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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, the prototype stood at the runway’s edge, a silhouette against the horizon. The team reviewed the day’s findings, aware that technical proof was only one piece of the journey. Ahead lay regulatory navigation and the persistent challenge of scaling a material that was, until recently, little more than theory and graphite dust. The promise of long-range electric flight remained within reach, but the next steps would demand even greater precision—and a careful choreography of science, industry, and policy.