Ground tests of a modified Passport business jet engine in hybrid-electric mode mark a key step toward development of a future single-aisle propulsion system.
Manufacturing of hardware has begun for Pratt & Whitney Canada’s long-planned hybrid-electric propulsion flight demonstrator, a heavily modified Dash 8-100.
Vertical Aerospace’s Valo electric air taxi made its U.S. debut on Jan. 22, with a non-flying, full-scale mock-up of its eVTOL aircraft displayed in New York.
The four projects aim to ready technologies for a hybrid-electric regional aircraft entering service in 2035, as part of the Clean Aviation public-private initiative.
TransDigm Group will buy proprietary aftermarket part providers Jet Parts Engineering and Victor Sierra Aviation from private equity owner Vance Street Capital.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability is testing a vibration-based system to deice the wing and other surfaces in flight.
The FAA has selected two additional uncrewed aircraft system test sites, operated by the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and Indiana Economic Development Corp.
