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Sora Aviation Completes Subscale S-1 eVTOL Testing

UK start-up says 30-passenger all-electric aircraft could enter service in 2031

Subscale demonstrator with proprotors on fuselage-mounted booms

Rolls-Royce's Hydrogen Capabilities Await Market Maturity

Efficiency of existing products remains key to OEM’s sustainability strategy

Sustainability and Environment

Rolls-Royce engine in test rig

Airbus and MTU Launch Hydrogen Propulsion Venture

New initiative focused on commercial applications for electric hydrogen fuel cell engines

Four-engine narrowbody digital rendering

GKN-backed Start-up Focuses on Electric Motors

A joint venture with the University of Nottingham is a product of the H2Gear program

Sustainability and Environment

GKN Global Technology Center

Videos

How Hydrogen Can Generate Electricity To Power Aircraft

A simple explanation of how hydrogen fuel cells work for aircraft.

Hydrogen fuel cell demonstrator at Aero Friedrichshafen 2026

Kawasaki’s Clean-sheet Aero Engine Design Draws on Motorcycle Engineering Expertise

Principles in motorcycle engine design make sense for aviation.

Kawasaki hydrogen engine and motorcycle on display

Russia’s MC-21 Airliner Fitted With New Wing As Irkut Prepares to Start Flight Testing

Russia’s MC-21 Airliner Fitted With New Wing As Irkut Prepares to Start Flight Testing

How Battery and Electric Motor Tech Is Transforming Aviation

How Battery and Electric Motor Tech Is Transforming Aviation

More Articles

Collins Advances Electric Thrust Reverser Technology

UK engineering center of excellence is focused on ElecTRAS improvements

Collins Aerospace engineering center of excellence

AIN Appoints New Editor for Leeham News and Analysis

Appointment marks next chapter for respected commercial aviation news source

Howard Hardee

Bombardier, Rolls-Royce Expand Engine Health Monitoring

Fully digital system makes business aviation debut with Pearl 15

Two engineers sitting at screen in front of Bombardier biz-jet

Acodyne Lands Funding for Electric Cargo Drone Family

Danish start-up aims to start flight testing before end of 2026

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Acodyne electric cargo drones

How Hydrogen Can Generate Electricity To Power Aircraft

A simple explanation of how hydrogen fuel cells work for aircraft.

Hydrogen fuel cell demonstrator at Aero Friedrichshafen 2026

More Operators Sign for Vaeridion’s Electric Microliner

General Atomics plans to use Vaeridion’s batteries for its drones

Vaeridion at ILA 2026

TPE331 Engine Will Power Swarm Aero’s Large Military Drone

Swarm says it is now building production-ready uncrewed air system

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Swarm Aero Honeywell TPE331 engine

Helios Horizon Flies Solid-State Battery Demonstrator

Nonprofit group targets stratospheric electric flight this year

Helios Horizon founder and chief test pilot Miguel Iturmendi stands with his modified Pipistrel Taurus

Electra Unveils Turbo-electric Airliner Concept

‘Double-bubble’ fuselage promises efficiency gains

Electra’s NASA AACES 2050 airliner concept

GE Completes Hybrid-electric Powertrain Ground Tests

Engine maker says it is now preparing to start flight testing

GE Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration

Whisper’s JetFoil Promises Near-VTOL at Half the Thrust

Electric ducted fans provide vertical lift without tilting

Whisper Aero JetFoil

Engine Foam Wash Prevents Damage and Reduces Fuel Burn

Turbofan wash cycle takes between four and eight hours

GE Aerospace foam wash

Vertical Starts Tests with Hybrid-electric Powertrain

Hybrid version of Valo VTOL aircraft will have longer range and more payload

Vertical Aerospace Hybrid Propulsion Evaluation Rig

H2Fly Chases Hydrogen Propulsion Power Density Boost

Fuel cell systems need at least 2 kW/kg power-to-weight ratio to be competitive

Sustainability and Environment

H2Fly's HY4 test flight

Modified R44 Flies Hydrogen-electric Helicopter Circuit

Unither Bioélectronique expands envelope of experimental aircraft

Sustainability and Environment

R44 Helicopter hovering

P&WC Opens Morocco Engine Parts Manufacturing Facility

RTX business expects to create 200 new jobs by 2030

Pratt & Whitney Canada's Morocco facility

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