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The technologies being demonstrated include automated emergency diversion in cruise, automatic landing and taxi assistance.

The technologies being demonstrated include automated emergency diversion in cruise, automatic landing and taxi assistance.

Airbus UpNext, a wholly owned subsidiary of Airbus, has started testing new, on ground and in-flight, pilot assistance technologies on an A350-1000 test aircraft 

Aerospace companies are increasingly prioritising sustainability and alternative fuels in a bid to drive down the sector's carbon footprint.

Airbus has unveiled DisruptiveLab, a flying laboratory designed to test technologies that will improve aircraft performance and reduce CO2 emissions from helicopters.

The DisruptiveLab will evaluate a new aerodynamic architecture intended to reduce fuel consumption, as well as pursuing the implementation of hybridisation with a fully parallel hybrid propulsion system that enables the battery to be recharged in-flight. The new demonstrator will take to the skies before the end of 2022 in order to begin flight testing and maturing these new technologies. 

Airbus's latest helicopter is a flying laboratory designed to test technologies to cut carbon emissions and noise.