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Ampaire Raises $19 Million for Hybrid-electric Airplanes

Financing supports Eco Caravan certification and hybrid-electric APU development

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

August 20, 2026

Ampaire Eco Caravan and Electric EEL

European Wildfires Fuel Case for New Water Bomber

French start-up Hynaero is developing an alternative to the Canadair firefighting aircraft

August 20, 2026

Hynaero Fregate F100 firefighting aircraft

Lack of Funding Shuts Hydrogen Propulsion Pioneer Stralis

Australian start-up planned to convert Beechcraft Bonanza and 1900D aircraft

August 20, 2026

Stralis Aircraft Beech 1900D aircraft

Regent Demonstrates Seaglider Drone in U.S. Navy Exercise

Operational trials were held in Michigan during July

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

August 20, 2026

Regent Craft Squire Seaglider

Horizon’s Cavorite X7 Hybrid-electric Aircraft Offers a Different VTOL Recipe

Fans inside the wings and a turboprop engine make this VTOL airplane stand out.

Rendering of Horizon Aircraft Cavorite X7 VTOL airplane

Eve Air Mobility Aims for Eve-100 eVTOL Entry into Service in 2027

With the backing of Embraer, Eve has the experience to reach certification.

Eve eVTOL prototype hovering in flight

Robinson Unmanned Envisions Collaboration between Uncrewed Helicopters and Drones

Unmanned helicopters and drones can help with a variety of missions.

Robinson Helicopter TurbineTruck with crate loaded

Valo eVTOL Moves Closer to Service as Vertical and Bristow Collaborate

Updated Valo model features design changes from the VX4 prototype.

Vertical Aerospace Valo eVTOL mockup at Verticon 2026

Elroy Air Wins $46 Million Army Contract for Chaparral

Contract covers jam-resistant navigation and hardened communications links

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

August 19, 2026

The Chaparral releases a payload in flight

Whisper Aero Flies Electric Glider on Its Quiet Fans

Powered Swift logs first flights as start-up eyes civil and defense markets

August 19, 2026

Whisper’s powered glider is pictured in flight

Electra Demos Hybrid-electric Flights in Three States

FAA program tests links between small fields and major hubs

August 19, 2026

Electra’s EL2 flies before the Atlantic City skyline

Gold Coast Helitours To Operate SkyDrive eVTOL Aircraft

Queensland-based operator has a fleet of Airbus and Robinson rotorcraft

Charter & Fractional

August 19, 2026

Gold Coast Helitours eVTOL charter network

FAA Invites Comments on Flightdeck Controls Draft AC

Comments are due by September 24

August 18, 2026

a close up view of an aircraft cockpit showing contemporary avionics

Partners Trial Electric Air Services in Norway and Sweden

Green Flyways initiative is considering the potential for MD Aircraft's eViator commuter

Sustainability and Environment

August 18, 2026

MDA1 eViator electric aircraft

North Atlantic Airspace-Scale Contrail Trial Underway

UK’s ‘Operation Blue Skies’ to redirect commercial traffic in Shanwick airspace

Sustainability and Environment

August 18, 2026

Map of north Atlantic airspace with red highlighted area over Shanwick

Horten Puts Flying Wing Aircraft Design Up For Sale

German blended-wing developer opts not to pursue project

August 14, 2026

HX-2 demonstrator in flight

Merlin Clears a Certification Hurdle for AI in the Cockpit

Milestone covers the software that talks to air traffic control

August 14, 2026

Merlin’s Cessna Caravan in flight

Noemi Taps Seaplane Demand in India and Philippines

Indian officials are reportedly willing to encourage new seaplane services

August 14, 2026

Noemi electric seaplane

Beta Is Turning Its eVTOL Competitors into Customers

Component sales boosted Beta’s second-quarter revenue

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

August 14, 2026

Two Beta Technologies Alia CX300 electric aircraft fly over an airport at sunrise while an Alia A250 electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft is parked on the tarmac below.

Beta's eVTOL Goes Hybrid To Fly Farther on Defense Missions

The MV250 is equipped with a GE turbogenerator that can produce one megawatt of power.

August 13, 2026

Beta Technologies MV250 hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft at Farnborough Airshow 2026

Heart Aerospace Flies X1 Electric Demonstrator Aircraft

X1 demonstrator largest all-electric aircraft ever flown

August 13, 2026

Heart X1 flying over lake at sunset

Vertical Extends Cash Runway with Fresh eVTOL Funding

UK group says it will complete Valo eVTOL’s critical design review this year

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

August 13, 2026

Vertical Aerospace at Farnborough air show

Ultralight eVTOL Joins 911 Response in Rural N.C.

Paramedic pilot reached one patient 20 minutes before the ambulance

August 13, 2026

A Pivotal BlackFly in Hyde County Emergency Services livery, N909HB, sits on grass beside a rural driveway.

Joby To Buy Dayton Defense Firm in $500 Million Deal

Resonant Sciences will absorb Joby’s hybrid and autonomy programs

August 12, 2026

JoeBen Bevirt and J. Micah North stand outside Resonant’s headquarters