The project, initiated by Safran, involves regional companies working in agricultural chemicals and energy that plan to work together to produce and distribute sustainable biofuels.

Aireon and Searidge Technologies have announced a partnership to integrate satellite-routed position data from aircraft into Searidge’s “digital tower” platform for large airports.

Battery thermal-management company Kulr Technology Group has developed a design for lithium-ion batteries that prevents cell-to-cell propagation of a thermal runaway.

Finnair will work with Finnish oil company Neste to increase the airline’s use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and boost production capacity in Finland.

Russian aerohydrodynamic institute TsAGI has completed a new series of wind-tunnel tests on a low-drag, low-noise concept for a short-range airliner. 

Government funding to play a key role as industry looks to apply electric propulsion technology to larger aircraft.

Satellite communications (satcom) terminal supplier Isotropic Systems will license components of its optical multi-beamforming antenna technology to aerospace and defense companies to build products “capable of unleashing a new era of inflight connectivity.”

Having placed a bet on the return of supersonic air travel by becoming a supplier on Aerion’s AS2 business jet, aerostructures specialist Spirit AeroSystems is putting down a marker on the emerging urban air mobility industry.