General Electric (GE Aerospace) has reached an important technical milestone with the hybrid-electric power system that is part of its zero emissions roadmap. It successfully ran tests at NASA’s Electric Aircraft Testbed (NEAT) in Sandusky (Ohio) with a 1 MW,…
Pratt & Whitney has been selected by NASA to participate in the Sustainable Flight National Partnership (FSNP) program. The OEM will develop advanced high-pressure turbine technologies for use in the next generation of single-aisle commercial aircraft. P&W joins NASA’s efficient engine…
NASA has awarded two contracts to GE Aviation and MagniX to develop electric propulsion systems for use on future commercial aircraft programs. The agency said on September 30 that the two have been selected to join the Electric Powertrain Flight Demonstration…
On its roadmap to the next generation of US single-aisle commercial airliners that should become available by the early 2030s, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) wants to have a full-scale technology demonstrator ready for the first flight in…
Aerospace tiered supply chain no longer works for the new Urban Air Mobility (UAM) technologies, such as electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL), because it is too rigid and the new entrant electric vehicle manufacturers are not including traditional aerospace…
Airbus revealed a prototype scale model of a blended wing aircraft that could eventually become an airliner concept in the future. The concept called Maveric (Model Aircraft for Validation and Experimentation of Robust Innovative Controls) was announced on the first…