It's been three years since American space agency NASA started a project called Electric Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD), and we're finally beginning to get a sense of what this program is all ...

If hybrid cars can cut CO2 emissions on the road, can hybrid-electric planes do the same in the air? NASA is exploring that possibility, announcing this week two contracts to aviation startup Electra.

GE Aerospace has commenced test runs of its Passport turbofan-based hybrid-electric propulsion system developed under NASA's ...

Beta’s aircraft are designed with fly-by-wire flight controls, which the company said makes them an “ideal platform” for both ...

As we continue to explore electrifying everything everywhere all at once, the current focus is on aviation. As discussed, the end game is batteries and biofuels, often in hybrid-electric aircraft. But ...

In this What's New in Aerospace program, NASA’s Nicholas Borer talks about the X-57 “Maxwell,” an all-electric experimental aircraft. Today, electrically-powered aircraft are starting to take flight, ...

GE Aerospace reported it is working with NASA to test a hybrid electric demonstrator engine with NASA that will embed electric motor/generators in a high-bypass commercial turbofan, to supplement ...

NASA has revealed a powerful new battery that could change the future of flight. Their solid-state sulfur selenium battery is designed to replace gas-powered engines with electric ones. This leap in ...

Tweed is the first commercial airport to be selected for the partnership with NASA and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, called “Airports as Energy Nodes.” The partnership announcement comes ...

Propulsion provider MagniX is preparing its magni650 electric engine for a second phase of high-altitude tests at the NASA Electric Aircraft Testbed (NEAT) in Sandusky, Ohio, after a successful ...