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ITA Airways Taps Archer for Italian Air Taxi Plans

Italy’s flag carrier is Archer’s first European airline partner

October 30, 2026

An artist’s rendering shows two Archer Midnight eVTOL aircraft in ITA Airways livery.

Partners Sought for a New Approach to VLJ Design

Piero Jet III promises short-field performance breakthrough with midsize jet range

October 29, 2026

Piero Jet III very light jet

FAA Funds JetZero Study of Top-mounted Engine Airflow

$5.3 million deal funds sensors for JetZero’s blended-wing-body demonstrator

October 28, 2026

A digital rendering of the JetZero Z4 demonstrator in flight

DTA Logs 30 Reservations for JP1 Hybrid Multicopter

Crewed flight tests are slated to begin in 2027

October 28, 2026

DTA Aircraft JP1 eVTOL in hangar

Vertical Aerospace VA-1X eVTOL Makes Flying Display Debut at Farnborough Airshow

The display includes a full transition from vertical takeoff to wingborne cruise.

Vertical Aerospace VA-1X eVTOL prototype flying at Farnborough Airshow 2026

Inside AIN Media Group: Over 50 Years of Aviation News & Insights

The first word and last word in aviation.

Dassault Falcon 6X in flying display

How Hydrogen Can Generate Electricity To Power Aircraft

A simple explanation of how hydrogen fuel cells work for aircraft.

Hydrogen fuel cell demonstrator at Aero Friedrichshafen 2026

Volocopter Reveals VoloXPro eVTOL for the Light-sport Aircraft Market

The VoloXPro will come to the market at a relatively low price compared to other eVTOL aircraft.

Rendering of Volocopter VoloXPro eVTOL aircraft

Components Ready for Starfighters’ F-104 Mach 2 Testbed

Italian-made parts will form underwing carriers for ’Wind Tunnel in the Sky’

Maintenance and Modifications

October 28, 2026

Starfighters Space CEO Tim Franta (right) stands with an inert Wind Tunnel in the Sky carrier on October 16 in a receiving area next to Bionetics’ payload processing lab in Florida.

Full-scale Moya 256 eVTOL Makes First Transition Flight

Brazilian start-up aims to fly its larger 760 prototype by year-end

October 27, 2026

Moya’s 256 cargo eVTOL flies during testing in Brazil.

Electra’s Ultra Short Demonstrator Lands at Manhattan Heliport

Hybrid-electric aircraft made public display at Downtown Skyport

October 26, 2026

Electra's EL2 UltraShort in New York

Archer Announces Texas Triangle eVTOL Air Taxi Services

Flights will operate in and around Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and Austin

Charter & Fractional

October 23, 2026

Dallas-Fort Worth eVTOL air taxi network

Signature and UrbanV Start AAM Ground Support Network

Handling operations for new aircraft will start at Signature Aviation FBOs

October 23, 2026

Signature UrbanV Alliance vertiport

Automated Grand Caravan Demos Cargo Flights in New Mexico

eIPP flight trials showed use case for autonomous freighter aircraft

October 22, 2026

Reliable Robotics Cessna 208B Grand Caravan

Skyfly Secures $10 million To Commercialize eVTOL Aircraft

Hybrid-electric uncrewed defense variant also revealed

October 22, 2026

Skyfly Axe aircraft on runway

DOT’s Duffy at BACE: FAA Needs Better Cert Processes

Secretary Duffy spoke of need to pave way for safer technologies, AAM

Regulations and Government

October 21, 2026

Sean Duffy, Transportation Secretary

Natilus’ Freighter Concept Awarded U.S. Defense Funding

Optionally-piloted blended-wing-body freighter to make first flight in 2028

October 21, 2026

Kona blended wing body graphic over coastline

FAA Clears Beta’s Alia eVTOL for Passenger Demo Flights

The fixed-wing Alia CX300 electric aircraft already holds a special airworthiness certificate

Regulations and Government

October 21, 2026

Beta Technologies Alia 250 eVTOL aircraft

Five Norwegian Sites for Hybrid-Electric Flight Demos

Electra Aero to fly from various locations in late 2027

October 19, 2026

Graphic rendering of Bristow-liveried Electra aircraft over fjord

Archer Wraps Up Bay Area ‘No Roads’ eVTOL Demo Tour

Midnight prototype is now heading to Los Angeles for the eVTOL Integration Pilot Program

October 19, 2026

Archer's Midnight eVTOL aircraft in San Francisco

FAA’s eVTOL Pilot Program Takes Flight across the U.S.

Bizav and general aviation airports become proving grounds for AAM

October 17, 2026

Beta Alia CX300

DTA Pitches Two-seat Hybrid eVTOL

French gyroplane maker brings its JP1 multicopter to NBAA-BACE

October 16, 2026

DTA's two-seat JP1 hybrid eVTOL flies at dusk during uncrewed flight testing in France.

Skyportz To Test Full-Scale Vertiport Next Year

Fabrication of proprietary Aeroberm design now underway in Australia

October 15, 2026

Graphic rendering of octagonal landing pad

Battery Fire at Archer’s San Jose Lab Forces Evacuation

Three people were hurt and about 100 evacuated after a test pack overheated

October 15, 2026

Archer’s battery pack production line