Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC), a developer and manufacturer of distributed electric propulsion tilt-wing and multi-rotor uncrewed aircraft vehicles (UAV) has announced it has secured a
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Category: Research
NASA conducts acoustic hover test with Moog SureFly
NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility mission is working with private sector developers of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to study the levels of noise they
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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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GKN Aerospace and IAAPS to partner on development of hydrogen propulsion
GKN Aerospace and advanced propulsion R&I centre IAAPS have announced a strategic partnership to develop and validate novel hydrogen technology solutions for “the decarbonisation of
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Airbus details hydrogen fuel-cell research – plans ZEROe flight demonstrations
Airbus and its partners have given more details about their hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion research. Fuel-cells generate electricity very efficiently through an electrochemical reaction, rather than
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UK’s Connected Places Catapult announces winners of urban drone/UAM research grants
The UK’s research hub Connected Places Catapult has announced the cohort for the second edition of the Future of Air Mobility Accelerator, in partnership with
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UK’s GKN progresses liquid hydrogen powered drone research
GKN Aerospace reports it successfully achieved a major milestone delivering a ground-based demonstrator of a liquid hydrogen aircraft fuel system. The demonstrator was designed, built
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NASA research focusing on ride quality of future advanced air mobility aircraft
NASA reports that its Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) mission is researching ride quality to better understand how these aircraft should be designed for an ideal
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ResilienX to investigate urban wind effects on drones and eVTOLs in NASA contract
ResilienX, Inc has announced it has been awarded Phase IIE and Phase III contracts by NASA to advance research into the impact of winds on
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Demand/capacity balancing in urban areas – new DACUS Conops report published
The European SESAR demand and capacity balancing research project DACUS has published a final report that outlines the concept of operations (ConOps) for the DACUS
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