A relatively young personal aviation company, LEO Flight, has unveiled a new personal eVTOL called the jetBike.
French electric aircraft manufacturer Beyond Aero announced it has made a "significant step toward certificate and commercialization." The firm revealed its BYA-1 aircraft in 2023. It introduced it as ...
Lilium, a German aerospace company, introduced an all-electric jet at an aviation exhibition this week in Las Vegas. The jet, which takes off vertically like a helicopter and flies like an airplane, ...
The U.S. Navy has quietly written a small but telling check to a company working on a solar‑electric aircraft that can stay aloft for months. By putting $1.4 million behind Skydweller’s experimental ...
Electric air taxis (eVTOLs) are primarily meant to combat traffic congestion in busy urban areas and lower emission levels. However, their range is limited to what current battery technology can ...
In the late 1940s, GE introduced the J-47 gas turbine engine, which became the most-produced jet engine of the early jet age, powering aircraft such as the F-86 Sabre and several other new fighters.
The idea of a hybrid-electric engine for supersonic aircraft may elicit a similar initial response, but there is some very firm engineering logic behind it. Put simply, conventional supersonic engines ...
Aura Aero, the French startup behind the ERA concept —an innovative hybrid-electric regional aircraft with a bio-based cabin —has officially inaugurated its first facility in the US. This is just the ...
ALBANY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wright Electric, Inc., a leader in net-zero propulsion and aircraft design, announced the launch of a new addition to their family of zero-emissions aircraft for the ...
NEW DELHI – In a significant development for India’s indigenous fighter jet program Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on November 7 inked a deal with US-based General Electric (GE) for the supply of ...
Skymark Refuelers' 7,000-gal. EV Refueler at NBAA-BACE. Credit: Bill Carey/Aviation Week Network LAS VEGAS—Specialized truck manufacturer Skymark Refuelers and partners World Fuel Services and Clay ...