FutureFlight

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

Molicel Batteries Will Power Vaeridion's Electric Microliner

European start-up is aiming to start test flights in 2027

February 27, 2026

Microliner aircraft mockup in shadowy hangar

Joby and Uber Reveal Electric Air Taxi Booking Platform

‘Uber Air’ services coming to the popular ride-hailing app

February 25, 2026

Uber Air powered by Joby app screenshot with JAS4-1 eVTOL aircraft

MightyFly Raises $10 Million for Autonomous Hybrid eVTOL Freighter

Autonomous cargo aircraft targets 100-pound payload, 600-mile missions

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

February 25, 2026

MightyFly’s Cento aircraft

Saab To Fly Fighter-sized Uncrewed Aircraft Next Year

Experimental platform precedes future fighter program decision due by 2030

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

February 25, 2026

Swedish aerospace and defense group Saab is preparing to make the first flight of an uncrewed fighter-sized demonstration aircraft in 2027.

Archer Sues eVTOL Rival Vertical for Patent Infringement

Plaintiff claims UK company copied its Midnight design

February 24, 2026

Vertical Valo and Archer Midnight

Bristol Base For Archer’s UK Engineering Hub

Defense-focused site to further collaboration with Anduril and GKN

Training and Workforce

February 24, 2026

Mockup of tail and fuselage in front of Union Jack flag on wall