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The Flying V – that we wrote about here – is a dramatic design intended to tackle the major issues facing the aerospace industry. The need for high capacity aircraft, with low operational costs, that consume less fuel and reduce emissions. This is especially challenging when you consider that – usually – when you make something bigger, in order to carry more people or cargo,...

On the 2nd July 2019 the EASA (European Union Aviation Safety Agency) announced a framework to enable safe operation of hybrid and electric VTOL aircraft. It’s welcome news for businesses working in this emerging market as current frameworks don’t accommodate the sheer variety of aircraft in development and could lead to arbitrary classifcation. Which could lead to an unfair...

Private space and comms companies are planning to create large constellations of microsatellites to create a global broadband network. So, anyone, anywhere in the world could connect to the internet. Building hundreds – if not thousands – of micro satellites, putting them into orbit and linking them into a network is a huge undertaking. Some doubt the viability of such an en...