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GE, NASA, Beta, Boeing Conduct High-altitude Hybrid Flight

One flight test lasted more than two hours

GE hybrid-electric Saab 340B twin turboprop

Honeywell Aerospace Debuts as Independent Entity with Drive for Growth

Company investing in organic growth with flexibility to strategically deploy capital

Full Speed Ahead for GCAP

£4.6 billion contract accelerates concept assessment for the GCAP

Edgewing/GCAP

Low-cost Broadband Project Launches Funding Drive

Avealto is aiming to fly a prototype stratospheric platform in September this year

Avealto stratospheric platform

Videos

How Daher’s Kodiak 900 Aircraft Got Involved in Las Vegas Police Car Chases

Daher shows the Las Vegas Police Department how a Kodiak 900 can beat a helicopter.

Daher Kodiak 900 with surveillance hardware installed

Aura Aero Builds Aircraft Family of Two-seat Trainers and Regional Airliners

It already has one aircraft certified with EASA, and two more on the way.

Rendering of Aura Aero family of aircraft in flight

Tecnam’s P2012 Traveller Piston Twin Aircraft Gets the VIP Interior Touch

Less expensive than a turboprop, the P2012 VIP is a niche within a niche.

Tecnam P2012 VIP at Aero Friedrichshafen 2026

Piaggio Aero Is Rolling Out Plans for the NX Version of Its P.180 Avanti Aircraft

New avionics and cabin upgrades are in the works.

Piaggio Aerospace P.180 Avanti Evo at Aero Friedrichshafen 2026

More Articles

Daher Targets Record 2026 TBM 980 Orders, Deliveries

Company aiming for 60-plus deliveries for full year 2026

A Daher TBM 980 is parked on a ramp in front of Savage Aviation hangar

EASA Delivers Type Certificate for Epic E1000 AX

European buyers can start taking delivery in 2027

Epic Aircraft E1000 AX airplane

Airbus, Boeing Begin FIA with Orders for Hundreds of Aircraft

Orders flowed in for both narrow- and widebody models

Riyadh Air

Pipistrel Voyager To Train Next Generation of Pilots

Trainer will meet MOSAIC certification regulations

Pipistrel Voyager training airplane

Eaton Expands Additive Manufacturing in Europe

New center opens at Wimborne in the UK

Gulfstream G500, G600 Fleet Tops 400 Worldwide Deliveries

Both types also received EASA steep-approach certification in 2026

A G500 and a G600 in flight over water

Luxaviation Grows Managed Fleets in Asia and Europe

A mix of Gulfstream, Bombardier, Textron and Sikorsky aircraft have been added

Charter & Fractional

Luxaviation adds Gulfstream G700s and G800

SMBC Orders 100 Boeing 737 Max To Open Farnborough

SBMC owns, manages, and has committed to 450 Max jets

SMBC order Boeing 737

Luxaviation’s Sigma To Operate Vertical’s Valo eVTOL

Operator will help ready the Valo for real-world service

Sigma Air Mobility

Gulf Air May Buy JetZero’s Blended-wing-body Z4

Japan Airlines also expresses interest at Farnborough Airshow

JetZero Z4

Fuel-Systems Supplier Phinia Pushes Into Aerospace

Precision laser machining draws aerospace interest

Phinia booth

Global 8000 Sets Speed Record on Way to Farnborough

Bizjet flew from Los Angeles to Hampshire in under nine hours

Bombardier G8000

Beta Brings Electric Airplane to Farnborough Flying Display

All-electric Alia CX300 joins Farnborough’s flying display

Beta Alia MV250

A New King Air 360ER for Malta’s Maritime Patrol

The King Air 360ER will bolster the Mediterranean island’s maritime surveillance capabilities

Beechcraft King Air 360 - maritime patrol

eVTOLs and Drones Dominate Farnborough Airshow Displays

Farnborough 2026 show is growing in many other ways

Beta Alia CX300

Special Missions SkyCourier Finally Makes Airshow Debut

Textron Aviation had previously planned to bring variant to Dubai

Textron Sky Courier

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