Propulsion-electric

By Graham Warwick
Aviation Week flies in the EL2 demonstrator to see how it helped Electra and its customers understand the power of blown-lift ultra-STOL.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Swiss startup H55 has finished the testing required for certification of a lithium-ion battery for electric aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Ground tests of a modified Passport business jet engine in hybrid-electric mode mark a key step toward development of a future single-aisle propulsion system.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Manufacturing of hardware has begun for Pratt & Whitney Canada’s long-planned hybrid-electric propulsion flight demonstrator, a heavily modified Dash 8-100.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Europe’s drive to revitalize the regional aviation industry with ultra-efficient electrified aircraft is moving into high gear.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
Beyond Aero has successfully tested a model of its BYA-1 hydrogen-electric business aircraft at the DNW wind tunnel in Marknesse, Netherlands.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Finnish electric powertrain company says it has the first solid-state battery for production vehicles, including aerospace and defense.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Astro Mechanica’s hybrid-electric powerplant operates as a turbofan, turbojet and ramjet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Hybrid focus for Clean Aviation; exhaust additives reduce contrails; point-to-point cargo eVTOL demo; and anti-jamming for urban air taxis.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Startup Evio is collaborating with Pratt & Whitney Canada on development of a hybrid-electric 76/88-seater.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Confident about overcoming design challenges, Aura Aero presses on with hybrid-electric ERA development.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Bye Aerospace has partnered with experienced carbon fiber prototyping and manufacturing company Composite Approach.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Robert Wall
Safran is expanding its tech development activities abroad by setting up Safran Tech UK, which CEO Olivier Andriès says will have two principal focus areas.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
China’s state-owned engine manufacturer unveiled all-electric, hybrid-electric and hydrogen-combustion powerplants at the Aero Asia 2025 show in Zhuhai on Nov. 27-30.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
The advent of solid-state batteries in the automotive sector could precede their emergence in aeronautics by just a few years, according to the CEO of Aura Aero
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
A half century later, the channel wing aircraft concept has been revived by Maryland-based startup HopFlyt.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
VerdeGo Aero has started low-rate production of its turbine-based hybrid-electric VH-4T-RD propulsion system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris, Robert Wall, Tony Osborne, Ben Goldstein
For years the question for the AAM market was about technology. Now the question is market viability.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
The Climate Impulse project aims to demonstrate long-distance flight with a hydrogen electric aircraft relying on a digital twin for optimum routing.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Joby’s hybrid eVTOL; maritime drone demonstrations; Tokyo air taxis; and advancing additive manufacturing.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Hybrid-electric Passport tests, revelations of a third-stream adaptive concept and positive supercomputer results mark key advances for the RISE program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Regent Craft said it will soon resume sea trials with its Viceroy electric seaglider following an accident in in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
ATR received a request from the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking to fly a demonstrator in 2029.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Japan Airlines is leveraging a new collaboration with Maeve Aerospace to gain early insight into the design of a hybrid-electric regional aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
German electric commuter; LH2 refueling demo; Korean urban air mobility testing; and Merlin autonomy progress.
Emerging Technologies