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Aircraft
Beta and Surf Air Launch Electric Flight Trials in Hawaii
Six-week campaign tests inter-island cargo and passenger routes
Sustainability and Environment
SAF Book-and-claim Could Cover Non-EU Airports
EBAA praises ‘encouraging direction’ amid ongoing lobbying efforts
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
DARPA's X-65 CRANE Project Moves Closer To First Flight
Experimental uncrewed aircraft set to evaluate active flow control mid-air
Regulations and Government
Hong Kong Officials Start eVTOL Aircraft Flight Trials
Transport and safety agencies are exploring plans for China's low-altitude economy
Rotorcraft
Valour Study Predicts 6,824 eVTOLs In Operation By 2050
Revised expectations feature a fleet largely based in China
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
M-346 Leads Baykar UCAV in Autonomous Formation Flight
Italian jet and Turkish drone carry out K-Swarm airborne trial
Aircraft
Bye Aerospace Reveals Electric Airplane Suppliers
Company says its eFlyer 2 is expected to achieve first flight soon
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Acodyne Lands Funding for Electric Cargo Drone Family
Danish start-up aims to start flight testing before end of 2026
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Honeywell Launches Kestrel Drone Navigation Solution
Compact, cost-effective system applicable to smaller UAS platforms
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Deutsche Aircraft Working On Multi-Role Support Drone
Uncrewed platform would complement multi-mission D328MR variant
Aircraft
JetZero Breaks Ground on Z4 Factory in North Carolina
Greensboro campus to build blended-wing-body airliner
Aircraft
Eve 100 eVTOL Set to Make Low-speed Transition Flight
Flight envelope expansion precedes first crewed mission in mid-2027
Engines
How Hydrogen Can Generate Electricity To Power Aircraft
A simple explanation of how hydrogen fuel cells work for aircraft.
Aircraft
NASA’s X-59 Reaches Mission Performance of Mach 1.4
NASA is expanding the envelope as it readies aircraft for supersonic flight over communities
Finance, Taxes, Insurance
Hybrid-electric Aircraft Developer Maeve Goes Bankrupt
Dutch start-up failed to raise the €20 million it needed to continue
Aircraft
Indonesia Approves AutoFlight’s Autonomous eVTOL Aircraft
Southeast Asian state validated the aircraft’s Chinese type certificate
Aircraft
More Operators Sign for Vaeridion’s Electric Microliner
General Atomics plans to use Vaeridion’s batteries for its drones
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
TPE331 Engine Will Power Swarm Aero’s Large Military Drone
Swarm says it is now building production-ready uncrewed air system
Sustainability and Environment
Electric Aviation Innovators Call for Bizjet Taxes
Open letter to European Commission calls for more support and tax reform
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
ERC Unveils Victor Hybrid-electric VTOL Cargo Drone
First prototype was unveiled at the ILA 2026 air show this week in Berlin
