Aircraft & Propulsion

Lilium has announced the launch of a new, customizable version of its Lilium Jet electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

Embraer has focused its studies of sustainable aircraft on hybrid-electric and hydrogen fuel cell 19- and 30-seat regional airliners.

Switzerland’s Rega Swiss Air Rescue organization has ordered 12 Airbus H145 twin-engine light helicopters for its emergency medical service operations.

Jekta Swiss Aviation plans to revive the decades-old concept of the amphibious flying boat with a 19-seat regional aircraft aimed at the global market.

Archer’s Maker electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft made its first full transition to wing-borne flight on Nov. 29.

UK startup ARC Aerosystems has completed full transition flights of a full-scale prototype of its C150 VTOL uncrewed cargo aircraft.

Xwing has signed a contract with the FAA to research how to coordinate large commercial UAVs and general aviation aircraft in complex air traffic situations.

Pratt & Whitney Canada has received FAA certification for its PW812D engine, which is expected to power the Dassault Falcon 6X business jet.

Volato, an Atlanta-based fractional-ownership provider, has placed an order for 25 HondaJet Elite II aircraft.

Pascal Bachmann is senior vice president of sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Jetcraft, a worldwide aircraft sales organization.

Airbus Helicopters hopes demonstrator can prove out technologies to reduce their carbon emissions by 50%.

Canadian vertiport startup VPorts and the U.S.-based Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance have announced an agreement to establish a corridor fo

Embraer spinoff Eve Holdings has added a potential customer for its urban air traffic management (UATM) solution—Vertiport developer Bluenest, which will use th

A changing fleet mix is expected for the in-service business jet and turboprop fleet in the combined Middle East and Africa regions.

Since it first entered the corporate aviation field, Airbus has produced Airbus Corporate Jets across its portfolio of narrow- and widebody airliners, from A318s through A350s.

Business aviation’s growing use of sustainable aviation fuel and its improving sustainability record will spur more purchases of business jets by large U.S. cor

A second phase of Israel’s National Drone Initiative is to include demonstrations that could pave the way for passenger-carrying electric vertical takeoff...

SkyDrive of Japan has signed a memorandum of understanding with investor Pacific Group for up to 100 electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for potentia

While the proliferation of future drone and eVTOL vehicles is forecast, it seems that pilot certification issues and insurance coverage are nowhere to be found.

Singapore-headquartered H3 Dynamics is flight testing its distributed hydrogen-electric propulsion nacelle technology on a small uncrewed aircraft in Bretigny,

The weight of lithium-ion batteries is increased, and their energy density degraded, by the need to build in protection to prevent the short-circuit of a cell damaged in a crash causing an uncontained fire.

The first of three Bombardier Global 6000 business jets that will be adapted to become signals intelligence platforms for the German Air Force has arrived in Ka

The company is pursuing a strategy of owning the complete value chain—from generating renewable energy at airports to providing scheduled regional flights with zero-emission aircraft.

Rolls-Royce and program partner airline EasyJet have conducted test runs on an AE2100 turboprop powered by liquid hydrogen rather than conventional jet fuel.

Ampaire has received a $9 million award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy to accelerate the development, certification and market launch of the