Innovation and Technology

Ground breaking innovations and technological developments have turned the aerospace industry upside down in the past and will continue to do so. Prepare yourself for the future by reading the news here.

Auto DollyTug at Changi Airport

Aurrigo raises £14.1m to scale autonomous baggage and cargo vehicles at airports worldwide

Aurrigo

September 5, 2025

Beta Technologies ALIA electric aircraft in flight

Hybrid-electric aviation gets $300m boost as GE Aerospace joins forces with BETA Technologies

AAM

September 4, 2025

Boeing 747 doomsday plane SAOC E-4C

Boeing 747 ‘Doomsday’ plane: First E-4C SAOC begins flight testing

Boeing 747-8

September 4, 2025

Airbus A321 JetBlue Mint Livery tail view

JetBlue becomes 1st airline to sign on with Amazon’s Project Kuiper for in-flight WiFi

Amazon

September 4, 2025

Joby Cessna Caravan flying autonomously

A Cessna that flies itself: US Air Force tests Joby…

AFWERX

September 4, 2025

DSEI 2025 aerospace exhibit

Preparing the Future Force: What DSEI 2025 tells us about…

DSEI

September 4, 2025

Prototype MGI Engineering SkyShark drone

From SkyShark to Shpak: Drones and enablers to watch at…

CCA

September 4, 2025

Eurofighter Typhoon, the most advanced multi-role combat aircraft available on the market today, built by a four-nation European consortium including BAE Systems.

UK’s Royal Air Force has already scrapped 26 Eurofighter Typhoons

Eurofighter Typhoon

September 3, 2025

A starlink launch by SpaceX

US State Department greenlights Starlink, Patriot sales to Ukraine

Missile defence

September 1, 2025

MQM-178 FireJet drone taking off

Taiwan and Kratos develop new kamikaze drone for military use

Drone

September 1, 2025

JetZero at an airport

The new commercial passenger jets that could be in service…

Boeing 777X

August 30, 2025

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JetZero at an airport

The new commercial passenger jets that could be in service or flying by 2030

Boeing 777X

August 30, 2025

The GE F404 engine used on HAL Tejas

The only 5 countries capable of producing high-end commercial and fighter jet engines

Aircraft engines

August 30, 2025

Israeli Oron Intelligence aircraft

Israel’s new $1B Oron aircraft reshapes intelligence with AI-driven tech

Gulfstream G550

August 29, 2025

YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft takes off

General Atomics advanced CCA YFQ-42A ‘loyal wingman’ drone completes first test flight

CCA

August 29, 2025

EMAS runway safety system

Philadelphia Airport is the latest to install EMAS to stop runaway aircraft: Here’s how it works

EMAS

August 28, 2025

Air traffic controllers direct air and ground operations atop the new air traffic control tower June 11, 2013, at Pope Field, N.C.

From clipped communications to clarity: Artificial intelligence is decoding aviation speak for safer flights

AI

August 28, 2025

US Navy F/A-18s were controlled by an AI Battle Manager

AI battle manager tested with US Air Force fighter jets in landmark Pentagon exercise

AI

August 28, 2025

Airbus render of FCAS

French industry stalls FCAS 6th-generation fighter jet over demand for leadership

Dassault

August 28, 2025

Boeing AEW&C E-7 Wedgetail

New Chinese FDA radar system could make AEW&C spy planes vanish from enemy sensors

AEW&C

August 27, 2025

Russian presidential Il-96 (1)

Isolated, Russia patents new widebody airliner claimed to rival Boeing 787 Dreamliner

C929

August 26, 2025

airport robot at halifax stansted

Halifax Airport tests ‘WALL-E with a map’ as robots get jobs at airports worldwide

Aviation Robotics

August 25, 2025

UK GCAP 6th generation fighter jet Tempest over London

UK watchdog labels Tempest/GCAP sixth-generation programme as high-risk “RED”

GCAP

August 25, 2025

Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 Flying

Ukraine integrates US MALD decoy missiles onto Soviet Su-27 Flanker fighter jets

MALD

August 25, 2025

QF-16 Zombie Viper 2

QF-16: How Boeing turns retired F-16s into ‘Zombie’ Vipers for US Air Force target practice

autonomous

August 24, 2025

US Air Force secret Boeing 737 NT-43A RAT55

RAT55: What is this USAF Boeing 737-based aircraft and why is it so secretive?

boeing 737-200

August 24, 2025

Aircraft toilets superbugs

How aircraft toilets are helping scientists flush out the global spread of deadly superbugs

Aircraft cabin

August 23, 2025

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