Experimental Aircraft

Space agency contractor Electra is developing hybrid-electric aircraft that require just 150 feet of runway for takeoff and landing.

The aircraft, on display last month at Heli-Expo in Anaheim, California, will continue its North American tour with appearances in San Diego and Montréal.

The experimental aircraft is expected to fly 1.4 times the speed of sound, or around 925 mph, according to NASA.

DARPA tapped Aurora Flight Sciences to build the X-65, a full-scale, experimental aircraft design without movable external flight controls.

The company has been the largest and most successful in its segment.

Manufacturer Samson Sky began testing the street-legal flying car earlier this year, but until now flights were limited to a few feet above the runway.

Samson Sky added 115 vehicles to its order books at EAA AirVenture and now has more than 2,400 reservations from 57 countries.

AFWERX and its emerging aviation technology division, Prime, will have a booth and host several forum sessions at Oshkosh.

The Do-31 utilized the same main engines as the Harrier, complete with their own rotatable nozzles to control direction during vertical flight.

California-based Universal Hydrogen has opened a new engineering design center in Toulouse, France.