The slackening of air traffic worldwide during the coronavirus pandemic offers time to take stock of what Collins Aerospace calls the Datalink Dilemma—the increasing volume of aircraft communications addressing and reporting system (ACARS) data sent over VHF frequencies. 

As additive manufacturing helps the aerospace supply chain, 3D-printing innovations could benefit traceability and next-gen aircraft.

Having learned first-hand the challenges of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles, a group of former Airbus Vahana team members have launched a company to develop a hybrid-electric short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for short-haul aerial logistics.

A scramjet-powered missile developed under the joint DARPA/U.S. Air Force Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) program was destroyed in a recent test accident, Aviation Week has learned. 

Carbon recycler LanzaTech has launched a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) spinoff, LanzaJet, with $25 million in backing from Canadian and Japanese investors.

Bye Aerospace is approaching the critical design review for its eFlyer 2 two-seat electric training aircraft and has revealed plans to develop an all-electric six- to nine-seater in addition to the already announced four-seat eFlyer 4.    

Beta Technologies and Joby Aviation are the first developers of urban air mobility vehicles to progress to the third stage of the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program.

Zipline and Novant Health announced on May 27 that they have received emergency approval from the FAA to fly medical supplies by drone to a hospital north of Charlotte, North Carolina, to support its response to the coronavirus pandemic.