Aviation

ChatGPT generated panoramic digital painting of an aerospace factory interior, depicting workers assembling large jet engines with high-performance cobalt-based superalloy components

Trump’s Tariffs Are Wrecking America’s Supply Chain for Critical Minerals

The Trump administration’s latest round of tariffs is drawing scrutiny, but the real concern isn’t just the cost of Chinese EVs—it’s the impact on the materials those tariffs affect. Nickel, cobalt, and platinum-group elements (PGEs) are indispensable to the U.S. economy, yet the country is overwhelmingly reliant on imports, often … [continued]

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EU Plans to Boost Green Aviation & Shipping Fuels, But Sends Worrying Signal on 2040…

T&E reaction to EU Clean Industrial Deal, Action Plan for Affordable Energy, and Omnibus proposal. EU unveils action plan to double down on renewables and electrification; But delay to 2040 target proposal is ominous for climate ambition; Clean Industrial Deal is a boost for green fuels in planes and ships; … [continued]

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T&E and 70+ Aviation Industry Actors Call Upon the European Commission to Support e-SAF Production

15 CEOs, 70+ companies and NGOs like T&E, have sent a letter to European policymakers outlining five key policy interventions to unlock EU leadership for e-SAF. E-SAF can realise 90% less greenhouse gas emissions over its lifecycle compared to fossil jet fuel and could abate 400 million tonnes of CO2 globally by 2050. … [continued]

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T&E, Shipping and Aviation Industry Jointly Call for Urgent Action to Ramp Up Clean Fuel…

European Shipowners (ECSA), Airlines for Europe (A4E), which represent the shipping and aviation sector at European level, along with the green transport group Transport & Environment (T&E) issue today a joint statement calling on the Commission and the EU member states to ramp up the production of clean shipping and … [continued]

ChatGPT generated panoramic image of a narrow-bodied 200 pax passenger jet labeled H2 sitting in a field covered in dust, rust and pigeon droppings

Airbus Drops Hydrogen As Aviation Industry Admits It Won’t Fly

Hydrogen’s hoped for role in aviation dates back to the mid-20th century, when researchers began exploring its potential as an alternative to conventional jet fuel. In 1957, engineers at Lockheed and Boeing investigated hydrogen propulsion as part of Cold War efforts to develop high-altitude, long-endurance aircraft. In 1959, a modified … [continued]

ChatGPT generated panoramic image of the Grim Reaper looming over an electric VTOL rotorcraft like the Joby and a bus labeled "H2"

Transportation Firm Deathwatch: Hydrogen & EVTOLs

For several years there have been a couple of parallel slow motion failures in the making, the use of hydrogen in transportation and the Jetsons’ fantasy of air taxis zipping over cities. Neither were based in economic, regulatory, or technical reality, preferring instead to have vast sums of governmental and … [continued]

ChatGPT generated panoramic image of an evtol like the Volocopter rusting in a field, with pigeons roosting on it

Dwindling List Of EVTOL Firms Shrinks Further

The inevitable is occurring in the dead end space of Jetsons urban air mobility fantasies. Two more origami rotorcraft have left the vertiport for the great airplane graveyard in the sky as Volocopter disappears and Airbus drops its program. Volocopter was founded in 2011 in Bruchsal, Germany. Initially named e-Volo, … [continued]