Hybrid Electric

The test vehicle aims to help prove the company’s blown-lift technology.

The aircraft maker revealed the two aircraft concepts as part of its bid to attain net-zero emissions by 2050.

Ampaire’s Eco Caravan, a nine-seat regional aircraft, made its first flight on Friday, on a fully-integrated hybrid-electric propulsion system.

Monte is a U.K.-based company that says its sole focus is financing sustainable regional aviation technologies so that it can support the aviation industry’s transition to net-zero carbon emissions.

Ampaire and Tamarack Aerospace Group have entered into an MOU to further develop aerodynamic upgrades for Ampaire’s hybrid-electric aircraft.

Company will combine with Southern Airways, go public via a SPAC, and partner with AeroTec and magniX.

Aurora Flight Sciences will use a Saab 340B platform for the initial flight test development.

Virginia-based startup Electra.aero says it has secured a key investment from Lockheed Martin as it seeks to develop a hybrid electric, ultra-short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft.

Under the guidance of Pipistrel’s Vertical Solutions, a consortium in the European Union have concluded a project designed to advance alternative propulsion and regional air transport.

“From Electric Cri-Cri (20 kW) and E-Fan (60 kW), we have now reached the 600-kW power level on Cassio 1,” said VoltAero via the company’s Twitter account on Monday, as they celebrated the crossing of the English Channel, after launching from Calais-Dunkirk Airport, in France, at 10:46 GMT (6:46 ET) this morning. This is the […]