"Project Zero,"

Welcome to the future.
With the super-subtle code name "Project Zero," this plane has it all. It's a tiltrotor, like the famous vertical-takeoff-and-landing V-22 Osprey. It's hybrid, like the the E-Star 2. Project Zero can be flown with a pilot on board or without. It looks almost completely alien. And it is only a technology demonstration, rather than the first of a new line of products.Spearheaded by Augusta Westland, Project Zero involved collaborators in nine countries. Ithas a carbon graphite body, lacks hydraulic systems, and uses a hybrid diesel-electric engine, because electric alone just isn't powerful enough. Best of all, it was designed, built, and tested in12 months.