Advances in computational and experimental tools along with new technologies in materials, structures, and aircraft controls, etc. are enabling a high degree of integration of the airframe and ...

A European research project to evaluate distributed electric propulsion using a subscale flight demonstrator is back up and running, the aircraft having been rebuilt after being destroyed on 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 ...

The world’s first amphibious seaplane using distributed electric propulsion will be developed by a new partnership between Airflow.aero and Tailwind Air. Tailwind’s Letter of Interest (LOI) commitment ...

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 ...

There was a design of vertical takeoff and vertical passenger electric planes. Also, Elon Musk has talked about creating a supersonic certical takeoff and vertical landing electric passenger plane.

Startup Electra.aero in 2021 is aiming to demonstrate the ability to take off and land in around 100 ft. using distributed hybrid-electric propulsion to support its development of ...

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 ...

A Peterbilt truck at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center may never get off the ground, but, carrying a 31-foot wing outfitted with 18 propellers, it is instrumental in advancing a ...

Dutch researchers have completed the first flight of a new scaled demonstrator designed to evaluate the potential for future passenger aircraft using a distributed electrical propulsion (DEP) ...

Rolls-Royce is set to develop and supply an electrical system to power the VA-X4 all-electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle being developed by Vertical Aerospace, a British developer. The ...