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Honeywell Expands Role with Vertical Aerospace’s VX4 eVTOL Aircraft

U.S. technology group will now provide inceptor controllers for pilots

Vertical Aerospace VX4 eVTOL aircraft

Wright Prepares To Expand Electric Propulsion System Tests

Thrust test stand has been manufactured and is being installed in New York

Wright Electric test stand

Boeing and NASA Shelve X-66 Sustainable Flight Demonstrator

Focus of research and development work will shift to ground-based testbed for thin wings

NASA X-66 wind tunnel testing

Whisper Reveals ‘Collaborative Logistics Aircraft’ Family

U.S. Air Force funds work on quiet, autonomous, hybrid-electric cargo aircraft

Whisper Aero Collaborative Logistics Aircraft (CLA)

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Osaka World Expo Opens With SkyDrive eVTOL’s Debut Flight

It can carry a pilot and two passengers up to 25 miles.

SkyDrive SD-05 eVTOL flying

Beta’s New Alia CX300 Electric Aircraft Has Flown Coast to Coast in the U.S.

An electric CTOL aircraft will be easier to certify than an eVTOL, and has many applications.

Beta Technologies Alia CX300 flying over frozen landscape

Lack of Funding Stops Work at Lilium and Eviation. Is Electric Aviation Going Bust?

The road to certification is an expensive one.

February 26, 2025

Composite image with rendering of Lilium Jet and photo of Eviation prototype in flight

Testing Starts For Eve Air Mobility’s eVTOL Aircraft Prototype

As competitors drop out of the eVTOL race, Eve is pressing ahead.

February 11, 2025

Eve Air Mobility test aircraft with pusher motor running

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Bombardier Eyes Uncrewed Future for EcoJet Technologies

In the shorter term, Global 8000 is nearing completion

Rendering of Bombardier's EcoJet test aircraft

Diamond Aircraft Leads Hydrogen-electric Hybrid Propulsion Project

Meanwhile, eVTOL aircraft developer Volocopter is being integrated by new owner Diamond

Hydrogen-based Twin-engine Electrification and Digitalization Testbed

FAA Poised to Release Beyond Visual Line of Sight Proposal

U.S. agency's acting administrator Chris Rocheleau says advanced air mobility is a priority

Regulations and Government

Joby picture

Amprius Launches Higher-energy ‘SiCore’ Batteries for Aircraft

450 Wh/kg SiCore batteries are now commercially available

Amprius SiCore 450 Wh/kg batteries

Piasecki Acquires Kaman's Kargo UAV Program

U.S. company says it will accelerate development of the 1,400-pound payload vehicle

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Kaman Kargo UAV

Joby Logs eVTOL Aircraft Transition Flights with Pilots Onboard

Test flights include full transition from vertical to horizontal cruise flight and back again

Joby pilot on board transition test flight with eVTOL aircraft

Hexa eVTOL Aircraft Suffers Rotor Failure at Osaka World Expo

Single-seat multicopter landed safely after the incident

Lift chief pilot Jace McCown flies the Hexa electric multicopter VTOL aircraft in a demonstration flight at the 2025 World Expo event in Osaka, Japan.

Cormorant Prepares to Start Testing Hybrid-Electric Demonstrator

Dutch start-up aims to bring regional airliner to market in 2030

Cormorant aircraft

UAE Approves First ‘Hybrid Heliport’ Design for Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal to support both helicopter and eVTOL air taxi services

Digital rendering of the Archer Midnight eVTOL on a helipad at the Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal

Boom Picks Supersonic Engine Test Site in Colorado

Boom moves into Reaction Engines’ former hypersonic test facility

Boom Supersonic's test facility at Colorado Air and Space Port

United Commits to JetZero's Blended-wing-body Airliner

Carrier could buy up to 200 of the 250-seat Z4 airliner

United Airlines JetZero Z4 airliner

Charter Operator Signs for More Atea Hybrid Electric VTOL Aircraft

Philippines-based company signed a letter of intent with France’s Ascendance

Charter & Fractional

Ascendance Atea aircraft

Supernal Confirms First Flight of eVTOL Tech Demonstrator

A preliminary full-scale example of the planned S-A2 model achieved its first tethered flight on March 1

Supernal S-A2 eVTOL mockup

Prysm Leads $115 Million Funding Round for Electra Aero’s EL9 Ultra Short

U.S. company is aiming to have a full-scale prototype of its blown-wing design ready to fly in 2027

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Electra Aero's EL9 Ultra Short aircraft

Aura Aero’s Integral E Electric Aerobatics Model Achieves Inverted Flight

The electric-powered two-seater has made 15 flights since early December 2024

Aura Aero Integral E electric aircraft

Airbus Will Complete eVTOL Flight Tests Despite Program Pause

Flight testing has been moved to an undisclosed location to allow more space for the work

CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL prototype aircraft

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