Trend: Electrification & Sustainability

How Horizon Aircraft Plans to Join the eVTOL Market with a Mostly Traditional Aircraft

Horizon Aircraft thinks they’ve found the solution for electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOLs): make them fly like traditional aircraft. Where many companies are working on creating completely new […]

New Research Could Improve Recycling and Remanufacturing of Commercial Airplane Carbon Fiber

Researchers at the University of Sydney have developed an improved process for recycling carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites that are featured in modern commercial airframes. A new study published […]

How is NASA Preparing for Upcoming eVTOL Flight Tests?

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will be testing with Joby Aviation in the coming months as a part of its Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign (NC). In preparation […]

Volansi and Roper Pledge to Use Roper’s Ideas on Commercial/Military Integration, Not His Access

While the U.S. Air Force awarded Concord, Calif.-based drone maker, Volansi a contract last December to participate in the service’s prototype effort for the Skyborg low-cost attritable demonstrator–a project worth up to […]

UK Government Funds Development of Pop Up eVTOL Airport in Coventry

The UK government is funding an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) airport to be used by drones and air taxis. The Urban Air Port Air-One ‘pop up’ airport will […]

Five Universities Researching, Developing Innovative New Aerospace Technology

Over the last year, despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on every segment of the aviation industry, many companies and government agencies have continued to invest in funding large-scale […]

What Role Could Orbs Play in Future Military Operations?

If the military were to conduct a mission in response to a hurricane on an island nation, it has to consider the logistics of what equipment it can bring with […]

Three Electric Aircraft Developers Make Program Milestones to End 2020

While Uber Elevate’s acquisition by Joby Aviation and Joby’s subsequent military airworthiness approval dominated aviation industry and mainstream technology headlines last week, three other companies developing electric and hybrid-electric aircraft–Ampaire, […]

Future of Aerospace Startups Q&A with Starburst Aerospace CEO

The aerospace industry is not short on innovation, however, turning a small startup into a breakthrough company in an industry this large and diverse is challenging. Francois Chopard, CEO of […]

Pegasus Aerospace is Developing a New Business Jet with Vertical Takeoff Capability in South Africa

Pegasus Universal Aerospace is advancing development of its next-generation vertical takeoff and landing business jet at its Johannesburg-based South Africa facility, where the company’s founders hope to disrupt the global […]