Trend: Electrification & Sustainability

Lilium To Reveal Full-scale eVTOL at EBACE – AIN, April 30

Germany’s Lilium is set to reveal its first full-scale mockup of a four to six-passenger eVTOL at the 2024 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE2024) conference in late May, […]

Navy Awards Contract to Electra To Explore Using eSTOL Aircraft For Logistics – April 24

The Naval Air Systems Command awarded Electra.aero, Inc. a contract to study how it might use the company’s hybrid-electric electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft for logistics in a […]

UK’s Cranfield Wins Major Hydrogen Investment Boost – March 26

Cranfield University, a leading British aerospace research center, plans to establish the first UK airport-based large-scale hydrogen research hub, Aviation Week reported. This follows an $87 million funding win from […]

Engine Makers Explore Several Paths to Decarbonization – Feb. 18, AIN

The big three turbofan makers, CFM International, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce are heavily investing in multistage work to decarbonize air transport, AIN reported. These manufacturers are starting with standardizing […]

Startup Looks To Accelerate Sustainable Aviation Fuel Market – AIN, Feb. 5

Future Energy Global, a new Ireland-based startup, is looking to increase development of the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) marker, AIN reports. The company is backed by aircraft winglet company Aviation […]

Airbus Steps Up Liquid Hydrogen Tank Development Effort – Aviation Week, Jan.

Airbus is establishing a development center in Stade, Germany, for its future zero-emission aircraft that is oriented around composite materials for hydrogen systems, including liquid hydrogen tanks, Aviation Week reports. […]

Jet Aviation to provide Sustainable Aviation Fuel during the World Economic Forum 2024

Jet Aviation announced today that it has secured a supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for visitors during the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2024. This is the second time Jet […]

Volocopter and Safran to Collaborate on Next-Gen Electric Powertrain

Volocopter signed an agreement with Safran Electrical & Power last week that includes plans for developing a next-generation electric powertrain. The powertrain will be designed specifically for electric vertical take-off […]

Ampaire’s Hybrid-Electric Demonstrator Performs 1,135-Mile Nonstop Flight

Ampaire, the hybrid-electric aircraft developer based in Los Angeles, announced completion of a successful 1,135-mile-long nonstop flight with its EEL demonstrator aircraft. The company claims that this journey is the […]

Embraer Outlines Electric Propulsion Vision with New Energia Aircraft Concepts

Embraer executives launched their new Energia family of four aircraft concepts in various configurations that will be use electric and hydrogen-powered propulsion systems during a live-streamed unveiling ceremony on Nov. […]