Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Blended wing" aircraft could be the future of commercial aviation. Airbus and the startups JetZero and Natilus are leading ...

When electric aircraft developer Joby Aviation in August unveiled its concept for a hybrid-powered, optionally piloted variant of its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) S4 air taxi, it ...

The lady in the question line at SXSW aggressively questioned the aerospace panel, “Why don’t we just put more pressure on the airlines to cut emissions?” Tough question to answer as operational ...

Southern California start-up Natilus has emerged with a blended wing-body (BWB) aircraft design it believes will upend decades of tube-and-wing dominance in the commercial jet market. “When we started ...

Tom O’Leary concedes that most suppliers were sceptical when his start-up, JetZero, approached them a couple of years ago with a business plan to challenge Airbus and Boeing with a bold new commercial ...

Global market forecasts predict a demand for over 43,000 new commercial aircraft in the next two decades, with Boeing and Airbus projected to fall short by more than 17,000 planes. Blended-wing body ...

Hybrid-electric aircraft combine the best of electrical and conventional propulsion systems, enabling today's battery technologies to do most of the "heavy lifting" in smaller commercial aircraft.

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As with many things in technological development, identifying the most revolutionary designs depends in part on what aspects one wants to stress. And when it comes to commercial aircraft engines, it ...