The group of investors seeking to take over electric aircraft manufacturer Lilium plans to invest more than €200 million ($205 million) into the insolvent company.
NASA and GE Aerospace will evaluate aircraft wake scanning technology during flight tests starting Nov. 18, as part of efforts to improve the industry’s understanding of contrails—thought to be a key contributor to aviation’s impact on the Earth’s atmosphere.
Listen in as Aviation Week’s Jeremy Kariuki speaks with JSX CEO Alex Wilcox, whose company recently announced its plans to purchase more than 300 hybrid-electric aircraft to bolster its fleet with sustainable options and bring down prices for its customers.
“The business aviation industry has been an incubator for sustainability efforts over the decades without it necessarily being called such.”
“Climbing. Fast. is designed to educate policymakers and opinion makers on what the industry is doing to get to its net-zero goal by 2050.”