Distributed electric fan propulsion is the focus of a $475,000 Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) study awarded to Boeing. The Advanced Distributed Electric Propulsion Technology (ADEPT) study ...

Was the decision by Airbus and Rolls-Royce to end the E-Fan X research program without flying the hybrid-electric demonstrator a sign that electric propulsion has hit a dead end? Or was it a tap on ...

DeLorean is a name associated with a certain brushed stainless steel supercar, but now it's being added to aircraft. DeLorean Aerospace is developing a two-person VTOL aircraft called the DR-7 that ...

Airbus is preparing its E-Fan electric aircraft demonstrator for a groundbreaking flight across the English Channel next months. The E-Fan demonstrator is proving technologies that Airbus hopes will ...

Rolls Royce and EADS have announced a joint project to develop a commercial aircraft which works on a similar principle to today's hybrid cars. The E-Thrust electric aeroplane will rely heavily on ...