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Charter & Fractional

Sale of Blade’s Pax Ops Set To Boost Medical Division

Medical flight revenues are growing faster than passenger operations
Blade Air Mobility helicopter
Airlines

Japanese Airline ANA Expands eVTOL Air Taxi Alliance with Joby

Joby will fly its four-passenger eVTOL aircraft at the Expo 2025 event in Osaka this October
Joby eVTOL aircraft in Japan
Charter & Fractional

Joby Buys Blade Passenger Operation for eVTOL Air-taxi Service

eVTOL aircraft developer acquires infrastructure and customer base
Blade Air Mobility helicopter operations
Aircraft

Aciturri Signs To Make Airframes for Vertical’s VX4 eVTOL Aircraft

Scope of production package covers the wing, empennage, pylons, and fuselage
Vertical Aerospace's VX4 eVTOL aircraft
Aircraft

Accelerating Aerospace Innovation at Le Bourget

Hybrid propulsion systems and dual defense applications pick up pace among Paris Air Show exhibitors
Anduril Fury XFQ-44A
Aircraft

Joby and L3Harris Plan Hybrid VTOL Aircraft for Defense Missions

Operational flight demonstrations with a hybrid-electric vehicle could begin in 2026
Joby L3Harris autonomous hybrid VTOL
Regulations and Government

FAA Clears eVTOL Certification Path with Powered-lift Rules

Frontrunners Joby, Archer, and Beta have all welcomed the recent publication of a new advisory circular
Beta Technologies Alia 250 eVTOL aircraft
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

EHang Conducts Cargo Delivery Service Demo with VT-20 Autonomous eVTOL

Flights connecting Zhuhai and Guangzhou carried seafood and medical samples
EHang VT20 eVTOL drone
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Northrop Grumman and Merlin Partner on Autonomous Flight

Merlin is one of six autonomy specialists joining Northrop’s Beacon Project
Scaled Composites Model 437 Vanguard aircraft
Aircraft

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
Fuel

Waste Carbon to SAF Process Touted as Cost Breakthrough

UK start-up's CEO Andrew Symes expresses concern over deprioritizing aviation decarbonization
OXCCU's OX1 SAF plant at Oxford Airport in the UK
Aircraft

Bye Aerospace Prioritizes eFlyer 2 Electric Trainer Over eFlyer 800

Company claims orders have topped 1,000 airplanes valued at more than $700 million
Bye Aerospace eFlyer 2 electric airplane
Aircraft

What Shape Will the Next Generation of Airliners Take?

Part 3 of a series from new AIN Media Group title Leeham News and Analysis
Leeham News & Analysis
Aircraft

China's AutoFlight Delivers First CarryAll eVTOL Freighter

Civil Aviation Administration of China granted an airworthiness certificate on July 21
AutoFlight CarryAll eVTOL freighter
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

U.S. Air Force Taps Reliable Robotics To Develop Autonomy Architecture

Company will inform standards for military autonomous collaborative platforms, including uncrewed air systems
Reliable Robotics remotely operates a flight 120 miles away using a portable control station.
Aircraft

UrbanLink To Operate Beta’s Electric Aircraft in South Florida

Start-up carrier will lease 10 Beta Alia CX300 airplanes
Beta Technologies Alia CX300 flies over Florida
Aircraft

Space Leasing Group Orders 25 Beta Alia Electric Aircraft

Lessor of satellites and ground stations looks to emerging aviation tech
Two Beta Alia CX300s fly over Chicago
Aircraft

Stralis Signs Up U.S. Launch Customer for Hydrogen-powered Bonanza

California-based Aviate Enterprises has agreed to buy an unspecified number of the converted light aircraft
Stralis Beech Bonanza A36 aircraft with hydrogen-electric propulsion system
Aircraft

What Shape Will the Next Generation of Airliners Take?

Part 2 of a series from new AIN Media Group title Leeham News and Analysis
A variety of new airliners are being discussed for to enter service in the next decade or more.
Aircraft

Skyryse: Release of Mosaic Paves Way for New Tech

Skyryse aligning with the FAA's new Mosaic standards
Skyryse One modified Robinson R66 helicopter