Volocopter flies X2 over Paris in preparation for 2024 service
German eVTOL manufacturer Volocopter performed a flight of its X2 model during the Paris Air Forum.The electric Vertical…
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Rolls-Royce to invest £80M in electric aircraft energy storage development
Rolls-Royce is planning an £80 million investment over the next decade into the development of energy storage systems…
CFM to develop new engine for upcoming generation of narrowbodies
GE Aviation and Safran launch the CFM RISE program to develop a new generation of sustainable engines.The program…
Airbus opens two plants to produce hydrogen cryogenic tanks
Airbus will open two plants, called “Zero-Emission Development Centers”, in Bremen, Germany, and Nantes, France, to manufacture cryogenic…
Future with eVTOL: Virgin Atlantic & American Airlines order 400 electric plane
A British air carrier Virgin Atlantic and the American air carrier American Airlines (A1G) (AAL) signed two separate…
Archer Aviation aircraft disrupts electric flying taxi market
The California-based aerospace company Archer Aviation has unveiled its first electric flying taxi – another competitor in the…
China to inaugurate “world’s fastest” hypersonic wind tunnel
Like the United States and Russia, China has a keen interest in hypersonic weapons. In order to submit…
Aerion abandons the supersonic race
Aerion Supersonic abruptly announced it would cease its activities for lack of funding to develop its Aerion AS2…
ZeroAvia’s hydrogen plane crash-lands during a test flight
The Piper Malibu Mirage equipped with a hydrogen engine developed by ZeroAvia crash-landed during a test flight on…
Why aircraft need to be washed regularly
Aircraft exterior washing is often overlooked by the airlines, causing them to miss out on the benefits of…
Stratolaunch, the world’s biggest plane, takes off for its 2nd flight
Stratolaunch, the world’s largest aircraft by wingspan, performed its second test flight after a two-year-long grounding.The airplane took…
Hydrogen aircraft market to reach $174.02 billion by 2040
For quite some time already, sustainability has been a top topic in amongst aviation professionals. While many companies…
French special forces helicopter pilots to use augmented reality helmet
NHIndustries, the consortium made up of Airbus, Leonardo Helicopters, and Fokker, chose the TopOwl Digital Display helmet developed…
Bye unveils its eight-seat fully electric plane, the eFlyer 800
Bye Aerospace and Safran jointly announced the development of a fully electric twin-engine eight-seater aircraft, the eFlyer 800.…
Hybrid solar-hydrogen drone offers stealthy surveillance solution
The United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) unveiled the first results of the experiments carried out on the…
FAA overhauls UAV flight rules, paves the way to drone delivery services
New US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules regulating flights of small drones over populated areas went into effect…
Is direct air capture the solution for aviation decarbonization?
Aviation is often targeted by green politicians and environmental activists for its contribution to global carbon dioxide emissions,…
UK CAA authorizes first Beyond Visual Line drone test flights
Sees.ai has become the first company in the UK to secure authorization from the United Kingdom Civil Aviation…