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Dovetail selects Siemens Xcelerator to design zero emission retrofits for commercial aircraft

Dovetail Electric Aviation (Dovetail) has selected the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of software to design zero emission, battery and hydrogen-electric propulsion systems for commercial aircraft. The propulsion systems will be retrofitted into legacy airplanes used by […]

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Canada’s “first electric aircraft commercial flight” takes off in British Columbia – CAAM

The first-ever commercial flight of an electric aircraft, marking a significant step forward for the future of aviation training in Canada, has taken place in British Columbia, reports the Canadian Advanced Air Mobility (CAAM) association. […]

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Aero-Dienst and VÆRIDION to develop eCTOL ambulance operational concepts

VÆRIDION, a Munich based manufacturer of battery-electric aircraft, and Aero-Dienst, the Nuremberg-based full-service provider for business aviation and air ambulance services, have announced they will join forces to develop the “first-in-class electric conventional take-off and […]

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Textron eAviation’s Nexus eVTOL demonstrator achieves fuselage assembly milestone

Textron eAviation, a Textron Inc. company, today announced that it has successfully connected the two halves of the fuselage of its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL), Nexus, full-scale technology demonstrator. This significant milestone involves […]

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Electra’s hybrid-electric test aircraft achieves first ultra-short eSTOL takeoff and landing in piloted test flights

Electra has announced that it has successfully achieved the first high-performance ultra-short flight operations of its piloted blown-lift hybrid-electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) demonstrator aircraft (EL-2 Goldfinch). “Today’s milestone is an incredible achievement as […]