Textron Confirms Nexus eVTOL Program Slowdown to Prioritize Other Programs

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Textron eAviation Confirms Slowdown in Nexus eVTOL Program

Nexus One eVTOL aircrarft's first flight will not take place this year

Pipistrel Velis Electro at Oshkosh — Pipistrel’s Velis Electro was first to market as a certified electric aircraft. © AIN/Matt Thurber

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

July 31, 2025

As the first manufacturer of a certified electric aircraft—the Pipistrel Velis Electro—Textron eAviation is refocusing resources on bringing new aircraft to market and improving existing aircraft while pausing progress on its eVTOL program. The Nexus eVTOL, a four-passenger, single-pilot aircraft designed to fly up to 100 miles, was expected to achieve first tethered flight this year, but that program, under development at the company’s Glass House facility in Wichita, has been slowed down.

“There will not be a flight this year,” confirmed Kriya Shortt, president and CEO of Textron eAviation. “We’ve taken those Wichita-based engineers and employed them across three primary programs.” This includes the piston-engine Pipistrel Panthera and its EASA CS-23 certification program; the uncrewed, multi-role Pipistrel Nuuva V300 hybrid-electric drone; and integration of Amazilia Aerospace, a German fly-by-wire flight control manufacturer that Textron eAviation acquired in 2024 and renamed Textron eAviation GmbH.

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