Chinese battery maker CATL invests in electric aircraft developer Autoflight
By Shanghai Newsroom SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese battery-making giant CATL signed a pact on Saturday to invest several million dollars in Autoflight, the developer of electric aircraft said in a…
China’s CATL unveils condensed matter battery to power civil aircraft
By Zhang Yan, Albee Zhang and Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese battery giant CATL on Wednesday unveiled a condensed matter battery that it said could supply enough energy to…
Artificial intelligence piloted a fighter aircraft for 17 hours
VISTA X-62A, a training aircraft, was flown by an artificial intelligence agent for more than 17 hours recently, representing the first time AI engaged on a tactical aircraft. The aircraft completed the…
Embraer’s electric aircraft maker Eve ‘on track’ to start service in 2026
By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Electric aircraft maker Eve Holding Inc is “on track” to meet its goal of starting commercial operations in 2026, an executive said on…
Jetson One personalised aircraft to your needs
The company presented an aircraft that belongs to the category of electric e-VTOL, it can take off and land vertically, which makes it ideal for travel within urban areas. The…
KLM & ZeroAvia project: sustainable air transport
KLM & ZeroAvia project: Aviation has to change, and the priority is to find a viable, effective and safe alternative to the current fuel to make a gigantic industry responsible…
Britain to trial use of drones in deliveries, emergency services
By Catarina Demony LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s aviation regulator has selected six projects, including one by e-commerce giant Amazon, to test the use of drones in deliveries, inspection of infrastructure…
Archer says Stellantis to help fund some air-taxi production costs
By Abhijith Ganapavaram and Aishwarya Jain (Reuters) – Archer Aviation on Thursday announced an agreement-in-principle with Stellantis under which the automaker would bear up to $370 million of labor-related costs…
ISS station will drop into the Pacific by 2031
The International Space Station (ISS) will finish its work by 2030, and then it will be deorbited and dropped into the Pacific Ocean by the following year. NASA made the…
SpaceX in talks to land and recover Starship rocket off Australia’s coast
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – SpaceX is in talks with U.S. and Australian officials to land and recover one of its Starship rockets off Australia’s coast, a possible first…