The optimisation of aircraft Environmental Control Systems (ECS) addresses the challenge of maintaining cabin pressure, temperature and humidity while minimising power consumption and weight penalties ...

Unusually high or low air temperatures in commercial aircraft cabins, occurring before, during, and after boarding, may affect the health and safety of passengers and crew. An ad hoc committee of the ...

The FAA has approved the G-1 issue paper for Electra's EL9 Ultra Short, establishing the formal certification basis under Part 23 for this hybrid-electric, ultra-short takeoff and landing (USTOL) ...

Bracing for explosive growth in the electrification of mobility, UK-based engineering giant Rolls-Royce is developing various all-electric and hybrid-electric drive systems for aircraft. At one of its ...

In a time when electric cars are increasing in number around the world and contributing to a greener future, can electric aircraft do the same? This is what a recent study published in The ...

This blog is a compilation of publicly available information on Safran Group’s (Paris, France) production of carbon fiber-reinforced carbon (carbon/carbon) brake discs for aircraft. The company ...