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• Volta: the all electric helicopter’s first flight in view

  

  Volta, the first all electrically powered and manned conventional helicopter, should make its first test flight in less than a fortnight. In an ENAC (French National School of Civil Aviation) workshop we went to watch the final adjustments being carried out.
   

  

• Innovations concerning the autonomy of drones

  

  On the occasion of the "Drone Experience Festival" for civilian drones, we looked at the latest innovations in their autonomy, which is in fact one of the major weaknesses of these flying machines.
   

  

• Airbus A350 to be equipped with lithium-ion batteries in 2016

  

  On 13th January, Didier Evrard, Head of Programmes at Airbus, confirmed that the Airbus A350, like its Boeing 787 rival, will be equipped with lithium-ion batteries. Airbus intends to equip all its production A350’s with these new-generation batteries from 2016.
   

  

• Nickel-Cadmium, Lithium-Ion: 2 batteries under the microscope

  

  Nickel-Cadmium Batteries in the foreground, Lithium-Ion second, these are the two types of batteries used in aviation. But what are their characteristics ? To help us find out, the French company Saft, a world leader in this area, opened their doors to us...