What does it take to create meaningful change in the modern world? A few ideas: Those are some of the insights from GeekWire’s profiles of six “Uncommon Thinkers”: Seattle-area inventors,… Read More
Editor’s note: This is part of a series profiling six of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive change in the world. They will… Read More
— Seattle biotech company Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp. disclosed in a SEC filing that Kevin Conroy has stepped down from his position as board member. Adaptive announced Conroy’s appointment to its… Read More
Boeing and NASA say they’ll collaborate with Seattle-based Alaska Airlines and four other major airlines on the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project, which aims to put Boeing’s innovative X-66 braced-wing aircraft… Read More
The Paris Air Show is taking place this week and the event kicked off with news from two sustainable aviation ventures that are expanding their efforts in Washington state. ZeroAvia,… Read More
A prototype aircraft with a hydrogen-fueled powertrain successfully completed an initial 15-minute flight today at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Wash., marking a significant step for zero-emission aviation.… Read More
Universal Hydrogen says its hydrogen-fueled test aircraft has won a key certification from regulators and has completed its first taxi tests at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Wash.… Read More
Is hydrogen the green aviation fuel of the future? An industry team led by California-based Universal Hydrogen is testing out that proposition amid the scrublands of central Washington state. Universal… Read More
MagniX has been working on electric propulsion systems for years, but now the Everett, Wash.-based venture is adding hydrogen fuel cells to its power repertoire for carbon-free flight. The expansion… Read More
— Marianne Budnik joined the board of directors of Seattle-based application security and delivery giant F5. Budnik is currently chief marketing officer for Talon Cyber Security, and held the same… Read More
Everett, Wash.-based MagniX is partnering with the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Desaer to develop a hybrid-electric version of Desaer’s ATL-100 regional aircraft. The ATL-100H will make use of two Magni350 electric… Read More
Roei Ganzarski, the former Boeing manager who went on to give a boost to all-electric aviation, is leaving his executive posts at Everett, Wash.-based MagniX and at Eviation Aircraft, an… Read More
Everett, Wash.-based MagniX will be getting $74.3 million from NASA over the next five years to demonstrate electric propulsion technologies for aircraft. The fixed-price / cost-share award is being made… Read More
Everett, Wash.-based MagniX will provide electric aircraft motors to power Cessna seaplanes flying between Nantucket, the Hamptons and downtown New York City, under an agreement announced Thursday. The zero-emission motors… Read More
One of the pioneers of battery-powered aviation is joining a Pacific Northwest team that’s aiming to get an all-electric seaplane certified for service in Canada. H55, the Swiss battery venture… Read More
MagniX, the electric aircraft engine builder, has moved into a 40,000-square-foot manufacturing building in an industrial park just north of Boeing’s sprawling plant in Everett, Wash. Work will begin there… Read More
A Seattle-area company has been picked to provide the electric motors for a proposed fleet of 300 aircraft to be built in the United Kingdom by 2030. The deal has… Read More
Redmond, Wash.-based MagniX says it’s partnering with a Los Angeles startup called Universal Hydrogen to retrofit 40-passenger regional aircraft with carbon-free, hydrogen-fueled electric powertrains. The partnership opens up a new… Read More
An all-electric version of one of the world’s best-known small utility airplanes hummed through its first flight today at Moses Lake in central Washington state. Redmond, Wash.-based MagniX and Seattle-based… Read More
Editor’s note: The GeekWire Awards are now virtual on July 23. Watch live below. The Pacific Northwest’s status as an innovation hub is well-documented: It is at the center of… Read More
The cheers seemed louder than the motor when Harbour Air’s all-electric seaplane made its first flight over the Fraser River today, marking a milestone for zero-emission propulsion. Vancouver, B.C.-based Harbour… Read More
Update for 3:20 p.m. PT Dec. 8: The first test flight of Harbour Air’s electric-powered seaplane is currently scheduled for Dec. 10 rather than Dec. 11, based on an assessment… Read More
Redmond, Wash.-based MagniX, which aims to become the Tesla of aviation, is gearing up for the first flight tests of an all-electric Harbour Air seaplane in British Columbia next month,… Read More
— Roei Ganzarski, the CEO of Redmond, Wash.-based electric propulsion startup MagniX, is the new chairman of the board at Israeli electric plane company Eviation. MagniX and Eviation are partnering… Read More
The Magni500 sounds just about as loud as you’d expect for an airplane engine — but technically speaking, this is no engine. It’s a 750-horsepower, all-electric motor that MagniX has… Read More
— Working in video games is something lots of young (and not so young) people aspire to do. But it can be tough to get legitimate career advice. In hopes… Read More
An Israeli startup called Eviation Aircraft unveiled its first prototype electric airplane today at the International Paris Air Show, with flight testing planned at Moses Lake in central Washington state.… Read More
Eviation says it has selected Redmond, Wash.-based MagniX to become a propulsion system provider for its Alice all-electric airplane, a nine-seater that’s due to go into commercial service as early… Read More
Two Pacific Northwest companies — MagniX, an electric propulsion venture headquartered in Redmond, Wash.; and Harbour Air Seaplanes, an airline based in Vancouver, B.C. — say they have a firm… Read More
REDMOND, Wash. — An electric-propulsion company called MagniX shifted its headquarters from Australia to Redmond just a few months ago — but it’s already revving up for takeoff. The venture,… Read More
