TOULOUSE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The result of an innovative partnership involving the European Association for the Development of Gliding (AEDEVV), Dassault Aviation and the engineering schools of ...

An electric-powered sailplane designed to ease challenges of training glider pilots has completed its experimental test phase and is being prepared for industrialization under a European-funded ...

French President Emmanuel Macron opened the Paris Air Show earlier this week, signaling the aerospace industry’s importance to that country. The bi-annual event, which swaps places every year with the ...

CLIMATEWIRE | U.S. aviation company Textron Inc. announced last week that it will “accelerate” its development of an electric fleet, starting with the purchase of a Slovenian electric aircraft company ...

It’s not easy being green — particularly if you’re learning to fly. Air travel has been slow to adopt clean energy, but while the next generation of aviators waits for commercial airlines to move away ...

The man behind the only electric plane cleared to fly quickly discovered the challenges of converting world-leading technology into profits in a hotly contested, futuristic segment of aviation. Ivo ...

Hybrid-electric propulsion developer Ampaire has acquired glider-inspired start-up Magpie Aviation, which has worked to enable long-range electric flights with towing systems. Ampaire described the ...

Whisper’s Swift Glider is a modified version of an ultralight foot-launched glider from Belgium’s Aeriane. Credit: Whisper Aero Whisper Aero has unveiled a prototype glider powered by its largest ...