A Russian research laboratory has flown an aerodynamic testbed for a planned short-takeoff-and-landing demonstrator aircraft using distributed electric propulsion to provide powered lift.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority has issued an enforcement order to prevent both parties from integrating the offshore helicopter operators.

GE Aviation and Safran want to widen the field of possibilities as they have to meet the needs of two competing airframers—something CFM has consistently managed to do with one family of engines and customized versions.

French shipping company Brittany Ferries has signed and agreement with U.S. startup Regent to study the use of electric-powered wing-in-ground vehicles for English Channel passenger services.

KAI said its next-generation transport aircraft could be developed by 2031 with maritime patrol and civilian airliner derivatives following later in the decade.

Targeting FAA certification by late 2024 or early 2025, the Denver, Colorado-based company’s ambitious test and development plan calls for assembly and first flight of the initial TriFan 600 test aircraft within the next 20 months.

Heating the battery could enable fast charging for high utilization of electric air taxis while also enabling the rapid discharge rates required to provide the power for vertical takeoff and landing, researchers at Pennsylvania State University have demonstrated.

French startup Ascendance Flight Technologies is progressing toward the public demonstration of its Atea hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff air taxi during the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.