Propulsion Systems

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Rotation detonation engines look like they’re capable of Mach 16 plus flight, so they are…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Flying cars seem to be a way off still but eVTOL aircraft are popping up…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Sometimes old technologies modernised are better than the latest bleeding edge innovations, and this is…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Explosions are normally bad in engines, but done in the right way they are the…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF So far noone has cracked the ability to switch an engine from supersonic to hypersonic….

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Bladeless VTOL aircraft make a lot more sense than prop based ones, but getting the…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If you want to decarbonise air travel then you need new, or modified engines, that…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF China is developing technology that goes beyond the bleeding edge and most of their latest…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Airbus is exploring the technologies of the past and future to help it create zero…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Hydrogen fuel is seen as the aviation industries only route to true zero emissions flight,…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If you think planes need fuel to fly then ionic propulsion will make you think…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In the future everything is fast, really really fast …   Love the Exponential Future?…