American Airlines has cooperated with Google Research and Breakthrough Energy to test whether atmospheric zones likely to create contrails can be avoided.
Initial operating experience of a recently developed drag-reduction package on a Delta Air Lines Boeing 737-800 indicates cruise fuel-burn savings of up to 2%.
The report was jointly produced by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization and Boeing amid a growing acceleration of SAF in Australia.
A new U.S. effort to prove technology for reusable hypersonic flight is inching forward as government scientists seek information on industry-funded projects.
Launch risks, cryogenic and uranium fuel are among the challenges facing the agencies’ ambitious DRACO space nuclear thermal propulsion orbital demonstration.
The company has been testing a subscale demonstrator for its Lilium Jet for more than a year and is nearing buildup of an aircraft for certification flight tests.
