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Panel Explores Drone, Autonomous Aircraft Rules

Regulators differ on autonomy definitions and certification approaches

a drone panel held March 10 at Verticon Atlanta

Robinson Expands into Uncrewed VTOL Market

New division encompasses heavy-lift drones and uncrewed helicopters

Robinson booth Verticon 2026

DARPA Grants Bell X-Plane Status for Sprint Program Aircraft

Work has begun on the high-speed VTOL demonstrator

Artist’s concept for the SPRINT X-76

Airbus Reveals Two Next Gen NATO Rotorcraft Studies

A pair of concept designs build on technologies from the X3 and Racer demonstrators

A compound architecture concept (left) and traditional helicopter rendering (right)

Videos

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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JCAB Agrees on SkyDrive General Certification Plan

Company aims to begin deliveries in 2028

SkyDrive Tokyo demo flight

DOT Selects Eight Projects for AAM Integration Trials

Archer, Wisk, Beta, Joby, and others to take part in nationwide trials

Regulations and Government

Joby eVTOL at Dubai Airshow

Japan Approves Certification Plan for SkyDrive SD-05 eVTOL

The Japan Civil Aviation Bureau still needs to approve the means of compliance

Regulations and Government

SkyDrive SD-05 eVTOL

Lassale: Verticon Opens as Industry Is at ‘Inflection Point’

New VAI chief heads for first Verticon as CEO and president

François Lassale

Advanced Air Mobility Edges Toward Commercial Launch

eVTOL vehicles may yet replace helicopters in some use cases

Eve Air Mobility

Eve Gives Helicopter Crowd a Glimpse of an eVTOL Future

Mockup of the four-passenger Eve-100 vehicle is appearing at Verticon

Eve Air Mobility Eve-100 mockup

Ascendance’s VTOL Aircraft Enters Final Integration Phase

Atea airframe to be fitted with hybrid-electric propulsion system

Ascendance Atea aircraft fuselage shell in hangar

Aura Aero Logs First Firm Order For Hybrid Regional Airliner

Pan Européenne Air Service orders upcoming hybrid-electric aircraft

Sustainability and Environment

Aura Aero aircraft rendering against sky background

FAA Accepts ‘Zero Engine Taxi’ Certification Plan

First supplemental type certificate for ‘Zero Engine Taxi’ expected in 2027

Sustainability and Environment

Green Taxi Aerospace

Hermeus Flies More Advanced Supersonic Demonstrator

Uncrewed aircraft Mk 2.1 commences supersonic test campaign

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 being towed out to runway at sunrise

Hyundai eVTOL Unit Supernal Cuts Majority of Workforce

Supernal lays off 296 employees, 80% of its staff

Training and Workforce

Supernal's S-A2 eVTOL demonstrator

Radia’s Supersized Windrunner Freighter Aircraft Is Set To Be a Megalifter

Nine times the volume of a Boeing 747F.

rendering of Radia Windrunner loading F-16 fighter jets.

Looking into the Near and Far Future of the Rotorcraft Market

Legacy products are returning and upgrading, while the new and far-reaching is in the offing

Airbus Racer

Funding Pulled For UK’s Meteorological Airborne Laboratory

Environmental research aircraft is set to be decommissioned

Sustainability and Environment

FAAM BAe146 parked on the ground

Korean Air and Skyports Jointly Develop Vertiport Concept

Combined experience to inform upcoming eVTOL aircraft infrastructure

February 27, 2026

Two company representatives in front of trade stand

Archer Plans Starlink Connectivity for Midnight eVTOL Aircraft

Electric air taxi passengers will have access to Starlink internet

Cabin Interior and Electronics

February 27, 2026

Archer Midnight eVTOL

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