Propulsion-electric

By Adrian Schofield
The airline aims to select an aircraft this year to operate commercial demonstration flights in 2026.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The demonstrator is to be built under Phase 3 of the Electric Aviation in Sweden (Elise) program.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Integration issues were too difficult to overcome for promising experimental aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The French aerospace group is preparing to begin certification tests on its first electric propulsion unit.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
A hydrogen-powered Islander is just the start of a series of zero-emission aircraft planned by Cranfield Aerospace Solutions and Britten-Norman.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Reaping the benefit of decades of hydrogen-related research, Cranfield is expanding its work across aerospace applications of this zero-carbon fuel option.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The grant supports an A$12.8 million project to develop, flight test and certify the conversion of the Cessna Caravan to electric propulsion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Swiss startup H55 has chosen Equipmake to supply the electric motor for its 100-kW electric propulsion system that will power the Bristell B23 Energic trainer.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Daher CEO Didier Kayat has set the target of proposing a hybrid-electric product to the market by 2027.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The program announced its decision on June 23, disclosing that it had discovered “failure modes” that would take too long to fix.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The EL-2 Goldfinch’s multiple electric propellers blow the wing to enable ultra-short takeoffs and landings.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Spanish engine manufacturer ITP Aero has revealed plans to study all-electric propulsion technology for the urban and regional air mobility markets.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Propulsion developer ZeroAvia and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Regional Jet Aviation completed a study that identified an initial CRJ700 retrofit entry point.
Paris Air Show

By Graham Warwick
Large airship aloft, ducted-fan high lift, tiltwing eVTOL UAV and flying on fuel cells.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
For future surveillance satellites, the service seeks new thrusters and in-space refueling so it can “burn gas at will.”
Space

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Wright Electric has produced 1 megawatt of shaft power in tests of an electric motor-generator under development to power commercial aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
German hydrogen-electric propulsion pioneer H2Fly has unveiled its next generation of fuel cell.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Startup developing hydrogen-fueled variant of the internal combustion engine.
Paris Air Show

By Guy Norris
Collins Aerospace has met a key milestone on the path toward development of the Hybrid-Electric Propulsion flight demonstrator.
Paris Air Show

By Lee Ann Shay
Why Delta Air Lines has operational optimism and is investing billions in its operations.
MRO

By Graham Warwick
The electric lift-augmenting slats (ELAS) are expected to halve takeoff and landing distances.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Ducted-fan Whisper Jet, Quiet cyclorotor propulsion and MIT’s megawatt motor.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Clean Sky 2’s Distributed Electric Propulsion Scaled Flight Demonstrator is a write-off after a fire during tests at the Netherlands aerospace research center.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
NASA’s electrified aircraft propulsion flight demonstration programs face cost overruns and schedule delays, the agency’s inspector general says.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The Alice is a clean-sheet battery-electric commuter airplane with a traditional conventional-takeoff-and-landing (CTOL) design.
Advanced Air Mobility