Advances in computational and experimental tools along with new technologies in materials, structures, and aircraft controls, etc. are enabling a high degree of integration of the airframe and ...

A European research project to evaluate distributed electric propulsion using a subscale flight demonstrator is back up and running, the aircraft having been rebuilt after being destroyed on the ...

The world’s first amphibious seaplane using distributed electric propulsion will be developed by a new partnership between Airflow.aero and Tailwind Air. Tailwind’s Letter of Interest (LOI) commitment ...

France’s EcoPulse distributed electric propulsion demonstrator—developed by Daher, Safran and Airbus—has conducted its first flight in hybrid-electric mode. The modified single-turboprop TBM 700 flew ...

On the runway to more fuel-efficient aircraft, one alternative propulsion scheme being explored is an array of electrically powered ducted fans. The fans are distributed across the wing span or ...

Distributed electric fan propulsion is the focus of a $475,000 Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) study awarded to Boeing. The Advanced Distributed Electric Propulsion Technology (ADEPT) study ...

Airbus' EcoPulse hybrid-electric distributed propulsion demonstrator aircraft has completed its maiden flight using its complete powertrain of ePropellers, high-density batteries, and a turbogenerator ...

A Peterbilt truck at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center may never get off the ground, but, carrying a 31-foot wing outfitted with 18 propellers, it is instrumental in advancing a ...

TOULOUSE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The future of hydrogen aviation powered by H3 Dynamics’ distributed hydrogen propulsion nacelles has taken flight for the very first time in France. Following the ...

Diamond Aircraft and Siemens AG successfully conducted the maiden flight of a multi-engine serial-hybrid electric demonstrator aircraft, a reconfigured DA40. The aircraft features a hybrid powertrain ...