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Beyond the Battery: Unlocking Long-Range Electric Aviation
Applying our Titanium-Carbide (TiC) coated buckyball-nanotube metamaterial to a mid-size electric business jet completely eliminates the primary barrier to long-range electric flight: the dead-weight penalty of battery packs. In…
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…As dusk fell across the airfield, the team gathered around the prototype, bathed in amber light. The metamaterial had proven its promise in the lab and on the test rig. The next test would not be simulated—it would be the jet’s first taxi, the closest it had come yet to flight. The hangar doors rolled open, and for a moment, the future seemed just one well-executed run away. But as with every leap in aviation, the next challenge loomed just beyond the runway, waiting for the team to meet it head-on.