Whisper Aero plans to test its quiet propulsor technology on a 55-lb. intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance demonstrator drone as part of two Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer contracts.

Airlines and airports believe that contactless technologies, in use at all stages of the air travel process from border control to onboard lavatories, are here to stay.

Boeing has confirmed that recent composite cryogenic tank tests that pave the way for future liquid-hydrogen-fueled aircraft used a reusable tank shell originally built as flight hardware for DARPA’s former Experimental Spaceplane Program.

Honeywell UOP is working with China’s Oriental Energy to build a large sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility in Maoming, Guangdong province. 

Boeing says it has improved the performance and reduced the production time of its Wideband Global Satcom-11+ (WGS-11+) satellite by using advanced manufacturing techniques, in particular by 3D printing more than 1,000 parts.

Newer and more stringent net-zero carbon targets are being coupled with actions that will significantly change what it means to be a sustainable airline.

An A380 will flight-test a hydrogen-burning turbine engine by the end of 2026 under a collaboration between Airbus and CFM International partners GE Aviation and Safran. 

The plant is projected to grow to 1 gigawatt-a-year production capacity by 2028 to fulfill conditional pre-orders for 600 aircraft systems from ZeroAvia and Piasecki Aircraft as well as Airbus.