Aviation Technology and Innovation

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Avidyne awaits first AI-based avionics certification by 2022

The Florida-based avionics producer Avidyne and the Swiss startup Daedalean expect the new AI-based avionics system to g ...

Narita Airport innovates to reduce passenger interactions

Japan’s Narita International Airport launched new innovative passenger check-in stations which are expected to les ...

British Airways invests in hydrogen aircraft ZeroAvia for its short-haul fleet

In a bid to look for options to operate zero-emission short-haul flights, British Airways invested in ZeroAvia, which is ...

Aerion AS3 supersonic airliner to reach Mach 4+ and carry 50 passengers

Aerion is already working on its next supersonic aircraft, the AS3, capable of reaching Mach 4 and carrying up to 50 pas...

US Air Force funds research for new flight suit insulation

OROS was awarded a research grant from the United States Air Force to explore new long-range flight suit solutions....

New blockchain technology-based project to extend slot swapping

European Union funds a new blockchain technology-based project which should extend the existing slot swapping capabiliti ...

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Chicago O’Hare Airport to install smart windows with AI

Chicago O’Hare International Airport continues on its expansion plan and expects to install new innovative smart w ...

Safran contracted to speed up 6th generation fighter jet engine development

Safran was contracted by the French Ministry of Armed Forces to develop high-performance turbine materials for the FCAS ...

NetJets to buy 20 Aerion AS2 supersonic business jets

Aerion secures order for 20 supersonic business jets

NetJets, a business jet operator, intends to buy 20 Aerion AS2 supersonic business jets. ...

FAA to test anti-drone solutions in five US airports

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it would test technologies to mitigate the risk posed by unmanned ...

“Make your own jet”: Royal Air Force funds Aeralis three-in-one trainer

The Royal Air Force awarded a contract for Aeralis to develop a two-seater "modular" aircraft that could be us ...

Russia and UAE to jointly develop supersonic aircraft

Russia and the UAE will form a joint venture with the aim of designing a supersonic airliner. An 8-seat and a 30-seat va...

Will a Digital Marketplace Modernise the Aerospace Industry?

An average aircraft contains approximately 3 million different parts, which are in turn produced by thousands of differe...

France mulls hydrogen-powered military drone

The officer school of the French Air Force signed a research agreement with LITEN to develop a hydrogen drone that could ...

Loyal wingmen: the cyberpunk future of aerial warfare

“Loyal wingman” is a trending buzzword in the world of military aviation. But what exactly is it? ...

United invests $1 billion in short-haul electric planes

United Airlines invests $1 billion in Archer Aviation short-haul electric plane development. ...

Aerion, NASA partners to research “high Mach” aircraft

Aerion, NASA partners to research "high Mach" passenger aircraft

Aerion Supersonic and NASA are partnering for a joint study on ultra-high-speed commercial flight. ...

Bye Aerospace eFlyer 2 electric two-seater enters production

Bye Aerospace announced the start of production of its eFlyer 2 fully electric two-seater aircraft. ...

Etihad and Emirates to launch digital IATA travel pass

Etihad Airways and Emirates airline plan to launch the digital IATA Travel Pass. ...

"Vision" system aims for the stars to replace GPS

Vision, a daylight stellar finder allowing an aircraft to find its bearings without the use of GPS, was successfully tes ...

Elbit Systems Hermes 900 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

Canada buys Hermes 900 drone for environment monitoring

Transport Canada orders a Hermes 900 Starlinerfor drone environmental monitoring purposes. ...

FAA establishes civilian supersonic test corridor in Kansas

Kansas authorities and the Federal Aviation Administration established a corridor over Kansas to allow flight tests of c ...

ZeroAvia gets $21.4 million for hydrogen-powered plane development

Hydrogen aircraft startup ZeroAvia received $21 million worth of backing from investors. ...

Boeing applies old technique to fight virus in flight deck

Boeing introduced thermal disinfection of flight deck as an effective measure against the COVID-19. ...

Canadian company to launch world’s first hybrid plane de-icing truck

Canadian company Aero Mag is launching a hybrid aircraft de-icing truck, claims to be the world’s first. &nb ...

