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Airbus UpNext and Toshiba will collaborate on the development of superconducting technologies for the propulsion of Airbus’ future hydrogen-powered aircraft.

Fan-in-wing VTOL airlifter; Electrifying the C-130; Hover record goal for LH2 drone; Fly-drive logistics eVTOL.

Composite cryogenic tank developer Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories has begun fabricating a fuel-cell-powered multicopter drone.

Listen in to hear Frank Haselbach, president of ISABE and head of propulsion at Airbus, in conversation with Aviation Week's Guy Norris.

Is NASA preparing to get more serious about hydrogen? The answer is: maybe.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

A HWB has emerged as one of the most promising potential zero-emission airliner concepts from a NASA study of commercially viable designs.

Electric propulsion promises lower operating costs and emissions, but will they be enough?

Hydrogen-powered four-seater; Flying Fuel Cell tests; Europe’s advanced wings; and silicon-based fuel cell.

Tests of a liquid hydrogen fuel system by MTU Aero Engines validate that a defined mass flow of preconditioned hydrogen can be fed safely into a fuel cell.

European researchers are making progress with efforts to develop their own structurally braced and cantilevered slender wings for airliners.

Embraer has revealed new details about its Energia regional aircraft concept studies.

The clear gulf dividing Europe and North America over the level and intensity of hydrogen propulsion research appears to be of growing concern to Airbus.

The final tranche of funding for hydrogen-electric propulsion startup ZeroAvia came from the Scottish National Investment Bank.

The advancement of hydrogen and electric propulsion research at Royal NLR comes as several Netherlands-based companies are designing new-generation aircraft.

Beyond Aero, a company designing a fuel cell-powered business jet, has revealed the outlines of larger aircraft that would use a similar propulsion system.

Luiz Oliveira was appointed chief engineer at Toulouse-based Beyond Aero, a startup designing a hydrogen-electric business jet.

The helicopter company is partnering with United Therapeutics to bring hydrogen-electric propulsion to the R44 and R66.

C-130J as a hydrogen demonstrator; fuel cells for European regional project; ductile composites for LH2 tanks.

The military transport’s four-turboprop layout would allow inflight testing of hydrogen combustion engines with flexibility and safety.

Hydrogen’s energy density per unit mass is three times that of kerosene.

Hydrogen-electric propulsion is going to start in the subregional sector. Can it grow into mainstream aviation?

H3 Dynamics will supply fuel cells to a project developing a modular, distributed hybrid hydrogen-electric propulsion system for future regional aircraft

FAA funds sustainability projects; faster cryogenic fueling; hydrogen in a box; and sharkskins for 777s.

Joby’s first production prototype was rolled out in late June from its low-rate manufacturing facility in Marina, California.