Lockheed Martin Skunk Works has agreed to explore opportunities with Electra.aero for the startup’s in-development EL9 ultra-short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
The UK government has awarded funding to support two projects to advance hydrogen-electric propulsion for next-generation regional aircraft and air taxis.
U.S. carrier Republic Airways will evaluate Beta Technologies’ all-electric CX-300 conventional-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for passenger and cargo use.
Blue Spirit Aero performed taxiing tests with its light hydrogen-electric Dragonfly last week and is planning to fly with a second demonstrator in Q1 2026.
Aircraft hydrogen fuel cell specialist H3 Dynamics is teaming with XSun to develop what they describe as the world’s first solar-hydrogen-electric UAS.
The budget calls for NASA in fiscal 2026 to develop a new strategy to maintain U.S. leadership in aviation and focuses aeronautics research in four main areas.
The aviation aftermarket prepares for electric, hybrid-electric and hydrogen engines at a time when maintenance student testing in the U.S. has challenges.
