Technology FlyZero unveils conceptual hydrogen aircraft for 279 passengers The Aerospace Technology Institute unveiled on Monday the first of three concept aircraft powered by hydrogen, a fuel… Ricardo MeierDecember 7, 2021 Read More
Technology 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… Ricardo MeierNovember 30, 2021 Read More
Technology 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.… Ricardo MeierNovember 10, 2021 Read More
Technology 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… Ricardo MeierNovember 9, 2021 Read More
Technology 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,… Ricardo MeierNovember 8, 2021 Read More
Technology 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… Ricardo MeierSeptember 23, 2021 Read More
Technology 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… Ricardo MeierJuly 16, 2021 Read More
Technology 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… Ricardo MeierJune 28, 2021 Read More
Technology 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… Ricardo MeierJune 18, 2021 Read More
Technology 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… Ricardo MeierJune 15, 2021 Read More
Technology 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… Ricardo MeierJune 14, 2021 Read More
Technology 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… Ricardo MeierJune 1, 2021 Read More
Technology 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… Ricardo MeierApril 30, 2021 Read More
Technology 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… Ricardo MeierApril 17, 2021 Read More
Technology 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… Ricardo MeierMarch 18, 2021 Read More
Technology 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… Ricardo MeierFebruary 13, 2021 Read More
Technology 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… Ricardo MeierOctober 9, 2020 Read More
Technology 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… Ricardo MeierOctober 4, 2020 Read More
Technology 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… Ricardo MeierOctober 2, 2020 Read More
Technology 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… Ricardo MeierSeptember 2, 2020 Read More