Vertical Aerospace’s Tim Williams on the new VA-1X air taxi

Last week, British company Vertical Aerospace unveiled a new electric VTOL air taxi design, moving out of the realms of simple multicopters and into the efficient, complex, longer-range world of tilt-rotor aircraft.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, T… Continue reading Vertical Aerospace’s Tim Williams on the new VA-1X air taxi

The “perfect storm” behind Aerion’s supersonic business jet

Between Virgin Galactic, Boom, Spike and Aerion, a new crop of contenders are springing up to pick up where the Concorde left off, putting supersonic civilian flight back on the menu after nearly 20 years without it.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, … Continue reading The “perfect storm” behind Aerion’s supersonic business jet

ZeroAvia’s Val Miftakhov makes a compelling case for hydrogen aviation

Everybody but the oil companies wants electric aviation to take off as quickly as possible, if you’ll pardon the pun. The aviation industry is a huge polluter, and electric aircraft will not only be cleaner, but significantly cheaper in terms of energy… Continue reading ZeroAvia’s Val Miftakhov makes a compelling case for hydrogen aviation

Interview: Sony photo judge Robin Moon shares her own favorite shots

Robin Moon has a bunch of awards under her arm as a nature and wildlife photographer, and returned this year as a Nature category judge for the Sony Alpha Awards 2020. We thought it’d be interesting to ask her about her own favorite shots.Continue Read… Continue reading Interview: Sony photo judge Robin Moon shares her own favorite shots

Interview with Jona Christians, co-founder and CEO of Sono Motors

We’ve been following the progress of German startup Sono Motors since the first renders of its solar cell-packing Sion electric family car appeared in 2016. With a new prototype coming later this year, we emailed CEO Jona Christians for a catch up.Cont… Continue reading Interview with Jona Christians, co-founder and CEO of Sono Motors

Williams Advanced Engineering teases low-cost lightweight composites

What was once the offshoot of a Formula One team is now forging quite a separate path for itself. Williams Advanced Engineering is channeling its Formula E experience to focus quite heavily on two pillars: lightweighting and electrification, in the aut… Continue reading Williams Advanced Engineering teases low-cost lightweight composites

RSAC 2020 Video Interviews, Part 2

RSA Conference 2020 has come and gone, but the goodness keeps flowing in the form of video interviews the MediaOps team conducted over the course of three days. In case you missed RSAC 2020, either in-person or during our livestream on Digital Anarchi… Continue reading RSAC 2020 Video Interviews, Part 2