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VoltAero Launches Hybrid-electric Powertrain for Kit-built Aircraft

HPU 210 uses a Kawasaki motorcycle engine combined with an electric motor and batteries

VoltAero HPU 210 hybrid-electric propulsion system

UrbanV Partners With eVTOL Operator FFG to Develop Vertiport Network

Test operations could begin in Rome during 2026

UrbanV's vertiport test site in Rome

Saudi Group Agrees to be Distributor For Joby's eVTOL Aircraft

Agreement calls for orders of up to 200 of Joby's four-passenger vehicles

Joby in Saudi Arabia

Beta Makes First Electric Flight into New York City Airport

Energy cost for 45-minute flight into JFK was just $7

Charter & Fractional

Beta Alia flying into JFK Airport

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Beta Technologies Flies First Production Alia CX300 CTOL Electric Aircraft

Beta's Alia CX300 CTOL was born from Alia 250 eVTOL program

December 3, 2024

Beta Technologies Alia CX300 electric aircraft in flight

Joby Demonstrates Its eVTOL Aircraft For the First Time Outside the U.S.

Public flight took place on November 2 against the backdrop of Mount Fuji in Japan

November 5, 2024

Joby Aviation's eVTOL aircraft flying Japan with Mount Fuji in the background

Joby’s eVTOL Aircraft in New York City Previews the Future of Commuting

Only seven minutes from Wall Street to JFK Airport

October 18, 2024

Joby Aviation eVTOL mockup at Grand Central Terminal in NYC

Cutting Through the eVTOL Aircraft Hype With Independent Expert Sergio Cecutta

Straight talk about an industry that is making a lot of promises

October 2, 2024

Archer eVTOL in flight during transition

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Archer’s Midnight eVTOL Aircraft Starts Piloted Test Flights

First pilot-on-board flights featured conventional takeoffs and landings

Archer Midnight eVTOL aircraft

Hermeus Begins Flight-test Campaign with Quarterhorse Mk 1

Aircraft will test landing and takeoff capabilities

Hermeus Quarterhorse Mk 1 on a lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base

Logistics Giant Kuehne+Nagel Teams with Natilus on Blended-wing-body Freighters

A joint study will quantify the environmental, economic, and operational impact of BWBs

Natilus BWB aircraft

Deutsche Aircraft Rolls Out First D328eco Regional Prototype

The twin turboprop was unveiled at an event in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

Deutsche Aircraft D328eco test aircraft

Vertical Makes Piloted Wingborne eVTOL Flight in Open Airspace

VX4 prototype flew under an extended permit to fly from Cotswold Airport

Vertical Aerospace VX4 eVTOL aircraft prototype

Air’s Uncrewed Cargo eVTOL Conducts Night Flight Trials

Undisclosed logistics customer will operate 550-pound payload vehicle under an experimental license

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Air's uncrewed cargo eVTOL aircraft

Beta's Alia CX300 Electric Aircraft Starts European Tour in Ireland

Flight demonstrations were conducted this week from Shannon Airport

Beta Alia CX300 aircraft flies along the west coast of Ireland

Scotland Backs ZeroAvia's Hydrogen Propulsion Manufacturing Site

$12 million in funding released to support Hydrogen Center of Excellence

ZeroAvia plans to produce hydrogen propulsion systems for aircraft in Scotland

Electra Says EL9 Wind Tunnel Tests Confirm UltraShort Performance

Tests involved a 20% scale model of the nine-passenger commuter and utility aircraft

EL9 scale model in MIT wind tunnel

XTI Names Powertrain Partners For TriFan 600 VTOL Aircraft

Three companies will help prepare for the integration of as-yet-unspecified turboshaft engines

Drivetrain for XTI Aerospace's TriFan 600 VTOL aircraft

Autonomous Merlin Pilot Wins Airworthiness Approval in New Zealand

Initially, technology will support reduced-crew flight operations

Merlin's autonomous Cessna Caravan is pictured in flight

NASA and Wisk Team on Autonomous Air Traffic Integration

Researchers explore autonomous flight in IFR conditions

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Wisk Aero 6th Generation eVTOL aircraft

AI and Sensors Set to Boost Aircraft Situational Awareness

Ailumina Vista visual traffic detection system could first be used on helicopters

Daedalean visual traffic detection system

Electric Upstarts Bid To Expand Bizav's Horizons

EBACE conference sessions hear from disruptors getting beyond fossil fuel propulsion

Panelists at the “Navigating the Future” EBACE 2025

AI Tools Promise Efficiency Leap for Business Aviation

Charter flight operators are among the first to embrace the technology

FL3XX AI Chatbot tool

Beta Sells Electric Airplane and Simulator to Sinclair Community College

Public college to offer electric aviation credentials through hands-on training

Training and Workforce

Beta Technologies Alia CX300 electric airplane

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