Indian electric aircraft startup ePlane to supply air ambulances in over $1 billion dealUnder the non-binding agreement, the company will provide electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to ICATT, an air ambulance...
19 Feb, 2025, 03.37 PM IST
India’s plan for advanced fighters: LCA Mark2 by 2029, AMCA by 2035The LCA Mark 2 fighter jets will begin flying by March 2026, with full-scale production expected by 2029. The Advanced Medium Combat Aircra...
11 Aug, 2024, 07.25 PM IST
Anand Mahindra unveils India's first electric flying taxi prototype, praises IIT Madras' innovationAnand Mahindra, Chairman of the Mahindra Group, unveiled India's first electric flying taxi prototype, highlighting IIT Madras' role in inn...
11 May, 2024, 01.37 PM IST
Indian startup The ePlane to develop electric air taxi prototype by March 2025The ePlane Company, from IIT Madras, aims to develop a flying electric taxi prototype by March, along with drones commercialization and eVT...
28 Apr, 2024, 03.47 PM IST
The ePlane Company raises $5 million funding from Speciale Invest, Micelio, othersThe fresh lease of funds would help bolster the hiring of top-tier talent, advance R&D and continue to gain airworthiness provision and ini...
10 Jan, 2022, 02.01 PM IST
Boeing testing ultraviolet wand for aircraft disinfectionThe interior surfaces of an aircraft can be scanned with UV light from inches away and the areas and surfaces where the light falls get dis...
27 Aug, 2020, 05.16 PM IST
India revives its dream of manufacturing passenger aircraftIndia is making renewed efforts to join the small club of nations that make passenger aircraft.
18 Nov, 2018, 12.47 PM IST
China conducts test flight of second prototype of passenger jetThe prototype of the C919 plane took off from Shanghai's Pudong International airport this morning for the test flight.
17 Dec, 2017, 05.10 PM IST
China tests latest stealth fighter aircraft FC-31 Gyrfalcon; strategically important for India as Pak shows interest in jetIndia is yet to have stealth aircraft in its arsenal. The jet can carry eight tonnes of weapons. The plane can hold six missiles in its int...
26 Dec, 2016, 05.28 PM IST
Coming soon: A personal plane that can take off from your gardenThe two-seater entirely electric plane use ducted fan which makes it much simpler, quieter and safer than conventional helicopters.
16 May, 2016, 02.33 PM IST
How a speed demon took off: Flying on the ConcordeA decade after the retirement of the jet, we remember the awesome experience that was flying on the supersonic jet liner.
23 Feb, 2016, 03.06 PM IST
3D experience design platform made Solar Impulse's journey possibleSolar Impulse 2 has used Dassault Syst mes 3D EXPERIENCE platform, to design, build, and validate this second solar airplane.
12 Mar, 2015, 02.14 PM IST
China's Chengdu J-20 fighter to compete with Russia's T-50China's Chengdu J-20 is currently in its fourth round of prototypes. The fighter flew for two hours on July 26 before successfully landing.
22 Aug, 2014, 03.19 PM IST
Fifth gen fighter aircraft to be unveiled in India by 2014The initial version of a fighter plane, being jointly developed by India and Russia and tipped to be one of the most-advanced in the world,...
19 Aug, 2012, 11.56 AM IST
- TCS, Wipro, Mahindra Aerospace in talks with NAL to develop plane prototype
India's civil aviation program is aimed at making planes for carrying 70-90 passengers on short haul flights & rival aircrafts from ATR. Wo...
05 Jul, 2010, 12.38 PM IST
- Saras project to continue
Unfazed by the crash of its prototype 14-seater passenger aircraft, scientists will go ahead with the project to develop the country's firs...
10 Mar, 2009, 01.22 PM IST
Solar plane to take off next April'Solarimplse,' a solar plane, dubbed a revolutionary project in the field of aviation, will have its first test flight April next year in S...
17 Nov, 2008, 06.23 AM IST