Tag: propulsion
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Raytheon invests in H55 to advance electric propulsion technologies for airplanes
RTX Ventures, the venture capital arm of Raytheon Technologies, has made a minority investment in electric propulsion system company H55 to drive the development of electric aviation solutions. The investment in H55 aligns with Raytheon Technologies’ longstanding leadership in the development of innovative and sustainable propulsion technologies. H55, a Swiss company, is a leading enabler…
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Hyundai partners with Rolls-Royce to develop electric and hydrogen engine for new types of aircraft
Rolls-Royce and Hyundai Motor Group are to collaborate on bringing all-electric propulsion and hydrogen fuel cell technology to the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) market, which includes electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The partnership will leverage Rolls-Royce’s aviation and certification capabilities and Hyundai Motor Group’s hydrogen fuel cell technologies and industrialisation capability. Both companies…
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Rolls-Royce and Sea Machines partner to develop smart ship and autonomous ship control solutions
Rolls-Royce and Sea Machines Robotics have agreed a collaboration that they say will deliver “comprehensive remote command, autonomous control and intelligent crew support systems to the marine market” and complement Rolls-Royce’s mtu NautIQ marine automation portfolio. The companies say the plan is to provide customers with “complete automation solutions from a single trusted source”. As…
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Big investor dumps all its Rolls-Royce stock
ValueAct, a San Francisco-based investment company with more than $16 billion of assets under management, has sold all its shares it Rolls-Royce, according to a report on the Financial Times website. ValueAct is said by Reuters to have at one stage held almost 10 percent of Rolls-Royce entire stock, which currently capitalizes at approximately $6.3…
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Virginia Tech partners with Dive Technologies to launch autonomous underwater vehicle
Virginia Tech researchers at the Center for Marine Autonomy and Robotics have partnered with Boston-based Dive Technologies to support the development and testing of what they describe as a novel autonomous underwater vehicle with innovative vehicle design and state-of-the-art control, software, and autonomy systems. This multiyear collaboration provides an opportunity to apply research discoveries and…
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Seine Alliance takes ‘first’ fully-electric passenger boat to Paris
Seine Alliance, a partnersip between Groupe Renault and Green Vision, has launched what it is the “first 100 per cent electric passenger boat with second life batteries” to Paris, France. The “Black Swan”, as the boat is called, is specifically designed for private or business cruises on the Seine, the main river is Paris. The…
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ZF develops fully electric propulsion system for sailing yachts
ZF has developed what it describes as a “fully electric” propulsion system for sailing yachts. ZF says the development shows it is continuing to expand its portfolio of environment-friendly marine propulsion solutions. The new fully electric propulsion system can be combined with ZF’s Steerable Pod Propulsion system and is “steering skippers into a cleaner, more…
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NASA takes delivery of first all-electric experimental aircraft
The first all-electric configuration of NASA’s X-57 Maxwell now is at the space agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The X-57, NASA’s first all-electric experimental aircraft, or X-plane – and the first crewed X-plane in two decades – was delivered by Empirical Systems Aerospace (ESAero) of San Luis Obispo, California on Wednesday, October…
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Siemens sells electric aircraft-propulsion business to Rolls-Royce
Siemens and Rolls-Royce have signed an agreement for the sale of Siemens’ eAircraft unit. Through its Vision 2020+ company strategy, Siemens intends to sharpen its portfolio’s focus. Siemens said the company’s business with electric and hybrid-electric systems for aircraft will have substantially better growth perspectives with new owners closely connected to the aerospace industry. Closing…
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Airbus and Siemens collaborate on hybrid-electric propulsion
Representatives of Airbus and Siemens attended the recent Bauhaus Luftfahrt Symposium “Ambition 2050”, bringing together science, industry, and politicians to tackle how to meet the EU Flightpath 2050 goals, aviation’s challenging environmental targets. Topics explored included operations, alternative fuels, as well as energy technologies and power systems, which are at the heart of the work…