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A320ceo and C-390 Millennium engine completes test using 100% sustainable aviation fuel
A popular engine used in the Embraer C-390 Millennium airlifter and Airbus’ A320ceo family, the IAE V2500 completed…
Stratolaunch’s Talon-A hypersonic vehicle makes first powered flight
Stratolaunch performed the first powered flight of Talon-A (TA-1), an unmanned hypersonic vehicle on Saturday, March 9. The…
X-59, the plane that promises to make supersonic commercial flights something trivial in the next decade
On January 12, Lockheed Martin and NASA presented the X-59, an experimental aircraft that aims to enable supersonic…
British start-up Droneliner proposes gigantic drones for air cargo services
Imagine a plane that is capable of carrying 350 tons of cargo, or 100 tons more than the…
NASA to unveil the X-59 experimental plane on January 12, 2024
NASA’s long-awaited Quesst (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) program, which will study technologies to reduce the noise caused by the…
Stratolaunch receives former Virgin Orbit’s Boeing 747 rocket launcher
The “Roc”, the world’s largest plane, was joined by another massive jet, “The Spirit of Mojave”, a Boeing…
Gulfstream G600 corporate jet completes world’s first transatlantic flight using 100% sustainable fuel
Gulfstream anticipated the carrier Virgin Atlantic and carried out on Sunday, November 19, the world’s first transatlantic flight…
Boeing opens Engineering and Technology Center in Embraer’s “backyard”
Boeing and Embraer are close again, but this time only at their addresses. The US aerospace giant opened…
VoltAero performs flight with hybrid powertrain fueled by sustainable fuel derived from wine
VoltAero, a French start-up focused on electrified aircraft, carried out the first flight of a proprietary hybrid-electric powertrain…
Airbus invests in British start-up ZeroAvia, focused on hydrogen propulsion
United Kingdom star-up ZeroAvia has been backed by a major aircraft manufacturer, Airbus. The European group participated in…
British companies form alliance to boost hydrogen-powered aviation
A consortium of companies from the UK aviation and renewable energy sectors, including easyJet, Rolls-Royce, Airbus UK, Ørsted,…
MD-90 that will be transformed into Transonic Truss-Braced Wing X-66A concept is unveiled by Boeing
Boeing has revealed that it has moved an MD-90 to NASA’s Palmdale, Calif., facility, where the jet will…
COMAC joins forces with Chinese battery maker to design electric planes
Chinese state-owned manufacturer, COMAC has started to prepare its entry into the electric aircraft segment. According to Chinese…
NASA X-59 supersonic test aircraft almost ready to fly
New images recently released by NASA have revealed the complete shape of the X-59 Quesst, a supersonic demonstration…
Airbus could introduce folding wingtips on its future planes
Airbus is expected to “copy” a solution used by Boeing on the 777X in its future aircraft, the…
NASA ends X-57 electric plane program without flying prototype
The X-57 “Maxwell”, a plane with an all-electric engine, was terminated by NASA, the United States space agency,…
ZeroAvia considers it feasible to convert CRJ jets to hydrogen
Traditional rivals of Embraer’s ERJ and E-Jets, the CRJ regional jets originally manufactured by Bombardier ceased production in…
Republic Airways joins Embraer Energy program advisory group
One of the largest regional airlines in the United States, Republic Airways is a new member of Embraer’s…
French startup VoltAero presents the first prototype of the Cassio 330 hybrid-electric plane
VoltAero is one of the startups focused on sustainable aviation with more advanced projects at the moment. On…
Boeing and NASA Commercial Aircraft Concept Will Use MD-90 Fuselage
The US hope of putting a single-aisle commercial jet on the market capable of saving up to 30%…