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• Matt Herr
Swift Fuels says its 100R unleaded avgas is now approved or supported across 1,200 engines and 1,600 airframes, marking a broadening footprint for the transition away from leaded aviation gasoline in the general aviation fleet.
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Swift Fuels says its 100R unleaded avgas is now approved or supported across 1,200 engines and 1,600 airframes, marking a broadening footprint for the transition away from leaded aviation gasoline in the general aviation fleet.
Swiss methanol-to-jet fuel producer Metafuels plans to supply airlines with eSAF from 2030 and develop multiple production plants after successfully opening its first demonstration facility. Its chief executive says SAF mandates are effective and that production costs should decline as the industry scales.
The Australian Defence Force has begun deploying low-carbon liquid fuel blends across its network, with the Royal Australian Air Force among the first users. The initiative links emissions reduction with a broader effort to strengthen Australia’s military fuel resilience.
Indonesia has intensified ground and aerial firefighting across four provinces as drought and a prolonged dry season fuel fires in forests and peatlands, sending haze into Malaysia. Malaysia is preparing cloud-seeding operations near shared borders, while Indonesia plans to open airspace to support the effort.
Brisbane-based aircraft developer Stralis will close weeks after completing its first hydrogen-electric taxi test using a Beech A36 Bonanza on July 29, 2026. The company said it could not close the gap between demonstrating the technology and achieving commercial readiness quickly enough to sustain the business.
Australian start-up Stralis Aircraft has ended plans to develop hydrogen propulsion conversions for Beechcraft Bonanza and 1900D aircraft, citing a lack of funding. The decision removes another early-stage effort from the emerging hydrogen-electric aviation sector and underscores the financing challenges facing alternative-propulsion programs.
SpaceX’s proposed orbital data centers would place large-scale computing hardware in space, creating a new end-of-life challenge for electronic equipment beyond Earth. The concept resembles asteroid mining in reverse: instead of extracting material from orbit, operators could leave behind increasingly difficult-to-manage e-waste.
Dovetail Electric Aviation says it is confident of agreeing the certification basis for its DovePower electric propulsion system with Europe’s civil aviation regulator by year-end. The developer’s outlook follows its first firm customer agreement and a battery industrialization pact, strengthening its path toward commercializing the powertrain.
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