Propulsion-electric

By Graham Warwick
Abating long-haul climate impact; Automotive power for e-aviation; CycloRotor flies; Pentagon battery move; and Avic’s eVTOL.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
Chinese air taxi startup EHang has announced a strategic investment and partnership with Inx, a developer of solid-state lithium-metal batteries.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
UK high-performance electric motor developer Helix has completed a project to demonstrate a direct-drive electric propulsion unit for aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The FAA has authorized Zipline International to perform beyond-visual-line-of-sight flights of its cargo drones.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The University of Texas at Dallas will lead a consortium of universities, national laboratories and energy storage companies.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
First-response eVTOL; Stop-fold tiltrotor; Hydrogen-electric milestone; Offshore drone delivery
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Stuttgart-based H2Fly completed four flights of its HY4 testbed aircraft from Maribor, Slovenia, in September.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
While the eVTOL leaders are developing their own electric motors and battery packs, Cuberg and Safran are looking to the next technology wave.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Flying electric on LH2; Clean Aviation adds projects; UK back in EU’s Horizon; and lower-cost e-fuel SAF.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
NASA-funded multiuniversity project builds and tests an integrated modular motor drive for electric aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
U.S. Energy Department’s advanced project agency launches aircraft contrail avoidance and high-energy battery projects.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The announcement adds to 20 projects awarded more than €700 million in funding in September 2022, following the first call for proposals.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. Energy Department is supporting development of 1,000 Wh/kg energy storage, enough to power a 100-seat, 700-nm range all-electric regional aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The grant has been provided by Enova SF, Norway’s Ministry of Climate and Environment.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Startup begins converting 70-seat Dash 8 Q400 to test a 2-megawatt-class hydrogen fuel-cell powertrain.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Liquid-hydrogen fuel systems; TCab eVTOL flies; Tiltwing UAS demo; New twin launched; Fuel-cell compressor.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Enabling contrail avoidance; hybrid regional demonstrator; next-generation HAPS; and quantum computing for R&D.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
Trade-offs involving battery weight and range are inevitable in electric aviation, but German startup Vaeridion thinks that it has a novel solution.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Comac/CATL electric aircraft venture; high-power silicon battery; JetBlue and carbon capture; and fly/drive evTOL hovers.
Emerging Technologies

By Bill Carey, Molly McMillin
A mix of old and new brought thousands of aviation enthusiasts to the annual fly-in and convention in Oshkosh.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Air New Zealand has issued a call for expressions of interest from airports to be a part of its electric flight demonstration program.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Thermoplastic fuselage; Diamond flies electric trainer; Russia’s hybrid regional demo plan; and study highlights airport drone risk.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Guy Norris
CFM opens up on RISE testing while Pratt & Whitney explores a sustainable GTF growth path through an MTU-led Clean Aviation Switch research initiative.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Comac Times (Shanghai) Aviation has been set up to supply aerospace components and batteries as China looks to develop electrically powered aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion