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Bizav and general aviation airports become proving grounds for AAM

FAA’s eVTOL Pilot Program Takes Flight across the U.S.

Flights with Alpine Air tested delivery of short-lived radiopharmaceuticals

Beta Tests Electric Airplane as Medical Courier in Utah

Electric airplane connected Raleigh-area hospitals with the Outer Banks

Metro Aviation Flies Beta’s Alia on North Carolina Medical Runs

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The first hybrid-electric flights above 30,000 feet, as well as the first across the North Atlantic, GE says.

GE Aerospace and Beta Technologies Cross Atlantic in Hybrid-electric Saab 340B Commuter Aircraft

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Component sales boosted Beta’s second-quarter revenue

Beta Is Turning Its eVTOL Competitors into Customers

Essential news and analysis on the defense aerospace business. Your trusted source for new and ongoing programs and requirements in military aircraft (manned and unmanned), engines, avionics, weapons and associated systems, including ground-based air defense.

The MV250 is equipped with a GE turbogenerator that can produce one megawatt of power.

Beta's eVTOL Goes Hybrid To Fly Farther on Defense Missions

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Government-funded consortium to aims to connect remote communities 

Project SEAN Trials Electric Flights For Scotland

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FAA’s eVTOL Pilot Program Takes Flight across the U.S.

Beta Tests Electric Airplane as Medical Courier in Utah

Metro Aviation Flies Beta’s Alia on North Carolina Medical Runs

GE Aerospace and Beta Technologies Cross Atlantic in Hybrid-electric Saab 340B Commuter Aircraft

Beta Is Turning Its eVTOL Competitors into Customers

Beta's eVTOL Goes Hybrid To Fly Farther on Defense Missions

Project SEAN Trials Electric Flights For Scotland

Beta Technologies Alia CX300 Electric CTOL Aircraft Flies at Farnborough Airshow 2026

GE, NASA, Beta, Boeing Conduct High-altitude Hybrid Flight

Beta Brings Electric Airplane to Farnborough Flying Display

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