This remarkable hybrid-electric aircraft has raked in more than US$8 billion on the back of its remarkable promise: quiet, long-range, low-emission flights using almost no runway for takeoff and ...

There are no speed limits at airports because pilots decide how fast the plane can run down the runway based on airline ...

Israeli startup Eviation introduced its all electric aircraft in 2019 and has been edging toward its first ... breezing through some high-speed testing on the runway. SUBSCRIBE. LOG IN. HOME. SCIENCE.

DARPA is working with U.S. Special Operations Command on the new Speed and Runway Independent Technologies, or SPRINT, program, which will aim to build an air platform that shows a “combination ...

“Runway-independent operations like the MC-130 and high-speed [vertical take-off and landing] create a cost-imposing strategy on our adversaries by forcing them to defend everywhere, by ...