While it may be a decade or more before electric airliners become mainstream, some pilots who will fly them are already receiving their primary flight training in battery-powered trainers. Electric ...

(Corrects headline to reflect that the milestone was at a New York airport, not that it was the first such aircraft ever) (Reuters) - Beta Technologies became the first U.S. company to land an ...

SALINAS, Calif. — Twelve electric rotors whirring, a van-size aircraft lifted vertically into a bright sky and cruised smoothly over an artichoke field. The 10-minute test flight, controlled from a ...

Vikas Prakash With a $1.3 million grant from NASA, Prakash will develop “high-performance and safe, multifunctional structural battery systems for next generation electric air-vehicles” as part of a ...

Developers of electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles say they will revolutionize urban air mobility. Archer Aviation is pursuing a unique strategy under which it will both manufacture the ...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Sept. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- XTI Aerospace, Inc. (Nasdaq: XTIA), a pioneer in vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for regional and mission-critical aviation, today expressed ...

Imagine boarding your zero-carbon emissions commercial flight of the future. Is it a curvaceous wide-body jet powered by hydrogen fuel cells? A helicopter-like craft with several rotors fuelled by ...

Powered by a combination of batteries and internal combustion, hybrid-electric aircraft can cut CO 2 emissions by 50% or more along with offering dramatically lower operating costs. While the low ...

Stuck in traffic on your way to work? Georgia Tech researchers say the answer to gridlock may one day come from the skies. Inside a brand-new prototyping lab, students are working with NASA to convert ...