TCab Tech has steadily furthered its E20 development. During the first quarter of the year, the company completed transition flights with its E20 50%-scale tilt-propeller demonstrator.
Sustainability was a major theme at AERO, the biggest general aviation show in Europe, which returned to the Messe Friedrichshafen exhibition complex in southern Germany on April 27-30, after a two-year pause caused by COVID-19.
Billy Nolen appointed Acting FAA Administrator, and other leadership changes
On Feb. 28, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released their draft engineering brief for vertiports and electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft operations to industry for comment.
Safran Electrical & Power, a division of the French aerospace corporation Safran, announced on April 7 that it has partnered with Aura Aero, the Toulouse-based developer of electric aircraft.
Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) will support a project to develop hydrogen-electric aircraft, Deutsche Aircraft announced in an April 4 press release.
The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) recently announced the first flight of its hybrid-electric Cessna 337 Skymaster.
Textron announced on March 17 that it had finalized an agreement to purchase Pipistrel, the Slovenian developer of electric aircraft.
Electra announced on March 10 that the US Air Force has awarded it a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract for work on advanced flight control systems for Electra’s eSTOL aircraft.
MagniX announced on Feb. 8 that it has partnered with Brazilian firm Desaer on the development of the ATL-100H, a hybrid-electric version of the ATL-100 regional aircraft.
