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Aviation

Having been born at about the same time as automobiles, machines that can take to the sky through whatever means have quickly grown into pillars of the society we now know. From drones to supersonic passenger jets and VTOLs, you can experience this magnificent world here, in autoevolution's Aviation section.
Lufthansa to Revolutionize Aviation With World’s First e-Kerosene Production Plant
Lufthansa to Revolutionize Aviation With World’s First e-Kerosene Production Plant

5 Oct 2021, 06:52 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The first plant that can produce electricity-based kerosene on an industrial scale, just opened in Germany, supported by Lufthansa Group

 
Vanilla Unmanned Aircraft Breaks Another World Record, Proves Astounding Endurance
Vanilla Unmanned Aircraft Breaks Another World Record, Proves Astounding Endurance

4 Oct 2021, 07:53 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Vanilla Unmanned, the most popular unmanned aerial system from Platform Aerospace, has smashed another world record when it comes to endurance

 
Solar-Powered Unmanned Aircraft Closer to Revolutionizing Telecommunication
Solar-Powered Unmanned Aircraft Closer to Revolutionizing Telecommunication

4 Oct 2021, 05:03 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Sunglider is the first solar-powered, autonomous aircraft equipped with a mobile base station that can deliver connectivity from the stratosphere.

 
First-Ever Turboprop Engine Made With 3D Parts Completes First Flight
First-Ever Turboprop Engine Made With 3D Parts Completes First Flight

1 Oct 2021, 09:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / GE Aviation flies for the first time the Catalyst turboprop engine, Europe's first new design in 50 years and the first such engine made with 3D parts

 
NASA Gives Millions to Research Electric Propulsion for Commercial Aircraft
NASA Gives Millions to Research Electric Propulsion for Commercial Aircraft

1 Oct 2021, 08:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA hands out millions of dollars to GE Aviation and MagniX USA for the development of Electrified Aircraft Propulsion (EAP) technologies

 
Autonomous High-Speed Test Vehicle Gearing up to Revolutionize Hypersonic Flight
Autonomous High-Speed Test Vehicle Gearing up to Revolutionize Hypersonic Flight

1 Oct 2021, 05:47 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Stratolaunch is getting ready to launch its revolutionary hypersonic vehicle, Talon-A, from the world's largest plane, a multi-vehicle aircraft carrier.

 
Russia to Launch a Superjet With 97% Locally-Made Components, Including the Engine
Russia to Launch a Superjet With 97% Locally-Made Components, Including the Engine

30 Sep 2021, 09:58 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Russia is currently developing the PD-8 advanced engine for its future superjet that will have almost all of its components made in Russia

 
NASA and FAA to Roll Out a Fuel-Saving, Flight-Optimizing Program Across U.S. Airports
NASA and FAA to Roll Out a Fuel-Saving, Flight-Optimizing Program Across U.S. Airports

30 Sep 2021, 07:33 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / NASA and FAA have developed an innovative technology that saves fuel, cuts CO2 emissions and reduces flight delays, which will be implemented in airports

 
Groundbreaking Self-Sufficient Refinery Can Produce the Only 100 Percent Clean Fuel
Groundbreaking Self-Sufficient Refinery Can Produce the Only 100 Percent Clean Fuel

24 Sep 2021, 10:28 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Two innovative technologies are joined in order to produce the only SAF that's 100% carbon neutral, by using byproducts for hydrogen, and capturing the CO2

 
Bell's Nexus Air Taxi and the World's First Jet Pack, on Display at the Smithsonian
Bell's Nexus Air Taxi and the World's First Jet Pack, on Display at the Smithsonian

23 Sep 2021, 14:52 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Bell's Nexus Air Taxi, which claims it can turn a 45-minute drive into a 10-minute flight can be admired in the FUTURES exhibition at the Smithsonian

 
Geely Brings Air Taxis to China, Will Manufacture and Operate Volocopter eVTOLs
Geely Brings Air Taxis to China, Will Manufacture and Operate Volocopter eVTOLs

23 Sep 2021, 10:31 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Volocopter Chengdu is the new joint venture that will produce and operate the first air taxis in China - will it become the first country to operate air taxis?

 
NASA’s Supersonic Aircraft Is in Pieces on a Floor, Massive Nose Leaves the Party
NASA’s Supersonic Aircraft Is in Pieces on a Floor, Massive Nose Leaves the Party

23 Sep 2021, 09:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA shows another glimpse of the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology airplane as it's losing its very long and complicated nose

 
World’s First Medical Drone Network to Connect 40 Droneports Across an Entire City
World’s First Medical Drone Network to Connect 40 Droneports Across an Entire City

23 Sep 2021, 07:36 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / We are one step closer to the "City of the future", where drones will be making most deliveries, especially in the medical field

 
Airbus U.S. Factory Is the First to Deliver Green Jet Fuel-Powered Aircraft This Year
Airbus U.S. Factory Is the First to Deliver Green Jet Fuel-Powered Aircraft This Year

23 Sep 2021, 06:09 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Airbus takes a historic step for sustainable aviation: its manufacturing facility in Alabama will start delivering SAF-powered aircraft in just a few months.

 
Airbus to Develop Jet Wings That Can Adjust Their Shape Automatically in Flight
Airbus to Develop Jet Wings That Can Adjust Their Shape Automatically in Flight

23 Sep 2021, 00:15 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Airbus has launched a program that aims to improve wing performance for future aircraft. This program will also significantly reduce CO2 emissions

 
Take a Trip to Georgia Next Month, Watch the A-10 Thunderbolt in Action
Take a Trip to Georgia Next Month, Watch the A-10 Thunderbolt in Action

22 Sep 2021, 14:29 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / At the end of October, four members of the A-10 Thunderbolt Demo Team will show their skills and aircraft at the Wings Over Georgia Air Show

 
Sikorsky's Popular S-92 Helicopter Aces Its First Flight Using Biofuel
Sikorsky's Popular S-92 Helicopter Aces Its First Flight Using Biofuel

22 Sep 2021, 13:36 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Sikorsky's most popular helicopter, the S-92, adds another capability to its extensive list of benefits, proving that it can fly using biofuel

 
British eVTOL Claims to Have the World's Lightest Electric Powertrain, Flies at 200 MPH
British eVTOL Claims to Have the World's Lightest Electric Powertrain, Flies at 200 MPH

22 Sep 2021, 08:57 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / This air taxi wants to become the most efficient eVTOL in the world, boasting F-35 avionics and an innovative powertrain co-developed by Rolls-Royce

 
French Airport to Become the First Hydrogen Ecosystem for Future Hybrid Aircraft
French Airport to Become the First Hydrogen Ecosystem for Future Hybrid Aircraft

22 Sep 2021, 07:53 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / An innovative project is turning an airport in France into a pioneering hub that will produce, store and distribute liquid hydrogen locally

 
India’s First Hybrid eVTOL Really Is a Luxurious Flying Car, Boasts Impressive Range
India’s First Hybrid eVTOL Really Is a Luxurious Flying Car, Boasts Impressive Range

22 Sep 2021, 05:06 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / An Indian startup is developing a luxurious hybrid flying car that could become Asia's first eVTOL of this kind, a serious competition for similar concepts.