engine; and tackling hydrogen engine vibrations.
Nov 08, 2024
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Nov 08, 2024
The U.S. regulator responds to industry concerns by offering alternative pathways for powered-lift training and operating limits.
Nov 07, 2024
Lilium burned through more than $1.4 billion without achieving first flight of its Lilium Jet. Shareholders and customers want answers.
Nov 14, 2024
MHI RJ Aviation Group (MHIRJ) and Maeve Aerospace are teaming up for the development of Maeve’s planned M80 80-seat hybrid-electric regional aircraft.
Nov 14, 2024
20 years ago, NASA saw incremental aircraft improvement would no longer mitigate the environmental impact of projected growth; revolutionary change was needed.
Nov 14, 2024
Beta Technologies has completed a piloted test flight with the first electric aircraft rolled off the production line at its factory in Burlington, Vermont.
Nov 13, 2024
ATR is ceasing work on the STOL version of the ATR 42-600 to focus on upgrades for the turboprop aimed at lowering operating costs for its airline customers.
Nov 08, 2024
Xyrec is developing a robotic application in which drag-reducing sharkskin properties could be directly incorporated into aircraft paint.
Nov 08, 2024
AVIC has unveiled a new class of large uncrewed combat aerial system designed to deliver both strike munitions and miniature drone swarms.
Nov 07, 2024
DG Fuels plans to build a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility Moorhead, Minnesota, with production anticipated to begin in 2030.
Nov 06, 2024
An in-cabin wheelchair securement concept is being refined by a design consortium, as the installation feasibility of such onboard aircraft systems progresses.