Electra Reveals Design for EL9 Ultra Short Hybrid-Electric Aircraft
21 hours ago · Electra.aero, Inc. (Electra) today revealed the design of its groundbreaking EL9 Ultra Short hybrid-electric product aircraft, a nine-passenger piloted aircraft built for the electric future that redefines air travel without airports, emissions, or noise. Electra now enters the development phase of the EL9 backed by over a year of successful flight testing of its EL2 Goldfinch two-seat ...
NASA Selects Electra as Awardee in AACES 2050 Program - Yahoo …
2 days ago · MANASSAS, Va., Nov. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has awarded Electra.aero, Inc. (" Electra ") a contract to develop key technologies and aircraft concepts for next generation commercial airliners ...
Electra Reveals Design for EL9 Ultra Short Hybrid-Electric Aircraft
21 hours ago · Electra's EL9 Redefines Air Travel Without Airports, Emissions, or Noise. MANASSAS, Va., Nov. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Electra.aero, Inc. (Electra) today revealed the design of its groundbreaking ...
Electra.Aero Shows Off EL9 9-Seat ESTOL Design
20 hours ago · MANASSAS, Virginia—Electra.aero has unveiled the design of its EL9 ultra-short electric hybrid aircraft, taking another significant step on its journey from a startup with a concept to an ...
NASA Selects Electra as Awardee in AACES 2050 Program
The award to Electra comes under NASA’s Advanced Aircraft Concepts for Environmental Sustainability (AACES) 2050 initiative, which is part of NASA’s ambitious research program to cement U.S. leadership in decarbonizing aviation. John Langford founded Electra in 2020 with a specific mission to lead in the development of sustainable aviation ...
Electra partners with NASA to explore scaling low-emissions …
1 day ago · Allen, a former Boeing executive, succeeded founder John Langford as CEO of Electra in August. At the time, he told FlightGlobal that the start-up’s proposed hybrid-electric, short take-off ...
NASA Selects Electra as Awardee in AACES 2050 Program - PR …
2 days ago · MANASSAS, Va., Nov. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has awarded Electra.aero, Inc. (" Electra ") a contract to develop key technologies and aircraft concepts for next generation commercial airliners ...
Electra.aero | Electra’s Hybrid-Electric Test Aircraft Achieves First ...
May 29, 2024 · Electra today announced that it has successfully achieved the first high-performance ultra-short flight operations of its piloted blown-lift hybrid-electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) demonstrator aircraft (EL-2 Goldfinch).
Electra Completes World's First Hybrid-Electric eSTOL Aircraft Flight
Electra.aero, Inc. (Electra) announced today that it has successfully completed the first flights of its EL-2 Goldfinch, a hybrid-electric, ultra-short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft.
NASA Funds New Studies Looking at Future of Sustainable Aircraft
2 days ago · NASA issued five awards, worth a total of $11.5 million, to four companies and one university. These new NASA-funded studies will help the agency identify and select promising aircraft concepts and technologies for further investigations. Artist’s concept of a future airliner based on the NASA Advanced Aircraft Concepts for Environmental ...