Combined with magniX’s Samson batteries, HeliStorm engines enable the company to offer a complete electric solution for rotorcraft. The first engine in the range provides peak power of 330kW at a ...

An aviation company called Joby showed off a prototype of its electric helicopter in Grand Central on Thursday, announcing what it says is a plan to fly New Yorkers from Manhattan to JFK in under ...

Electric transportation is about more than cars. Trucks and buses are also moving toward electric propulsion. Planes, with their long ranges and high power demands seem to be harder. Where electric ...

The U.S. Army wants its next-generation helicopters to be not just highly-performant but also better for the environment, powered by hybrid-electric propulsion systems. General Electric Aviation (GE) ...

An AC311 helicopter will serve as a platform for research into electric helicopters. [Photo/Xinhua] Chinese designers have begun preliminary research into developing an electric helicopter and are ...

Is the new SureFly a giant drone, an eVTOL or the future of helicopters? Any way you look at it, SureFly is the latest dream that aviation visionaries are working feverishly to make real. From the ...

A Robinson 44 helicopter powered by electric motors successfully flew for the first time earlier this week in California. Tier 1 Engineering flew the helicopter powered by a magniX electric propulsion ...

The Hirobo stand at the International Robotics Exhibition in Tokyo this week was full of surprises. The first was the appearance of the HX-1 unmanned electric helicopter, due to go into production ...

LONDON, July 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — FARNBOROUGH AIR SHOW — Sikorsky Innovations, the technology development organization of Sikorsky Aircraft, announced ...

On the back of all the noise of the silent electric cars, there is a quiet revolution taking place in a noisy part of the skies. Electric helicopters! When one thinks of a helicopter, one imagines a ...