The Efficiency of a Turboprop, the Performance of a Jet: Meet Maeve’s M80
Maeve Aerospace’s M80 concept takes the best of both worlds, turboprop and regional jet, in a bid to decarbonize without sacrificing speed, cost, comfort, or efficiency.
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Daher Reveals First Hybrid-Electric Flight of Eco-Pulse
The collaborative project between the French OEM, Safran, and Airbus demonstrates the next step in the decarbonization roadmap via distributed propulsion.
Electra Completes First Flight of Hybrid-Electric STOL Design
The journey lasted 23 minutes and covered about 30 miles at 3,200 feet in altitude, taking off from the runway at ‘neighborhood driving’ speeds.
Elroy Air Conducts Groundbreaking Flight of Hybrid-Electric Cargo Drone
The company calls the aircraft a turbogenerator-hyrbid electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft—hVTOL, for short—and claims it’s the first of its kind to fly.
VoltAero Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Makes Landmark Flight Fueled by Wine Waste
The company flew its proprietary hybrid-electric powertrain on a demonstrator powered by biofuel produced from vineyard waste.
Flying Car Manufacturer Aska Nabs FAA Flight Test Signoff
Aska’s A5—a car, eVTOL, fixed-wing glider hybrid—got an FAA greenlight for flight testing.
Dufour Releases Final Design for Aero2 Drone
Tilt-wing eVTOL manufacturer is targeting prototype flight testing by 2024 and serial production by 2025.
Surf Air Mobility Inks $450 Million Deal With Jetstream Aviation Capital
Surf Air plans to build a regional air mobility ecosystem by developing a hybrid electric powertrain that will offer OEMs and third-party operators the ability to order new or upgrade existing aircraft with hybrid electric powertrains.
Pipistrel Sees Path to EASA Certification of the Panthera
The company says the speedy single-engine retract is aimed for initial approval in 2024.
