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At AIAA AVIATION Forum, aviation leaders zeroed in on a practical question: how to introduce advanced analytics, automation, and autonomy into live operations, including airlines, new entrants, and future airspace, without breaking the complex system that already moves hundreds of thousands of people every day.
Tag: Future of AVIATION
Hybrid Aircraft One Step Toward the Future of Aviation
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Aircraft powered by hybrid-electric engines can bridge the gap between today’s fossil-fuel jets and tomorrow’s zero-emission aircraft, said Susan Ying, CEO of AMP2FLY, during the 2025 AIAA Wright Brothers Lecture in Aeronautics. Ying, an AIAA Fellow, used the lecture during the 2025 AIAA AVIATION Forum in July to unveil a practical roadmap for hybrid-electric flight for commercial aviation that will help achieve near net-zero emissions by 2050 and provide cleaner flights for short-hop routes for commercial success “within a few years.”
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Future of Aviation: Where Digital Capabilities Fuel Human-Led Innovation and Expertise
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It’s the year 2050 and in city centers like New York, people are immersed in “vertical living,” with minimal need to go to a surface street to get places. This futuristic vision was how Dr. Tim Persons, a principal and AI leader at PwC with more than three decades of AI and digital experience, opened this year’s AIAA AVIATION Forum at Caesar’s Forum in Las Vegas. “This is science fiction – the question is, how do we convert it to science fact?” he challenged the audience.
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