If hybrid cars can cut CO2 emissions on the road, can hybrid-electric planes do the same in the air? NASA is exploring that possibility, announcing this week two contracts to aviation startup Electra.

Tweed is the first commercial airport to be selected for the partnership with NASA and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, called “Airports as Energy Nodes.” The partnership announcement comes ...

Ohio’s role in America’s space exploration and innovation economy is clear. We are not just participants; we are leaders. And ...

ROCKFORD, Ill., Oct. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- RTX (NYSE: RTX) today announced it has successfully demonstrated the operation of a solid-state circuit breaker to support hybrid-electric propulsion ...

NASA has revealed a powerful new battery that could change the future of flight. Their solid-state sulfur selenium battery is designed to replace gas-powered engines with electric ones. This leap in ...

In this What's New in Aerospace program, NASA’s Nicholas Borer talks about the X-57 “Maxwell,” an all-electric experimental aircraft. Today, electrically-powered aircraft are starting to take flight, ...

As we continue to explore electrifying everything everywhere all at once, the current focus is on aviation. As discussed, the end game is batteries and biofuels, often in hybrid-electric aircraft. But ...

Aviation contributes significantly to global CO2 emissions, with growing demand necessitating a shift to cleaner technologies like electric and hydrogen-powered flights. NASA's development of ...

GE Aerospace reported it is working with NASA to test a hybrid electric demonstrator engine with NASA that will embed electric motor/generators in a high-bypass commercial turbofan, to supplement ...

No matter the advancements made in the technology that powers them, aircraft generally tend to maintain the same overall shape as their predecessors. So does an electric flying machine called Alice, ...