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ENvironmentally Friendly Inter City Aircraft powered by Fuel Cells (ENFICA-FC): The ENFICA-FC project led by Politecnico di Torino and comprising 11 partners has been selected for co-funding by the European Commission in the Aeronautics and Space priority of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). The main objective of the ENFICA-FC project is to develop and validate the use of a fuel cell based power system for the propulsion of more/all electric aircrafts. The fuel cell system will be installed in a selected aircraft which will be flight and performance tested as a proof of functionality and future applicability for inter city aircrafts.
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2011
18 Apr 2011
Case Western fuel cell breakthrough
Leaders in practicable fuel cells in electric vehicles by land sea and air include Intelligent Energy of the UK while DLR German Aerospace Center, EADS in Germany and France, ENFICA-FC in Italy, Mercedes in Germany and others are extending fuel cell use to manned aircraft, airport Ground Support Equipment GSE, mainstream cars and more.13 Apr 2011
Delta Airlines electrifies
Delta Airlines has been working to electrify ground support equipment and airliners. In September 2010, it was announced that the Massachusetts Port Authority had approved a loan agreement that would lend Delta Air Lines the capital needed to purchase electric equipment for use at Terminal A at Boston Logan International Airport.12 Apr 2011
Boston Logan Airport Electrifies
Chicago International Airport switched to largely pure electric ground support equipment six years ago, preempting environmental regulations requiring airports to clean up their act. Now Boston Logan is taking an altogether more comprehensive view including powering its electric vehicles from photovoltaics on its buildings and introducing experimental new designs of electric vehicle from the other side of the world.11 Apr 2011
Hybrids at no price penalty
IDTechEx forecasts of sales of hybrid cars presume that, as the decade progresses, more and more of them will be offered at no price premium.4 Apr 2011
Mercedes-Benz constructs a new fuel cell production facility in Canada
Burnaby, British Columbia is to be the location for a new Mercedes-Benz manufacturing facility, which will produce electric vehicle fuel cell stacks.29 Mar 2011
Electric Aircraft Elektra One performs first internal flight
The Electric Aircraft Elektra One, developed by Calin Gologan, performed its first internal flight on Saturday, 19 March 2011 at the Augsburg Airport in Germany.16 Mar 2011
DLR develops an electric nose wheel for commercial aircraft
Aircraft will soon be able to save fuel while significantly reducing airport noise thanks to a fuel cell-powered electric nose wheel. After three years of development at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), the system is now ready for preliminary testing with the DLR A320 ATRA (Advanced Testing and Research Aircraft), a modified Airbus A320.17 Feb 2011
Electric Aircraft Academy
Leisure aviation, special missions and the future commercial applications7 Feb 2011
Californian ports test hydrogen fuel-cell hybrid-electric trucks
The testing of two hybrid fuel-cell powered trucks will begin this spring in the Californian ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, running for 18 months. The trucks will be tested to evaluate their suitability for short and medium distance cargo-hauling operations, and other similar applications.19 Jan 2011
Energy efficient aircraft - the next 15 years
During the next fifteen years, we shall be in the transition to much more energy efficient, quieter aircraft, with much less pollution and dependence on declining hydrocarbon reserves.7 Jan 2011
Printed Electronics for EVs - The money floods in
Printed electronics is now seeing a surge in transactions in the form of orders, government and industry-funded development programs, acquisitions and company fund raising.2010
31 Dec 2010
Solar powered unmanned aircraft awarded three world records
Tracking pirates in the Gulf of Aden, detecting bush fires in Australia and improving battlefield communications and surveillance in Afghanistan are all potential uses for the solar powered unmanned aircraft, Zephyr, which has now officially been awarded three World Records.30 Dec 2010
AeroVironment receives $46.2m order for UAS and digital retrofit kits
AeroVironment announced that it received an order valued at $46,226,984 under an existing contract with the U.S. Army. The order comprises 123 new digital Raven® small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and initial spares packages as well as 186 digital retrofit kits for the U.S. Marine Corps.15 Dec 2010
Beamed-power flight sets records
LaserMotive keeps unmanned copter aloft more than 12 hours8 Dec 2010
Aurora Flight Sciences rolls out Orion UAS
Aurora Flight Sciences has unveiled the Orion unmanned aerial system, a flight vehicle demonstrator that will stay aloft for up to five days. Orion was selected by the US Air Force Research Laboratory in late August to meet the objectives of the Medium Altitude Global ISR and Communications (MAGIC) Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD).