The two largest aircraft manufacturers in the world have snubbed battery-operated aircraft. Researchers in Europe think they might have (part of) a solution: Make the plane out of the battery.

The U.S. Army DEVCOM Aviation & Missile Center announced on its Twitter account that the first Army pilot completed the initial evaluation flight of the Beta's Alia electric aircraft. "A U.S. Army first: MAJ Wes Ogden completed his initial evaluation flight of the Beta Alia, the 1st Army aviator to fly an electric aircraft," the

From "The Jetsons" and "Blade Runner" to "Back to the Future," Americans have long been promised flying cars were in our future. For "60 Minutes," Anderson Cooper reports the future is closer than you think.

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This fully autonomous aerial vehicle is Wisk's sixth-generation aircraft which can take off and land vertically. The aircraft is said to land on strips called Verti ports.

The four-seater electric aircraft "e-Sling", which was developed by ETH students, has taken flight for the first time. The student project has takentwo years.

Automaker Stellantis is teaming with Archer Aviation to create an electric aircraft

Zero-emission, fuel-cell powered airplane would carry at least 100 passengers

New electric-powered, vertical-lift aircraft are rising to the challenge of delivering clean and cheap air taxi services

In a special unveiling ceremony on Aug. 22, 2024, the public received a first look at magniX's Dash 7 aircraft that will serve as a testbed for sustainable

Japan is supporting the development of new technologies for electric aircraft.

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Whisper Aero wants to revolutionize electric aviation with propulsion systems 100x quieter and 20% more efficient than anything else on the market. While it's working on that, it's thrown together a quiet, powerful, efficient leaf blower as a demo.

The design could overcome one of the key challenges facing electrifying larger planes

The aircraft flew for 10 min. with the 600-kW ZA600 fuel-cell propulsion system replacing the 19-seat regional turboprop's left-side turboprop.

Honeywell will provide flight control actuation and thermal management technologies for Archer's eVTOL aircraft.

The Vertical Flight Society is hosting the 16th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium (EAS) as a hybrid event in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and online on July 23-24, 2022. It is the longest-running electric aircraft conference in the world.

In a remarkable milestone for an electric aircraft, Beta Technologies has flown its Alia test demonstrator on an eight-leg mission across six states achieving a total distance of 1,219 nm.

Stellantis will manufacture partner Archer's Midnight electric vertical take off and landing, or eVTOL, aircraft at a new plant outside Atlanta.

The U.S. Air Force's industry storefront and innovation organization AFWERX, and its primary division partner, BETA Technologies, successfully landed the ALIA, an all-electric conventional take-off and landing aircraft, at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland during a multi-stop flight from Vermont to Florida on October 18. The Air Force said in a release that the