Aerospace Emerging Technologies
Nov 11, 2021
How Taiwan can counter Chinese escalation; DARPA demos small UAS comms; Romania buys 12 Black Hawks; and testing the limits of Army precision strike missile.
Nov 11, 2021
Leading regional aircraft manufacturer returns to its roots as it looks to a more sustainable, more connected future.
Nov 11, 2021
After being acquired by Mercedes-Benz, the UK’s Yasa spins off Evolito to apply its advanced electric motors to aviation.
Nov 11, 2021
A milestone paves the way for a potential demonstration of the first operationally practical inflight aircraft recovery system next year.
Nov 10, 2021
Boeing-backed startup demonstrates first multi-orbit, multi-link satcom connectivity.
Jan 29, 2021
German aerospace center DLR has launched development of a megawatt-scale hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion system for 40-60-seat regional aircraft.
Jan 29, 2021
A South Korean team including an airport operator, air-taxi developer and communications provider has been formed to commercialize urban air mobility in the country beginning in 2025.
Jan 27, 2021
GKN Aerospace is leading a UK program to develop a liquid-hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion system for subregional aircraft.
Jan 27, 2021
The FAA expects to certify the first of a new generation of advanced or urban air mobility (AAM/UAM) aircraft later in 2021 and says regulations will be in place in time for initial piloted electric vertical-take-off-and-landing (eVTOL) operations to begin as early as 2023.
Jan 22, 2021
The UK’s first test site for sustainable aviation, including electric and hydrogen propulsion, is to be established at Kirkwall Airport in Scotland’s Orkney Islands.
Jan 22, 2021
Germany’s Volocopter plans concurrent certification and validation of its VoloCity electric air taxi in Europe and the U.S., enabling it to enter both markets simultaneously.
Jan 19, 2021
Olivier Andries has to helm the super-Tier 1 manufacturer as it navigates a still-turbulent environment while longer term Safran will have to offer new concepts to decarbonize commercial aviation.
Jan 19, 2021
Electric motor developer MagniX is consolidating its global operations near Everett, Washington state. Electric aircraft startup Eviation, a sister company of MagniX, is building a final assembly, flight test and delivery center in Arlington, just north of Everett.