Electric or hybrid-electric short-haul aircraft for commercial air transport entering the market in 2040 will significantly improve the climate balance and air quality, as well as reduce noise. The ...

The Technologies for Small Aircraft (KF) facility operates the Innovation Center for Small Aircraft Technologies (INK) for research into electric and hybrid-electric flight. As an institution, we ...

While pushback tugs may look small and low, they weight up to 54 tons ... In recent years, more airlines are moving away from diesel-powered tugs and using electric towbarless tugs for aircraft ...

But consider that the aircraft burned no fuel and emitted zero emissions. Instead, the plane used an all-electric motor powered ... s license and landing their small aircraft in a high school ...

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Hydrogen-electric plane developer ZeroAvia has completed another successful financing round, led by some of its previous investors and some new ones. The sustainable aviation specialist plans to ...

Heart Aerospace (Gothenburg, Sweden) unveils its first full-scale demonstrator airplane, marking a milestone in the development of its regional hybrid-electric aircraft, the ES-30. “Our industry is ...

The Coastal Sustainability Alliance (CSA), an industry collaborative effort led by Kuok Maritime Group (KMG), announced the commencement of shipbuilding of the first fully electric PXO tug (e-tug) and ...

For years, you've been able to watch cool-looking electric-plane videos on YouTube, created by some of the 300 companies who are working on them. Today, Beta Technologies, in Burlington ...

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Electric RC aircraft are not known for long flight times, with multirotors usually doing 20-45 minutes, while most fixed wings will struggle to get past two hours. [Matthew Heiskell] blew these ...