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Dassault Falcon 6X in flying display

Spike Aerospace: FAA Supersonic NPRM Steps Toward New Era

Rule is performance-based, encouraging innovation, company maintains

Regulations and Government

Spike Aerospace S-512

Radia Adds Partners for WindRunner Supersized Cargo Lifter

Military use cases could include carrying half a dozen Chinook helicopters

Radia WindRunner

Signature Plots AAM Strategy with UrbanV and Electra

Private aviation terminal operator could develop vertiports with partners

Electra EL9 Ultra Short aircraft with Signature Aviation

Archer Aviation Launches eVTOL Aircraft Flight Trials in Abu Dhabi

Rival eVTOL developer Joby recently began flying its four-seat air taxi in Dubai

Archer Midnight eVTOL mockup at Paris Air Show 2025

Beta Technologies' Alia CX300 Electric Aircraft Debuts at Paris Air Show

Republic Airways is the latest customer to receive an aircraft for testing.

Beta Technologies Alia CX300 at the Paris Air Show

Eve Air Mobility Scores Firm Order for 50 eVTOLs with Brazil's Revo at Paris Air Show

Revo is an established urban air mobility using helicopters in Brazil.

Mockup of Eve eVTOL aircraft at Paris Air Show 2025

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

SkyDrive Builds Its Case for SD-05 eVTOL Certification

Wingless multicopter shapes certification strategy

SkyDrive SD-05 eVTOL aircraft

U.S. Navy Evaluates Swarm Aero's Drone C2 Software

Recent FLEX exercise in Key West assessed coordination of air and sea assets

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Fleet Experimentation exercise

Korean Leasing Group Signs For eViator Electric Aircraft

Nine-passenger commuter could support new regional routes in Asia

MD Aircraft MDA1 eViator with Solyu

Wisk, Boeing Sued over eVTOL Software Safety Claims

Fired software manager alleges retaliation, discrimination

Wisk Aero's fifth-generation Cora prototypes sit in the company's hangar in Hollister, California, as a sixth-generation aircraft crosses the apron outside.

FAA Breaks Ground on AAM Test Range in Oklahoma City

Range supports eVTOL testing, training, and integration

Training and Workforce

U.S. Department of Transportation and FAA officials broke ground on the Vertical Procedures and Analysis Range

FAA Proposes Noise Rule for Supersonic Flight Over Land

NPRM seeks to end blanket overland ban

Regulations and Government

NASA’s X-59 in flight

Toyota and Joby Start eVTOL Manufacturing Joint Venture

Toyota will be the majority owner of the production company

Joby and Toyota fly eVTOL aircraft

Skyryse and Robinson Develop Uncrewed R66 Helicopter

The SkyOS autonomous operating system will be integrated with the single-engine rotorcraft

Cabin Interior and Electronics

Skyryse R66 flight trials

Beta and Surf Air Launch Electric Flight Trials in Hawaii

Six-week campaign tests inter-island cargo and passenger routes

The Alia CX300 CTOL (registration N401NZ) carries Surf Air branding while flying a demonstration route over Hawaii.

SAF Book-and-claim Could Cover Non-EU Airports

EBAA praises ‘encouraging direction’ amid ongoing lobbying efforts

Sustainability and Environment

Overview of front page of EASA sustainability portal website

DARPA's X-65 CRANE Project Moves Closer To First Flight

Experimental uncrewed aircraft set to evaluate active flow control mid-air

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Novel triangular wing being fitted to X-65 fuselage

Hong Kong Officials Start eVTOL Aircraft Flight Trials

Transport and safety agencies are exploring plans for China's low-altitude economy

Regulations and Government

AutoFlight eVTOL aircraft

Valour Study Predicts 6,824 eVTOLs In Operation By 2050

Revised expectations feature a fleet largely based in China

EHang eVTOL operations in Guangzhou, China

M-346 Leads Baykar UCAV in Autonomous Formation Flight

Italian jet and Turkish drone carry out K-Swarm airborne trial

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Kizilelma drone taking off from runway

Bye Aerospace Reveals Electric Airplane Suppliers

Company says its eFlyer 2 is expected to achieve first flight soon

Bye Aerospace eFlyer 2 prototype

Acodyne Lands Funding for Electric Cargo Drone Family

Danish start-up aims to start flight testing before end of 2026

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Acodyne electric cargo drones