Electra's hybrid-electric airliner concept targets quieter, more efficient regional flight by 2050 under NASA's Advanced ...

Electra, the global leader in hybrid-electric aviation, today unveiled a new conceptual aircraft design for next-generation ...

Whisper Aero revealed new details of its JetFoil propulsion concept, positioning the ducted fan system for short and ...

EcoPulse, the hybrid-electric distributed propulsion aircraft demonstrator jointly developed by Daher, Safran and Airbus to support aviation’s decarbonization roadmap, has successfully performed its ...

Over a few weeks in the closing months of 2023, the shape of aircraft propulsion changed significantly with flights by three quite different aircraft: Elroy Air’s Chaparral, Electra.aero’s Goldfinch ...

Design combines turbofan engines, electric tail fans, and a lifting fuselage.

Emission-free, efficient, quiet and safe - in view of the increasing volume of air traffic, these are the primary goals of European aviation research. Research into electric drives plays a decisive ...

A subscale flight demonstrator of distributed electric propulsion for large passenger aircraft has made its remotely piloted first flight in Italy under Europe’s Clean Sky 2 public-private research ...

TOULOUSE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The future of hydrogen aviation powered by H3 Dynamics’ distributed hydrogen propulsion nacelles has taken flight for the very first time in France. Following the ...

Airbus' EcoPulse hybrid-electric distributed propulsion demonstrator aircraft has completed its maiden flight using its complete powertrain of ePropellers, high-density batteries, and a turbogenerator ...

But that’s not their only advantage. Fuel accounts for 20% to 30% of an airline’s total operational expenses. A ...

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