With support from NASA, researchers are developing battery-powered aircraft designed to cut commutes, reduce emissions, and ...

France’s VoltAero Cassio 330 combines innovation and versatility in a compact four-seat design. It features a distinct pusher configuration and delivers 330 kW of total power through electric and ...

It's been three years since American space agency NASA started a project called Electric Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD), and we're finally beginning to get a sense of what this program is all ...

If hybrid cars can cut CO2 emissions on the road, can hybrid-electric planes do the same in the air? NASA is exploring that possibility, announcing this week two contracts to aviation startup Electra.

Aviation contributes significantly to global CO2 emissions, with growing demand necessitating a shift to cleaner technologies like electric and hydrogen-powered flights. NASA's development of ...

Tweed is the first commercial airport to be selected for the partnership with NASA and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, called “Airports as Energy Nodes.” The partnership announcement comes ...

NASA has revealed a powerful new battery that could change the future of flight. Their solid-state sulfur selenium battery is designed to replace gas-powered engines with electric ones. This leap in ...

ROCKFORD, Ill., Oct. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- RTX (NYSE: RTX) today announced it has successfully demonstrated the operation of a solid-state circuit breaker to support hybrid-electric propulsion ...

In this What's New in Aerospace program, NASA’s Nicholas Borer talks about the X-57 “Maxwell,” an all-electric experimental aircraft. Today, electrically-powered aircraft are starting to take flight, ...

Electra is one step closer to bringing the world's first ultra-short hybrid-electric aircraft to the market following an agreement with the UK-based Evolito ...

Propulsion provider MagniX is preparing its magni650 electric engine for a second phase of high-altitude tests at the NASA Electric Aircraft Testbed (NEAT) in Sandusky, Ohio, after a successful ...

GE Aerospace reported it is working with NASA to test a hybrid electric demonstrator engine with NASA that will embed electric motor/generators in a high-bypass commercial turbofan, to supplement ...