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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
Aircraft

Noemi Details Firefighting Role For Amphibious Aircraft

Manoeuvrable multi-mission concept could carry up to four tons of water
Yellow and red Noemi rendering scooping water from lake
Sustainability and Environment

Project SEAN Trials Electric Flights For Scotland

Government-funded consortium to aims to connect remote communities
Alia CX300 on tarmac with Bristow logo on rear fuselage
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

U.S. Air Force Extends Collaborative Combat Aircraft Trials

Anduril’s semi-autonomous YFQ-44A Fury evaluated in Nevada sorties
YFQ-44A drone in hangar, airman refuelling
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
Airlines

Air India Backs SkyDrive Emergency Medical eVTOL Plans

Partners say eVTOLs could accelerate response times in crowded Indian cities
SkyDrive plans eVTOL medical flights in India
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.
Rotorcraft

Toray Will Make Composite Airframes For Sora eVTOL

Supplier agreement aims to accelerate development of Sora S-1 eVTOL
Sora Aviation's S-1 eVTOL aircraft
Aircraft

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

The company expects to achieve FAA type certification for the Alia CX300 later this year.
Beta Technologies Alia CX300 flying at Farnborough Airshow 2026
Aircraft

GE Aerospace Saab 340B Hybrid-Electric Test Bed Aircraft Flies at the 2026 Farnborough Airshow

GE Aerospace claims this aircraft has completed the first hybrid-electric flights above 30,000 feet.
GE Aerospace Saab 340B hybrid-electric aircraft flying at Farnborough Airshow 2026
Aircraft

FAA Approves Flight Tests For Heart’s ES-30 Aircraft

X-1 demonstrator is cleared to fly at Plattsburgh International Airport
Heart X-1 demonstrator aicraft
Airlines

Virgin Firms Up eVTOL Air Taxi Alliance with Joby

Connections to London Heathrow and Manchester airports will start first
Joby eVTOL route network
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Kratos To Build Chaparral Cargo VTOL in Sacramento

Elroy Air plans fourth-quarter public listing via SPAC
Elroy Air Chaparral
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.
Regulations and Government

Florida Backs Eve’s Advanced Air Mobility Research

Work will use the SunTrax Air research and development hub
SunTrax Air
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Japanese Leasing Group Backs Archer’s Halo Utility Drone

Halo is the commercial version of the Thunder autonomous platform
Archer Halo drone
Engines

P&WC Steps into Next Phase of Hybrid-electric Testing

Ground test beginning on flight-standard hybrid propulsion system
Image of RTX Hybrid-Electric Flight Demonstrator
Sustainability and Environment

WoT? Experimental Elongated Airbus Wings To Fly Next Year

New three-year campaign will design, build, and fly wing extension devices
Airbus Wing of Tomorrow
Aircraft

Eve 100 Starts Next Phase of Flight Testing

Two new customers sign deals for 46 provisional aircraft
Eve 100 at FIA 2026
Aircraft

Australia’s V-Star Commits for Horizon’s Cavorite X7 VTOL

Hybrid-electric aircraft can carry six people up to 432 nm
Horizon Cavorite X7