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British company launches first virtual health passport for air travel

A British cyber technology company launched the world’s first virtual health passport. ...

Saab, Rolls-Royce conjointly research engine sensing technologies

The British engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce and the Swedish aerospace company Saab announced the creation of a collabora ...

French dog becomes first to parachute with oxygen mask

A French military dog jumped from an aircraft wearing an oxygen system ‒ a world first. ...

Japan’s ANA partners with Toyota to adopt automated technologies

All Nippon Airways (ANA) has partnered with Toyota Industries in order to execute additional tests of the robotic baggag ...

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What is the future of Sustainable Aviation Fuels? [VIDEO]

Aviation has always had trouble to adhere to sustainability goals, as there is no true way to conduct an emissions-free ...

Aevum rolls out satellite launching drone

Aevum presented Rawn X, the largest unmanned aircraft to date, intended as a first stage for launching small payloads in ...

Boeing completes autonomous teaming flights in Australia

Boeing completed flight tests with five AI-controlled jets operating in formation at the new Queensland Flight Test Rang ...

Airbus’ SMART MRTT paves way to autonomous refueling

In a new video, Airbus presented its SMART MRTT program which aims at developing fully autonomous aerial refueling solut ...

French “Jetman” dies during training in Dubai

Vincent Reffet, also known as the “Jetman”, was killed in an accident in the desert near Dubai. He leaves be ...

Boom Supersonic to partner Collins Aerospace to develop nacelles

In an attempt to reduce the noise and pollution of the Boom Overture, Boom partnered with Collins Aerospace to develop n...

Aerion completes wind tunnel testing of supersonic business jet

The supersonic jet maker Aerion announced it completed high and low-speed wind tunnel testing of its AS2 business jet....

Klein Vision’s flying car takes to the skies for the first time

The AirCar, the flying car of the Slovak company Klein Vision, successfully completed its maiden flight. The vehicle can ...

Choosing the Best Inventory management software for your business

Locatory.com, a global aircraft parts marketplace and provider of logistics and procurement solutions, believes in innov ...

Boeing Loyal Wingman taxies autonomously for the first time

For the first time, Loyal Wingman, the unmanned combat aircraft developed by Boeing for the Royal Australian Air Force ( ...

BAE’s surveillance pseudo-satellite completes endurance trials

BAE announced that their Persistent High-Altitude Solar Aircraft (PHASA-35), a drone capable of loiter for up to one yea...

Boom showcases XB-1 supersonic demonstrator, raises questions

On October 7, 2020, in a virtual presentation Boom rolled out its XB-1, one-third scale technology demonstrator for Over...

KLM Catering Services takes robot for passenger meal production

KLM Catering Services (KCS) took a new innovative robot for the production of meals for Economy Class. So far, KCS calle ...

Japan Airlines invests into eVTOL development through Volocopter

Japan Airlines (JAL) has signed an agreement with Volocopter after entering a Memorandum of Understanding with Mitsui Su ...

Will there be a Boeing-Airbus hydrogen power race?

As Airbus unveiled three new aircraft studies whose primary fuel source would be hydrogen, one could expect Boeing to fo ...

Airbus unveils three hydrogen-powered aircraft concepts

Determined to win the race to a “zero-emission aircraft” by 2035, Airbus unveiled three hydrogen-powered con ...

Boom enters the supersonic Air Force One race

Boom Supersonic, an aerospace company designing the supersonic airliner Overture, was awarded a contract by the United S ...

France details new investment plan for hydrogen aircraft by 2035

The French government presented the details of a €100 billion recovery program for the country’s economy. Amo ...

All Nippon Airways tests hygiene-enhancing innovation

As the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the aviation industry, implementation of various innovations in...

Turkish AKINCI combat drone reaches altitude milestone [Video]

The first prototype of Bayraktar AKINCI, an unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) indigenously developed by Turkey, hit...

Study of flying cars highlights both bright and murky future

Aerospace has several cutting edge topics that tend to appear every now and then to astonish us with a dose of crazy fut ...

