Propulsion-electric

By Robert Wall
Safran is expanding its tech development activities abroad by setting up Safran Tech UK, which CEO Olivier Andriès says will have two principal focus areas.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
China’s state-owned engine manufacturer unveiled all-electric, hybrid-electric and hydrogen-combustion powerplants at the Aero Asia 2025 show in Zhuhai on Nov. 27-30.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
The advent of solid-state batteries in the automotive sector could precede their emergence in aeronautics by just a few years, according to the CEO of Aura Aero
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
A half century later, the channel wing aircraft concept has been revived by Maryland-based startup HopFlyt.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
VerdeGo Aero has started low-rate production of its turbine-based hybrid-electric VH-4T-RD propulsion system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris, Robert Wall, Tony Osborne, Ben Goldstein
For years the question for the AAM market was about technology. Now the question is market viability.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
The Climate Impulse project aims to demonstrate long-distance flight with a hydrogen electric aircraft relying on a digital twin for optimum routing.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Joby’s hybrid eVTOL; maritime drone demonstrations; Tokyo air taxis; and advancing additive manufacturing.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Hybrid-electric Passport tests, revelations of a third-stream adaptive concept and positive supercomputer results mark key advances for the RISE program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Regent Craft said it will soon resume sea trials with its Viceroy electric seaglider following an accident in in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
ATR received a request from the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking to fly a demonstrator in 2029.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Japan Airlines is leveraging a new collaboration with Maeve Aerospace to gain early insight into the design of a hybrid-electric regional aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
German electric commuter; LH2 refueling demo; Korean urban air mobility testing; and Merlin autonomy progress.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
H2Fly is gearing up for flight-testing of a “next-generation” fuel cell system, CEO Ralph Mueller says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Aside from a small handful of startups, the boom in advanced air mobility shows signs of going bust.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Adrian Schofield
A Beta Technologies electric aircraft on short-term lease to Air New Zealand has been delivered and has conducted its first flights in New Zealand.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
U.S. electric aircraft startup Beta Technologies has priced its planned initial public offering at $27-33 per share, for gross proceeds of $675-825 million.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Eliminating cells can reduce the weight and cost of battery packs.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Fuel cell powertrain test; AI-based cockpit assistant; stratospheric airship demonstrators; cooling hydrogen-electric propulsion
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
The hybrid-electric, short-takeoff-and-landing transport could fill a gap in the military’s air mobility fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Printing small turbines; cooling hybrid-electric; non-CO2 effects limit SAF; and Hamburg research projects.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
GE-Beta team on turbogenerator; megawatt milestone for DLR’s Balis; fuel cell put through paces; and flying car meets other traffic.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Ascendance is testing structure, aerodynamics and propulsion as it develops its hybrid-electric, vertical-takeoff-and-landing regional aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Cargo eVTOL transitions; Joby flies airport-to-airport; direct aviation by eSTOL; and drones drive advanced battery demand.
Emerging Technologies