Innovation
SpaceX unveil plans to go public on the US stock market
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has announced the aerospace company's intention to file a public IPO. SpaceX values itself at an impressive US$1.25 trillion. Covering space exploration, satellite firm Starlink, and subsidiary xAI, the firm's activities are innovative and often...
Heroes don’t scale: Why the airline OCC is quietly becoming a trading floor
The disruption environment changed underneath the people we trained to absorb it. The job description has quietly moved from fire station to portfolio management — and most operations are still running on the old manual. By Joshua Goring, Chief Commercial Officer,...
Japan’s first vertiport consortium targets operations by 2028
A new vertiport consortium led by eVOL developers SkyDrive hopes to make commercial air taxi services a reality in Japan. With partners including Osaka Metro Company, Soracle, and Marubeni Corporation, SkyDrive plan to launch their aircraft in the Kansai prefecture...
Alaska Airlines to train pilots with Boeing’s Virtual Airplane
Alaska Airlines have signed a formal license agreement for the Boeing Virtual Airplane, a training solution designed to accelerate pilot readiness. Alaska Airlines helped develop the tool, which is device-agnostic and lets pilots practice procedures within the...
First look at the agenda for Aerospace Tech Week 2026
Aerospace Tech Week (ATW) have unveiled the agenda for the next edition of the event, taking place in November. This year the conference will be held in London for the first time, bringing together innovators across the industry while highlighting the UK's dynamic...
Archer sue eVTOL rivals Vertical, claiming patent infringement
Archer Aviation have sued British rivals Vertical Aerospace, claiming the company's latest Valo eVTOL design infringes the patent for their Midnight air taxi. The California-based company has been ramping up testing of Midnight as it plans for certification from the...
UK government launches electric wheel taxi system project
Zero-emissions taxiing is the focus of a new project backed by the UK's Aerospace Technology Institute and Innovate UK. Led by Airbus, a consortium of partners including Drive System Design (DSD), Evolito, and the University of Southampton will work together to...
Airline investment in startups hit five-year low in 2025
Research from Lufthansa Innovation Hub (LIH) finds that airline investment in startups has hit a five-year low. Airlines completed 31 innovation deals in 2025, down from 39 in 2024 and well below the 2018 peak of 49 deals. Furthermore, only 7 airlines were responsible...
Airbus reports 2025 results, plans for 870 deliveries in 2026
European aircraft and aerospace manufacturer Airbus have published their full-year 2025 financial performance, recording revenue of €73.4 billion and a record backlog of 8,754 commercial aircraft. Revenue was up on 2024's €69.2 billion, and Airbus also managed to...
50 years after its first flight, could we revive Concorde?
An icon of British and French engineering, the first commercial Concorde flight took off 50 years ago on 21 January 1976. But more than two decades after the famous jet touched down for the last time, are supersonic aircraft making a return above the Atlantic? Capable...
Heathrow raises SAF mandate above UK government targets
London Heathrow Airport has set the ambitious target of exceeding the UK government's sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) target by 2% in 2026. This year, regulations stipulate that 3.6% of all aviation fuel used in the UK should be sustainable. However, Heathrow is going...
Singapore and GE Aerospace to establish innovation centre
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), GE Aerospace, and the International Centre for Aviation Innovation (ICAI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish an innovation centre. The Singapore...
How will advanced air mobility be integrated at airports?
This interview is taken from our sister site, World Aviation Festival. Handling 87 million passengers every year, Dallas Fort Worth International (DFW) is the third-busiest airport in the world. At the same time, for three consecutive years, Airports Council...
EcoCeres expands, opens first SAF plant in Malaysia
EcoCeres has launched its first sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in Johor, Malaysia. Growing from Hong Kong, the company's original facility in Zhangjiagang, China, has made it one of the world's leading SAF suppliers. The Johor plant will also produce...
Boeing posts first annual profit since 2018, but $682bn backlog remains
American aircraft manufacturer Boeing have reported their first full-year profit since 2018, following years of supply chain issues. The company profited by US$2.24 billion in 2025, a significant step forward after net losses of US$11.83 billion the previous year. Q4...
Vertical challenge Archer and Joby with New York network plans
Vertical Aerospace, a UK eVTOL company, is directly taking on its competitors with plans to launch a New York air taxi network as early as 2028. The company's Valo aircraft will debut before American investors on January 23 in Manhattan. To align with this meeting,...
UK government launches £43m competition for sustainable aviation projects
The UK government is launching a new fund worth up to £43 million (US$58 million) for financing green aviation projects. Hydrogen propulsion and limiting contrails are two key areas of interest in the competitions, which will run in February. The funding comes from...
Curtiss‑Wright and Green Hills Software debut avionics computing solution
A new integrated platform from Curtiss‑Wright and Green Hills Software provides a computing solution for safety-critical avionics and aerospace systems. Boasting advanced processing and real-time operating capabilities, the off-the-shelf design promises to reduce...
SkeyDrone and Airport Intelligence launch airport drone detection service
SkeyDrone and Airport Intelligence have launched a strategic collaboration to offer airports end-to-end drone detection, response, and mitigation services. Drone sightings have become increasingly commonplace in recent years, forcing the closure of significant...
EASA pilots test COMAC C919 planes in Shanghai
The South China Morning Post has confirmed that pilots working for the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) have been testing the COMAC C919 plane in Shanghai. China's rival to the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737, the C919 applied for EASA certification in 2019, but the...