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Aircraft

Full-scale Moya 256 eVTOL Makes First Transition Flight

Brazilian start-up aims to fly its larger 760 prototype by year-end
Moya’s 256 cargo eVTOL flies during testing in Brazil.
Aircraft

Electra’s Ultra Short Demonstrator Lands at Manhattan Heliport

Hybrid-electric aircraft made public display at Downtown Skyport
Electra's EL2 UltraShort in New York
Charter & Fractional

Archer Announces Texas Triangle eVTOL Air Taxi Services

Flights will operate in and around Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and Austin
Dallas-Fort Worth eVTOL air taxi network
Airports

Signature and UrbanV Start AAM Ground Support Network

Handling operations for new aircraft will start at Signature Aviation FBOs
Signature UrbanV Alliance vertiport
Avionics

Automated Grand Caravan Demos Cargo Flights in New Mexico

eIPP flight trials showed use case for autonomous freighter aircraft
Reliable Robotics Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Aircraft

Skyfly Secures $10 million To Commercialize eVTOL Aircraft

Hybrid-electric uncrewed defense variant also revealed
Skyfly Axe aircraft on runway
Regulations and Government

DOT’s Duffy at BACE: FAA Needs Better Cert Processes

Secretary Duffy spoke of need to pave way for safer technologies, AAM
Sean Duffy, Transportation Secretary
Aircraft

Natilus’ Freighter Concept Awarded U.S. Defense Funding

Optionally-piloted blended-wing-body freighter to make first flight in 2028
Kona blended wing body graphic over coastline
Regulations and Government

FAA Clears Beta’s Alia eVTOL for Passenger Demo Flights

The fixed-wing Alia CX300 electric aircraft already holds a special airworthiness certificate
Beta Technologies Alia 250 eVTOL aircraft
Operations

Five Norwegian Sites for Hybrid-Electric Flight Demos

Electra Aero to fly from various locations in late 2027
Graphic rendering of Bristow-liveried Electra aircraft over fjord
Aircraft

Archer Wraps Up Bay Area ‘No Roads’ eVTOL Demo Tour

Midnight prototype is now heading to Los Angeles for the eVTOL Integration Pilot Program
Archer's Midnight eVTOL aircraft in San Francisco
Operations

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

Bizav and general aviation airports become proving grounds for AAM
Beta Alia CX300
Rotorcraft

DTA Pitches Two-seat Hybrid eVTOL

French gyroplane maker brings its JP1 multicopter to NBAA-BACE
DTA's two-seat JP1 hybrid eVTOL flies at dusk during uncrewed flight testing in France.
Operations

Skyportz To Test Full-Scale Vertiport Next Year

Fabrication of proprietary Aeroberm design now underway in Australia
Graphic rendering of octagonal landing pad
Safety

Battery Fire at Archer’s San Jose Lab Forces Evacuation

Three people were hurt and about 100 evacuated after a test pack overheated
Archer’s battery pack production line
Operations

Beta Tests Electric Airplane as Medical Courier in Utah

Flights with Alpine Air tested delivery of short-lived radiopharmaceuticals
Beta Technologies’ all-electric Alia CX300 kicks up dust on a dry lakebed.
Engines

Zuri Selects Rotax Piston Engine for Hybrid VTOL Freighter

EdgePerformance has modified the Rotax 912 ULS to act as a generator
Rotax 912 ULS piston engine
Sustainability and Environment

FlyOne Commits For 10 MDA1 eViator Electric Aircraft

Australian group plans various charter and aerial work applications
Digital rendering of MDA1
Engines

FAA Backs Heart’s Hybrid Powertrain Development

CLEEN award will help Heart flight-test its turbogenerator on the ES-36
A digital rendering of Heart’s ES-36 airplane in flight
Aircraft

AAM Innovators Converge on Ohio for Industry Forum

The National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence will host the fifth annual event
National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence