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The basic shape of a passenger jet hasn’t really changed much for decades, but radical new shapes are inching closer to production. JetZero has announced that its beautiful blended-wing demonstrator has been FAA-approved to begin test flights.Continue … Continue reading JetZero’s ultra-efficient blended wing demonstrator cleared for takeoff
The 108-m (356-ft) long Radia Windrunner is designed to transport cargo too big for the road, to short, semi-prepared airstrips on rough terrain. It would dwarf the majestic 84-m (275-ft) long Antonov An-225 Mriya, which is sadly no longer with us.
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Continue reading World’s largest aircraft delivers colossal cargo to makeshift airstrips
California startup JetZero says it’s working with the USAF, NASA and the FAA to get a blended-wing body jet airliner into service by 2030, promising to use an astonishing 50% less fuel, and providing a perfect platform for clean hydrogen airliners.Cont… Continue reading JetZero aims to put ultra-efficient blended-wing jet in service by 2030
When you burn as much fuel as an airline does, a single-digit fuel efficiency tweak adds up to massive savings. Take the drag-reducing Aeroshark film Swiss Airlines has stuck all over its 12 Boeing 777s – it delivers a 1% efficiency gain, and as a resu… Continue reading Boeing to build braced-wing airliner, shooting for 30% efficiency gain
DARPA has awarded Aurora Flight Sciences a phase 2 contract for its CRANE (Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors) program, following wind tunnel testing of a small-scale X-plane that uses compressed air bursts instead of control surfac… Continue reading Active flow control X-Plane uses virtual control surfaces made from air
Described by his PR team as “like Russia’s Elon Musk,” serial entrepreneur Mikhail Korkorich says his new company Destinus is building a hydrogen-powered, zero-emissions, transcontinental cargo drone capable of hypersonic Mach 15 cruise speeds.Continue… Continue reading “Russia’s Elon Musk” is developing hypersonic rocket cargo planes
Reno-based Valkyrie Systems Aerospace has received a research grant from the US Air Force to further develop its remarkable HoverJet Guardian concept, which combines electric VTOL and high-speed jet cruise with amphibious and hovercraft capabilities.Co… Continue reading US Air Force backs Valkyrie’s high-speed, amphibious jet-powered eVTOL
Lufthansa Technik takes inspiration from cutting-edge, ultra-capable marine vessels in preparing a concept aircraft optimized for frontier-breaking world travel. Its Explorer Concept is an airborne explorer superyacht or high-end overland RV, integrati… Continue reading Lufthansa pioneers frontier-smashing explorer yacht for the sky
Bell has revealed its latest design concepts for the next generation of military rotorcraft using its High-Speed Vertical Take-Off and Landing (HSVTOL) technology. The goal is to explore the future capabilities of next generation military vertical lift… Continue reading Bell looks to the future of tiltrotors with advanced HSVTOL concepts
German clean aviation companies H2Fly and Deutsche Aircraft are joining forces to develop a hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered airliner capable of carrying 40 people, with a demonstration aircraft set to take its first flights in 2025.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading H2Fly and Deutsche Aircraft announce hydrogen-powered 40-seat airliner