Tag: prototype

Horizon Aircraft Successfully Completes Hover Testing of VTOL Aircraft Prototype

Horizon Aircraft, an innovative leader in hybrid electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) aerial vehicles, announced today that it has successfully completed initial hover testing of its “Cavorite X5” scale prototype. Brandon Robinson, CEO of Horizon Aircraft said, “this aircraft has e...

Satcom Direct installs prototype SD Plane Simple Ka-band terminal

Satcom Direct, the business aviation solutions provider, has completed installation of the first Plane Simple® Ka-band antenna on a business jet.   Equipped on the company’s SD Gulfstream G550, the prototype terminal, consisting of only two line-replaceable units (LRUs) - the tail-mount antenna...

AIR Unveils Full-Scale eVTOL Prototype

AIR, creator of eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) aircrafts for the consumer market, unveiled the full-scale prototype of its inaugural vehicle, AIR ONE, at the Kentucky Derby. AIR hosted celebrities and VIPs at the AIR ONE kickoff event in the exclusive Green Room reception area on-...

Airbus partners with Spirit AeroSystems to develop the wings of CityAirbus NextGen

Airbus has signed an agreement with Spirit AeroSystems through its subsidiary for the development of CityAirbus NextGen’s wings. This partnership will support Airbus’ exploration of disruptive aircraft design while complying with the most stringent regulations. Spirit AeroSystems will be r...

AirCar’s flying car completes first ever inter-city flight

AirCar, a dual-mode car-aircraft vehicle moved closer to production this week, fulfilling a key development milestone in a 35-minute flight from the international airport in Nitra to the international airport in Bratislava on June 28th, 2021. Klein Vision's patent protected AirCar completed i...

PAL-V World’s First Flying Car Hits The Road

Who hasn't dreamed about a flying car? Taking your car for a ride in the sky?  This dream is one step closer now. After flying and driving the test prototype in 2012, PAL-V started the design of the Liberty, its commercial product. Recently the Liberty passed the stringent European road admission ...

Airbus prototype prioritises fuel efficiency, says GlobalData

Following Airbus’s reveal of a scale model demonstrator of its blended wing body aircraft design; Harry Boneham, Associate Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view: “The novel blended wing body design has the potential to reduce fuel consumption by up...

Textron Aviation marks first successful Cessna SkyCourier wing and fuselage joining

Textron Aviation Inc. today announced it has successfully mated the wings to the fuselage of the first Cessna SkyCourier twin utility turboprop prototype aircraft, a key milestone in the development of the clean-sheet aircraft. “As expected, the operation was sound as the wings were secur...

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