Universal Hydrogen has completed a 1-megawatt iron bird for ground testing of its zero-emissions fuel-cell propulsion system and announced the first customer in France for its regional aircraft conversion.
Aircraft propulsion batteries with three times the pack-level energy density of today’s automotive technology may be achievable in the next decade if enough investment is targeted at aeronautical applications, a new report published in Nature concludes.
Under a joint project to create an optical internet service connecting low-orbiting satellites with high-flying unmanned aircraft, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Sony researchers have demonstrated high-speed, large-capacity communications in a low-quality, error-prone environment.
Masten Space Systems is touting progress with its Nighttime Integrated Thermal and Electricity system, designed as a low-cost/low-mass method for keeping electronics and payloads on commercial lunar landers alive during nights on the Moon.
Lilium has hired Andrew Strachan as its first aircraft test pilot. Strachan has 30 years of experience as a test pilot, including in the UK Royal Air Force, and he recently flew the AW101 helicopter in the James Bond film “Skyfall.”
The helicopter operator believes the electric-powered advanced air mobility vehicles it has on order will require less MRO work than its current fleet.
Composites have a critical role to play in the advanced air mobility industry, and it goes beyond enabling lightweight vehicles believes Solvay, the Brussels-headquartered international chemicals company.
After four years as CEO of electric propulsion pioneer MagniX, and later additionally as executive chairman of electric aircraft startup Eviation, Roei Ganzarski stepped down from both companies in January, sending a shockwave through the young industry.
Already cooperating with the U.S. Air Force through its Agility Prime program, startup Beta Technologies has received a contract from the U.S. Army to support flight testing of its Alia electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
The UK’s FlyZero research project has revealed its concept for a 75-seat regional airliner powered by liquid hydrogen as it finalizes its study on how to prepare the country’s aerospace industry to participate in the development of future zero-emissions commercial aircraft.
A Middle Eastern air force has conducted the first deployments of Yates Electrospace’s Silent Arrow GD-2000 unmanned cargo glider to take place outside the U.S., the company announced Jan. 31.
Honeywell is preparing to begin an accelerated development and test program for an aircraft electric propulsion unit developed with Japanese electric motor producer Denso.