Russian air force to receive long-range combat drones in 2021

2021 will see the first long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) capable of carrying precision munitions delivered to ...

Russia reportedly decides on new military freighter design

The Defence ministry of the Russian Federation has reportedly approved the specifications of the new military cargo plan ...

Spike bids on selling its supersonic aircraft to major airlines

Spike Aerospace, one of the major ventures that strive to bring back commercial supersonic flight, has hired former Virg...

First flight from sea for Chinese AG600, world's largest seaplane

The AG600 seaplane, developed indigenously by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), made its maiden flight...

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EAG unveils world’s first hybrid electric regional plane

Electric Aviation Group (EAG), UK-based engineering and development company, presented what appears to be the world&rsqu ...

Next Step - The Warp Drive?

Normally, most people wouldn't know where Wuhan is. Under the current circumstances, it's possible that most peo ...

FUTURE ADVANCEMENTS IN AERODYNAMICS

Hello everyone, while many say that aviation is at its peak now in the technology sector, that's not fully true. Wel ...

EASA certifies first fully electric plane in breakthrough move

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency announced it was the first regulator in the world to certify a fully electric ...

Boom assembles supersonic XB-1 demonstrator wing [Video]

Boom Supersonic installed the wings of their XB-1 demonstrator onto the fuselage, paving the way to the supersonic airli ...

Airbus completes first automated in-flight refueling [Video]

Airbus refueled a Portuguese F-16 in flight using a fully automated procedure. It is the world’s first automated i ...

FAA prepares the future of supersonic commercial flights

Fast is nice, quiet is better. The Federal Aviation Administration is preparing the future of supersonic commercial flig ...

VoltAero’s hybrid plane Cassio makes maiden flight [Video]

The first prototype of the VoltAero Cassio, a hybrid-powered aircraft, took off for the first time, marking the beginnin ...

Why fully electric aviation is not for tomorrow

The aviation industry is under unprecedented pressure regarding its impact on the climate. Aircraft manufacturers and ai ...

PHASA-35, BAE alternative to satellites, completes maiden flight

PHASA-35, a solar-powered unmanned aircraft developed by BAE Systems and Prismatic, took off for a first test flight fro ...

Will flying wings carry us into the future of aviation?

Flying wings are not a new concept. If so far, they have only been applied to the military sector, their many advantages ...

Airbus unveils MAVERIC, the airliner of the future [Video]

During the Singapore Airshow 2020, Airbus lifted the curtain on one of its secret projects named MAVERIC. The flying win ...

Rolls-Royce aims to break record with new electric plane

The British engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce ambitions to build the fastest all-electric aircraft in the world. Designed ...

Dubai Airshow: Airbus unveils fello’fly demonstrator

During Dubai Airshow 2019, Airbus unveiled yet another technology demonstrator inspired by biomimicry. With fello’ ...

First test flight of Boeing MQ-25 unmanned refueler [Video]

Boeing’s unmanned aerial refueler, the MQ-25 Stingray, successfully achieved its maiden sortie. The aircraft valid ...

Sukhoi reveals S-70 improved stealth design at MAKS

Less than a month after revealing that the S-70 Okhotnik had taken to the skies for the first time, Sukhoi presented a r ...

The future of personal air transportation

While long distance travel may be getting easier, the ease of travel in urban environments is showing an inverse relatio ...

Opinion: When will we see the “Tesla” of aviation?

With the impending danger of a warming planet and the continuous depletion of the planet’s fossil fuels the world ...

British Airways to turn household rubbish into jet fuel

British Airways announced partnering with a renewable fuels company Velocys to design a series of plants that convert ho ...

Dubai tests first flying taxi

The world’s first driverless flying taxi was tested in Dubai on September 25, 2017 at a location near the Jumeirah ...

Technology, surveillance and the art of remaining unseen

Adam Harvey is a Berlin-based artist and engineer whose art subverts surveillance technology: camouflage from face recog ...

Robotic co-pilot autonomously flies, lands a simulated Boeing 737

Aurora Flight Sciences’ work on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)’s Aircrew Labor In-Coc ...