Hanneke Weitering
Science & Technology Editor

Hanneke Weitering is a writer and editor with AIN covering advanced air mobility and new flight technologies. She became an aviation journalist and joined the AIN team in the summer of 2022 after reporting on spaceflight and astronomy for six years at Space.com. After earning a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, she moved to New York City to pursue a master’s degree in science, health, and environmental reporting at New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. She is now based in Seattle near Boeing Field and spends her free time exploring nature in the Pacific Northwest.

Latest from Hanneke Weitering

ATC

Merlin Clears a Certification Hurdle for AI in the Cockpit

Milestone covers the software that talks to air traffic control
Merlin’s Cessna Caravan in flight
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Beta Is Turning Its eVTOL Competitors into Customers

Component sales boosted Beta’s second-quarter revenue
Two Beta Technologies Alia CX300 electric aircraft fly over an airport at sunrise while an Alia A250 electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft is parked on the tarmac below.
Operations

Ultralight eVTOL Joins 911 Response in Rural N.C.

Paramedic pilot reached one patient 20 minutes before the ambulance
A Pivotal BlackFly in Hyde County Emergency Services livery, N909HB, sits on grass beside a rural driveway.
Aircraft

Joby To Buy Dayton Defense Firm in $500 Million Deal

Resonant Sciences will absorb Joby’s hybrid and autonomy programs
JoeBen Bevirt and J. Micah North stand outside Resonant’s headquarters
Regulations and Government

Air To Build eVTOL Aircraft at Florida’s SunTrax Hub

Israeli start-up will make SunTrax its U.S. headquarters
Ron DeSantis speaks beside the two-seat Air One eVTOL aircraft at SunTrax
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Archer To Acquire Wisk, Insitu, and SkyGrid from Boeing

Boeing takes nearly 20% stake and a board seat in all-stock deal
Wisk Gen 6 first flight
Aircraft

Archer eVTOL Completes California Round Trip

Midnight prototype flew from Salinas to Monterey and back
Archer’s Midnight eVTOL prototype touches down at Monterey Regional Airport
Maintenance and Modifications

IAI Joins Merlin’s Push To Automate Cargo Aircraft

Condor program gains a freighter conversion partner
Four blue-and-white IAI converted freighters parked on an airport ramp, with a Boeing 777-300ERSF in the foreground
ATC

Wisk Tests 1:3 Supervisor Ratio for Autonomous Flight

NASA controllers used existing tools to manage simulated autonomous traffic
A controller monitors simulated traffic inside NASA’s air traffic control simulation laboratory at the agency’s Ames Research Center.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Moya Begins Building Full-scale Autonomous Cargo eVTOL

Brazilian start-up expects to fly the Moya 760 by year-end
Moya’s 256 eVTOL, registered PP-AZM, lifts off during flight testing near São José dos Campos, Brazil.
Aircraft

Beta Brings Electric Airplane to Farnborough Flying Display

All-electric Alia CX300 joins Farnborough’s flying display
Beta Alia MV250
Rotorcraft

Blade Offers Helicopter Flights to Farnborough Airshow

Joby-owned Blade transports show-goers between London and Farnborough
Joby
Operations

Beta Flies Manufactured Organs in First eIPP Mission

Electric airplane carried United Therapeutics’ organ products
N336MR
Aircraft

SkyDrive Builds Its Case for SD-05 eVTOL Certification

Wingless multicopter shapes certification strategy
SkyDrive SD-05 eVTOL aircraft
Safety

Wisk, Boeing Sued over eVTOL Software Safety Claims

Fired software manager alleges retaliation, discrimination
Wisk Aero's fifth-generation Cora prototypes sit in the company's hangar in Hollister, California, as a sixth-generation aircraft crosses the apron outside.
Training and Workforce

FAA Breaks Ground on AAM Test Range in Oklahoma City

Range supports eVTOL testing, training, and integration
U.S. Department of Transportation and FAA officials broke ground on the Vertical Procedures and Analysis Range
Regulations and Government

FAA Proposes Noise Rule for Supersonic Flight Over Land

NPRM seeks to end blanket overland ban
NASA’s X-59 in flight
Aircraft

Beta and Surf Air Launch Electric Flight Trials in Hawaii

Six-week campaign tests inter-island cargo and passenger routes
The Alia CX300 CTOL (registration N401NZ) carries Surf Air branding while flying a demonstration route over Hawaii.
Aircraft

JetZero Breaks Ground on Z4 Factory in North Carolina

Greensboro campus to build blended-wing-body airliner
JetZero groundbreaking
Safety

NTSB Preliminary Report Notes GPS Jamming in King Air Crash

Air ambulance struck terrain on visual approach
The NTSB’s preliminary flight track reconstruction shows the King Air’s route from Roswell to Ruidoso, the reported GPS outage, ATC requests to halt military GPS jamming, and the aircraft’s final descent before the fatal crash.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Hybrid-electric Aircraft Developer Maeve Goes Bankrupt

Dutch start-up failed to raise the €20 million it needed to continue
Maeve Jet
Aircraft

GA-ATS Rolls Out Do228 NXT and Signs First Customer

Updated Dornier 228 heads to humanitarian operator next year
Do228 NXT
Sustainability and Environment

ICAO Launches Program To Speed Aviation Decarbonization

ACT-LTAG to guide state action plans
ICAO Aviation Climate Week 2026
Aircraft

Helios Horizon Flies Solid-State Battery Demonstrator

Nonprofit group targets stratospheric electric flight this year
Helios Horizon founder and chief test pilot Miguel Iturmendi stands with his modified Pipistrel Taurus
Aircraft

Electra Unveils Turbo-electric Airliner Concept

‘Double-bubble’ fuselage promises efficiency gains
Electra’s NASA AACES 2050 airliner concept
Avionics

Merlin’s Autonomous C-130J Passes Critical Design Review

USSOCOM program advances into aircraft integration phase
A gray U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules turboprop transport aircraft in flight
Avionics

Dynon Adapts Light Sport Avionics for Air eVTOLs

Air One eVTOL will feature customized SkyView HDX avionics
Skyview HDX flight display in Air One eVTOL
Aircraft

Honda Achieves First Full-scale eVTOL Flight

Remotely piloted aircraft completed 90-second flight in California
Honda's full-scale eVTOL technology demonstrator, registration N805HX, in flight over San Luis Obispo, California. The white aircraft features eight lift rotors and a pusher propeller at the tail.
Engines

Whisper’s JetFoil Promises Near-VTOL at Half the Thrust

Electric ducted fans provide vertical lift without tilting
Whisper Aero JetFoil
Regulations and Government

GAO: Electric Propulsion Standards Work Stalled by Bureaucracy Cuts

ARAC purge puts 2027 rulemaking deadline at risk
A GAO illustration depicts potential uses for electric aircraft, including air taxi service, regional air service, cargo transport, and flight training.