Composites Assist a Worldwide Journey
In 1999, pilot Bertrand Piccard had a radical idea – build a plane capable of flying night and day without using any fuel, propelled solely by solar energy. Four years later, after Piccard conducted a...
Airbus Subsidiary Working on Autonomous, Electric Flying Taxi
A3, an Airbus subsidiary, has revealed plans to fly a prototype of a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) electric and autonomous aircraft called “Vahana” by 2017. The company hopes to introduce a formal...
NASA Tests Silent Falcon: A Solar, Electric Carbon Fiber Drone
NASA has successfully tested a solar-powered electric drone known as the Silent Falcon. The drone is designed for numerous commercial, public safety, military and security applications, including NASA’s...
Boeing 777X GE9X Engine Completes Initial Ground Testing
GE Aviation announced it has completed the initial ground testing of the first full GE9X development engine, the world's largest commercial aircraft engine that will power Boeing's 777X. In total, the engine...
World’s First Four-Seater Hydrogen Fuel Cell Plane Has First Flight
The HY4 – the world’s first four-seater hydrogen fuel cell plane took off for the first time at the Stuttgart airport in Germany. The plane, which impressed visitors at Hannover Messe earlier this year,...
SpaceX Plans to Travel to Mars with Carbon Fiber Spaceship
At the 67th annual International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveiled the company’s plan to build a spaceship to travel Mars and perhaps even colonize the planet at...
