DBT Aero has signed an agreement to evaluate integrating MagLev Aero’s HyperDrive rim-driven electric ducted-fan propulsion system with the company’s laminar-flow airframe. Utah-based DBT Aero is ...

Lilium has begun installing a serial production line for its proprietary electric propulsion units in Germany, aiming for prototype systems by Q2 2024, with type certification targeted for 2025 and a ...

The video looks at Italy's Stipa Caproni, a barrel-shaped aircraft built around an early ducted fan concept. Its hollow tube ...

MagLev Aero's rim-driven ducted-fan system promises increased thrust, efficiency, and reduced noise for drones and air vehicles. DARPA's funding supports full-scale testing and commercialization ...

Whisper Aero has successfully begun piloted flight testing of its electric propulsion system, utilizing two eQ250 ducted-fan propulsors, on a modified Aériane Swift 3 glider in Tennessee. Initial ...

A new study reveals how noise is generated and propagated from these engines, technically known as boundary layer ingesting (BLI) ducted fans. The mystery of how futuristic aircraft embedded engines, ...

Urban air mobility has been widely promoted as the next major transformation in transportation. From autonomous delivery aircraft to passenger air taxis designed to bypass ground congestion, the ...

Whisper Aero, a Tennessee start-up, spent the last two years developing a propulsion system that it says is quieter and more efficient than any other. Now it has finally revealed part of its secret: ...

Most of the work so far on the electrification of aviation has involved propeller-driven aircraft and the development of electric propulsion units that can replace turboprop engines. Now GKN Aerospace ...

Any student new to the principles of fluid dynamics will be familiar with Bernoulli’s principle and the Venturi effect, where the speed of a liquid or gas increases when the size of the conduit it ...

Newswise — The mystery of how futuristic aircraft embedded engines, featuring an energy-conserving arrangement, make noise has been solved by researchers at the University of Bristol. The study, ...