CycloTech has announced that it has start flight tests on the latest version of its technology demonstrator “Bumblebee2.0”, which features 4 CR42 CycloRotors and an
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Category: Experimental craft
U.S. airlines to support NASA-Boeing Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project
Boeing and NASA will collaborate with U.S. airlines to advise the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD) project and development of the X-66A research aircraft. As part of
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Whisper Aero reveals propulsor design and jet mockup for quiet, hybrid electric flight
Whisper Aero’s quiet flight technology consists of a relatively slow spinning ducted fan with a high number of blades, the company revealed in engineering papers
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CubCrafters begins testing electric lift augmenting slats
CubCrafters, a manufacturer of Light-Sport and Part 23 certified aircraft, has begun testing a new engineering innovation — Electric Lift Augmenting Slats (ELAS) — designed
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Moya Aero plans completion of full-scale prototype cargo eVTOL ahead of first flight in Q3
Moya Aero has released news that it will conduct a test flight of its full-scale prototype cargo eVTOL at its facilities in the testing area
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Destinus planning hypersonic drone for 2024 launch using hydrogen
Destinus a Swiss aerospace startup, has announced making a successful test flight of the Jungfrau (Destinus-1) prototype equipped with a hydrogen-fuelled afterburner. The company reports
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NASA crash tests eVTOL concept
NASA reports that its researchers recently completed a full-scale crash test of an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) concept vehicle at its Langley Research
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NASA all-electric experimental aircraft “will make first flight in 2023”
NASA reports that its X-57 “Maxwell” experimental all-electric aircraft, is working to provide industry and regulators with knowledge that will revolutionise sustainable aviation. A statement
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eVTOL ion propulsion drone “successfully completes critical flight tests”
Undefined Technologies, a Florida-based startup, recently announced that its eVTOL ion propulsion drone, Silent Ventus™, has successfully completed a critical test flight hitting its projected
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AeroDelft and Airbus sign partnership agreement
AeroDelft, a student team based in the Netherlands has announced on social media that it has signed a partnership agreement with Airbus to work on
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