Emerging Technologies

By Matthew Fulco
The 2024 National Defense Authorization Act directed the secretary of defense to secure critical minerals from “reliable sources.”
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Startup plans to support growth in onshore wind energy generation by transporting larger turbine blades.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
While French innovators are making gradual progress in electric, hybrid-electric and hydrogen propulsion, they are looking for critical funding.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
China’s Sinopec and France's TotalEnergies will jointly establish a sustainable aviation fuel production site in China.
Sustainability

By Chen Chuanren
A year after scrapping the SpaceJet program, Japan is revisiting plans to develop its own airliner—this time powered by hydrogen.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The eVTOL industry seems to be in a Boeing 367-like moment.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Demonstrator test program targets development of safety culture and expertise in advance of Boom’s Overture airliner effort.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The company first wants to move projects from high risk to high reward.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Blended wing body developer JetZero has received an FAA airworthiness certificate for its 12.5% scaled demo, clearing the uncrewed twin-engine aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Certifying electric engines; Call for UK hydrogen funding; More eVTOLs for USAF; and the UK’s future flight road map.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Boom Supersonic has flown XB-1 demonstrator, the world’s first privately developed faster-than-sound civil aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX is looking to fly Starship again in early May.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
FAA revises type certification basis for eVTOLs, beginning with Joby
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
The aging aircraft’s final deployment measures air quality in Asia as researchers lament lack of space in its replacement, a Boeing 777-200.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Measuring the maturity of a technology before it actually enters the complex and thorny certification pipeline may be decisive for a swift implementation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris
Improved propellant management is vital to fast-track hypersonic performance as the company readies the TA-2 for key autonomous landing test.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The EU could fund the development of an HGV demonstrator to help build a better understanding of how to develop a defense against such systems in the future.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
MDA Space says the Aurora communications satellite product line would support multiple radio frequencies and “dynamic in-orbit reconfiguration.”
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Fuel systems for hydrogen; 3D printing on the Moon; LH2 tank breakthrough; the cost of avoiding contrails; and Velis Electro approved for training.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton
Southwest Airlines is exploring the feasibility of an inter-island and intra-island seaglider network in Hawaii.
Airlines & Lessors

Matteo Peraldo
A leaner supply chain could emerge where even the smaller suppliers will operate in the billion-dollar range.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
With major F-15 retirements and a reduction in F-15EX buys, the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of Eagles faces a rocky future.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The EU’s Clean Sky 2 public-private research program is producing results in airframe components such as wing boxes and fuselages.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Startup provides ultrafast, accurate engineering analysis as a cloud-based software service.
Emerging Technologies