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Embraer joins Pratt & Whitney to enable the use of 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Embraer and Pratt & Whitney signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Tuesday with the goal of enabling the…
Start-up Hermeus presents and drives the hypersonic aircraft prototype engine
The race to make new super-fast passenger jets viable has had another chapter this week in the US.…
Airbus performs a formation flight with two A350s in order to save fuel
Airbus performed the first demonstration of the “Fello’fly” concept in regulated transatlantic airspace. It was a formation flight…
Embraer unveils the ‘Energia’ family of sustainable aircraft
Embraer its Sustainability in Action initiative with the aim of enabling a new crop of sustainable civil aircraft,…
Airbus presents programs aimed at improving wings
This week Airbus held the Airbus Summit, an event in which it presented several of its projects in…
De Havilland and Pratt & Whitney will test Dash 8 with hybrid-electric propulsion
De Havilland Canada and Pratt & Whitney Canada announced the launch of a hybrid-electric powertrain development program. To…
Airbus could use the A380 in hydrogen propulsion research
Dismissed by the vast majority of customers, the A380 could find an honorable role in the coming years…
Japan focuses efforts to enable supersonic passenger jet project
Even after disappointment with the expensive and troubled SpaceJet regional jet program, Japan’s government doesn’t seem willing to…
GE and Safran launch CFM RISE program, which forecasts new engine 20% more efficient
General Electric and Safran announced on Monday an ambitious program that foresees the development of the new generation…
Airbus establishes two development centers for its zero-emission aircraft project
Airbus has decided to establish two Zero Emission Development Centers (ZEDC) at its units in Bremen (Germany) and…
Boeing 737 successor may use hybrid electric propulsion
If it depends on NASA, Airbus will have trouble making hydrogen propulsion a new standard for commercial aircraft…
Stratolaunch ‘Roc’ performs second test flight
Just over two years after making its maiden flight, Stratolauch’s six-engine ‘Roc‘ jet took off from Mojave Airport…
Stratolaunch “Roc” close to flying again
“Roc”, the world’s largest aircraft by wingspan is about to hit the skies again. Stratolaunch conducted taxi tests…
SE Aeronautics shows sustainable passenger jet concept
If the SE200 aircraft existed today it would be the lifeline of airlines. The widebody plane with a…
Alaska ‘winter season’ brings together Boeing 777X and KC-390
A region where temperatures reach -38ºC with a thermal sensation of -48ºC would be one of the last…
New supersonic XB-1 and X-59 airplanes have noise as the biggest challenge
Fifty years ago, the Concorde and its Russian rival Tu-144 pioneered supersonic passenger flight, but ended up succumbing…
Giant ‘ROC’ plane should return to flight soon, says Stratolaunch
On October 14, 18 months will be completed since the inaugural flight of the ‘ROC’, the nickname given…
ATR aircraft aim to be a platform for new propulsion technology
The manufacturer ATR said it can start developing low-emission technologies from 2021. The company, which has been producing…
Scale model of the KLM ‘Flying-V’ flies for the first time
Project conceived by the Delf University of Technology (TU-Delft) and the carrier KLM, the Flying-V aircraft flew for…
USAF closes another deal for the supersonic Air Force One
California-based Exosonic announced on Monday that it had signed a contract with the U.S. government to develop a…
