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

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

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

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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