The aircraft will rival the carrying capacity of the largest civilian helicopters but with lower operating costs and a far superior noise and emissions footprint.
The president and CEO of Embraer Executive Jets talks with Aviation Week about the market. Phenom 300 success, supply chain issues and advanced air mobility.
Distributed-propulsion testbed flies; Airbus hydrogen APU demo; uncrewed delivery corridor; another Chinese eVTOL; and Wright’s megawatt-scale electric engine.
Elysian has expanded the advisory board providing input on the design, development and operation of its proposed 90-passenger battery-electric aircraft, the E9X.
End-to-end urban air mobility demo; integrating airborne collision avoidance system into autonomy; ZeroAvia eyes wider electric market; electrifying the Beaver
U.S. startup Regent has revealed two deals with the government of Abu Dhabi to explore launching electric seaglider services in the emirate in the coming years.
Wright Electric has begun building a test cell to characterize the performance of its megawatt-scale electric propulsion systems for large commercial aircraft.
As it looks ahead to a first flight of its electric propulsion unit this year, UK startup Evolito has appointed an experienced aerospace executive as chief technology officer.
