Airbus Scraps Electric Light Aircraft For Bigger E-FanX

Credit: E-Fan 2.0: Airbus
Citing the rapid progress in electric propulsion, Airbus has dropped plans to produce the E-Fan family of light aircraft and is working instead on a larger and more powerful aircraft, dubbed E-Fan X, that could fly within three years. Originally Airbus planned to produce the two-seat E-Fan 2.0...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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