The research team is hopeful that this innovation could eventually replace business jets for short trips between cities.

Inside a brand-new prototyping lab, students are working with NASA to convert airplanes into electric aircraft. The idea is to create a new kind of "air taxi," quiet, battery-powered, and designed to ...

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.

A Pennsylvania-based team's electric-powered plane flew a 200-mile course to win a $1.35 million prize from NASA. Team Pipistrel-USA.com won the CAFE Green Flight Challenge and the largest award ever ...

NASA isn't just considering a futuristic plane on Mars. It's developing the future of your commercial planes, too. The space agency's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project — intended to slash the ...

Propulsion provider MagniX is preparing its magni650 electric engine for a second phase of high-altitude tests at the NASA Electric Aircraft Testbed (NEAT) in Sandusky, Ohio, after a successful ...

The race for quiet supersonic flight takes a leap forward with NASA's X-59. But what challenges remain before it becomes a ...

magniX, the company powering the electric aviation revolution, today announced that it has successfully completed the first phase of testing at the NASA Electric Aircraft Testbed (NEAT) facility in ...

This video provides an overview of how Pre-Switch's soft-switching technology works, and how it can reduce several types of losses commonly found in today's EVs. Can artificial intelligence (AI) ...

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 ...

The American space agency plans to have a supersonic aircraft called X-59 in the air sometime this year, with a major goal in mind. It's a momentous occasion for aviation, as the research aircraft may ...