Aviation Technology and Innovation

Emirates to add Bitcoin as payment service: Report

Emirates plans to add advanced payment solutions in Bitcoin for its customers. ...

US National Guard F-16 pilots to use new augmented reality helmets

Thales will supply Scorpion augmented reality helmet sights to US National Guard F-16 pilots ...

Raytheon invests in hypersonic aircraft startup Hermeus

Raytheon Technologies invests in the startup Hermeus developing hypersonic aircraft for defense and commercial applicati ...

Safran and ATR create diagnostic service to analyze hard landings

Safran Landing Systems and ATR have created a landing gear diagnostic service to analyze data on hard landings and reduc...

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FAA approves airworthiness criteria for Wingcopter 198 delivery drone

FAA issues the Special Class Airworthiness Criteria for the Wingcopter 198 unmanned delivery drone, marking a critical m...

Hawaiian Airlines invests in electric seaglider maker for inter-island flights

Hawaiian Airlines announces an investment in REGENT, which is making an all-electric seaglider that could be used for in ...

ZeroAvia and Shell to develop hydrogen refueling site in US

ZeroAvia and Shell to develop aircraft hydrogen refueling site in US

Hydrogen-electric aircraft developer ZeroAvia collaborates with Shell to build two commercial-scale mobile hydrogen fuel ...

War in Ukraine

UK to provide Ukraine with cargo drones

The latest shipment of military aid to Ukraine will include heavy lift drones, the UK government has announced. ...

IndiGo conducts in-flight test of Indian air navigation system GAGAN

IndiGo becomes the first Indian airline to land its aircraft using the space-based air navigation system GAGAN. ...

H2GEAR, H2JET hydrogen aircraft technology project

easyJet teams up with GKN on hydrogen technology

European low-cost carrier easyJet is working with GKN on hydrogen technology, part of its efforts to make flying more su ...

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Airbus and ITA Airways sign agreement to develop urban air mobility in Italy

ITA Airways and Airbus have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop urban air mobility in Italy. ...

Urban-Air Port opened world’s first airport for eVTOL aircraft in

Urban-Air Port’s first airport for eVTOL aircraft opens in the UK

Urban-Air Port opens the world’s first hub for electric take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles. ...

How satellite plane-tracking tech is changing flying across the North Atlantic

AeroTime looks at how satellite-based tracking of planes is changing flying routes across the busy North Atlantic...

Airport fog-busting technology wins government backing in New Zealand

Pyper Vision, a New Zealand-based startup, receives government backing for development of a new innovative tec ...

FedEx Express to test autonomous drone cargo delivery in 2023

FedEx Express will begin trials of an autonomous air cargo delivery service using VTOL drones. ...

Gözen Holding to order 100 VX4 eVTOLs from Avolon

Gözen Holding to order 100 VX4 eVTOL aircraft from Avolon

Turkish aviation group Gözen Holding could order up to 100 Vertical Aerospace VX4 electric vertical takeoff and lan ...

Electric air taxi developer Joby resumes flight testing after February crash

Joby has resumed flights testing using its second electric air taxi prototype ...

Low-cost carrier Ryanair eyes more SAF usage in decarbonization drive

Ryanair says around one-third of decarbonization efforts will come from increased SAF usage ...

Delta partners with Airbus to develop hydrogen-powered jet

Delta Air Lines has partnered with Airbus to develop a hydrogen-powered jet. ...

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Textron buys electric aircraft maker Pipistrel for new sustainable aircraft unit

Textron is buying Pipistrel, a European maker of light electric aircraft, with plans to set up a new sustainable aviatio ...

GlobalX to order 200 eVTOL aircraft from Eve

Eve UAM and Global Crossing Airlines Group have signed a Letter of Intent to order up to 200 eVTOL aircraft. ...

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Pratt & Whitney successfully tests GTF Advantage engine with 100% SAF

Pratt & Whitney says it is closer to helping aircraft to fly using 100% SAF after a successful test of its new GTF A ...

Airbus unveils next generation electric flying taxi

Airbus, Spirit AeroSystems to develop wings for CityAirbus multicopter

Airbus and Spirit AeroSystems have formed a partnership to develop fixed wings for CityAirbus NextGen, a new multicopter ...

Joby prototype “substantially damaged” in February 2022 crash

The Joby air taxi involved in a crash on February 16, 2022 was substantially damaged, investigators reveal ...

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SWISS to power aircraft with ‘sun-to-liquid' fuel in 2023

SWISS forms a strategic collaboration with Synhelion, aiming to become the world’s first airline to fuel its fleet ...

Airbus to use its A380 to test hydrogen propulsion systems

Airbus has revealed that it will use the Airbus A380 as a test bed aircraft for its ZEROe project. ...

Pratt & Whitney to develop hydrogen propulsion systems

The US Department of Energy has selected Pratt & Whitney to develop hydrogen propulsion systems for commercial aviat ...

Joby EVTOL aircraft prototype crashes during testing

Air taxi start-up Joby Aviation reveals that one of its two eVTOL aircraft prototypes had an accident during testing in ...

ANA and Joby partner to bring air taxi service to Japan

ANA Holdings and Joby sign partnership to bring air taxi service to Japan

Japan’s largest airline ANA Holdings joins forces with California-based aerospace company Joby to bring flying tax ...

AirAsia eyes electric air taxi market via VX4 deal with lessor Avolon

AirAsia is continuing to spread its wings, this time announcing a move into the electric air taxi market. ...

Volocopter to launch Singapore service in 2024

Air taxi manufacturer Volocopter says its aircraft will start carrying tourists above Singapore in 2024 ...

Aviation Technology and Innovation

Emirates to add Bitcoin as payment service: Report

US National Guard F-16 pilots to use new augmented reality helmets

Raytheon invests in hypersonic aircraft startup Hermeus

PL-12 Airtruk: how Australia created one of the strangest aircraft in the skies

ACCC grants interim approval for Virgin Australia - United codeshare pricing

The rise, fall, and rebirth of Virgin Australia

Rex Airlines signs LoI for additional Boeing 737-800NG

Harry Houdini’s little-known role in Australian aviation history