Powered by a combination of batteries and internal combustion, hybrid-electric aircraft can cut CO 2 emissions by 50% or more along with offering dramatically lower operating costs. While the low ...

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, unveiled Wednesday “its plan to build, test and fly a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing demonstrator (HEX / VTOL) with a tilt-wing configuration,” ...

Electra.aero, Inc. (Electra) has been granted a series of U.S. patents that protect core components of its groundbreaking ...

Europe wants to have fully operational regional aircraft with hybrid-electric propulsion by 2035. A significant grant was recently awarded via the Clean Aviation program to a consortium led by ...

Dutch start-up Maeve Aerospace has radically redrawn its aircraft development plans, dropping a previous proposal for a battery-powered 44-seater in favour of an 80-passenger hybrid-electric design.

Eviation’s all-electric Alice aircraft is being redesigned roughly one year after the commuter first got airborne. The Washington-based developer maintains that the adjustments will be minor and that ...

Beyond Aero, a startup with offices in Toulouse, Paris, and Los Angeles, presented the first concept of its hydrogen-electric light jet in France just two years ago. Since then, the team has made ...

Electra is developing an aircraft that can take off from an area the size of a soccer field with a 150-ft. ground roll. Credit: Electra.aero U.S. startup Electra.aero has completed its first pair of ...

Final prototype to expand flight test capacity and enable public demonstrations Initial all-electric testing ahead of hybrid-electric flights in 2026 Vertical progresses towards full piloted ...

As the aviation industry faces mounting pressure to decarbonize, three competing technologies have emerged as potential pathways to a cleaner future: Hydrogen, electric, and sustainable aviation fuels ...