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Ampaire Trials Hybrid-electric Flights in Utah

Company plans to convert Cessna Grand Caravans for freight and passenger services

Ampaire EEL hybrid-electric technology demonstrator

Joby Ends Second Quarter with $2.3 Billion in Cash

Losses climb as R&D spending for certification and production accelerates

Joby eVTOL aircraft

Verti-Go Initiative to Lead European Airspace Update

Honeywell-led consortium to consider advanced air mobility integration

Vertical VX4 aircraft in flight

UrbanV Announces São Paulo Vertiport Network Partnership

Italian infrastructure group sees the Brazilian city as a prime market for eVTOL air taxis

UrbanV vertiport network for São Paulo, Brazil

Textron eAviation Expands Its Uncrewed Aircraft Family with Pipistrel’s Nuuva V300

Aircraft like this could change how cargo is transported.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Pipistrel Nuuva V300 in flight testing

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

Eve 100 Demonstrator Makes Partial Transition Flight

Embraer spin-off estimates engineering prototype is around 30 flights away from full-speed

Eve prototype hovering above runway

Archer eVTOL Completes California Round Trip

Midnight prototype flew from Salinas to Monterey and back

Archer’s Midnight eVTOL prototype touches down at Monterey Regional Airport

Noemi Details Firefighting Role For Amphibious Aircraft

Manoeuvrable multi-mission concept could carry up to four tons of water

Yellow and red Noemi rendering scooping water from lake

Project SEAN Trials Electric Flights For Scotland

Government-funded consortium to aims to connect remote communities

Sustainability and Environment

U.S. Air Force Extends Collaborative Combat Aircraft Trials

Anduril’s semi-autonomous YFQ-44A Fury evaluated in Nevada sorties

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

YFQ-44A drone in hangar, airman refuelling

IAI Joins Merlin’s Push To Automate Cargo Aircraft

Condor program gains a freighter conversion partner

Maintenance and Modifications

Four blue-and-white IAI converted freighters parked on an airport ramp, with a Boeing 777-300ERSF in the foreground

Air India Backs SkyDrive Emergency Medical eVTOL Plans

Partners say eVTOLs could accelerate response times in crowded Indian cities

SkyDrive plans eVTOL medical flights in India

Wisk Tests 1:3 Supervisor Ratio for Autonomous Flight

NASA controllers used existing tools to manage simulated autonomous traffic

A controller monitors simulated traffic inside NASA’s air traffic control simulation laboratory at the agency’s Ames Research Center.

Toray Will Make Composite Airframes For Sora eVTOL

Supplier agreement aims to accelerate development of Sora S-1 eVTOL

Sora Aviation's S-1 eVTOL aircraft

Beta Technologies Alia CX300 Electric CTOL Aircraft Flies at Farnborough Airshow 2026

The company expects to achieve FAA type certification for the Alia CX300 later this year.

Beta Technologies Alia CX300 flying at Farnborough Airshow 2026

GE Aerospace Saab 340B Hybrid-Electric Test Bed Aircraft Flies at the 2026 Farnborough Airshow

GE Aerospace claims this aircraft has completed the first hybrid-electric flights above 30,000 feet.

GE Aerospace Saab 340B hybrid-electric aircraft flying at Farnborough Airshow 2026

FAA Approves Flight Tests For Heart’s ES-30 Aircraft

X-1 demonstrator is cleared to fly at Plattsburgh International Airport

Heart X-1 demonstrator aicraft

Virgin Firms Up eVTOL Air Taxi Alliance with Joby

Connections to London Heathrow and Manchester airports will start first

Joby eVTOL route network

Kratos To Build Chaparral Cargo VTOL in Sacramento

Elroy Air plans fourth-quarter public listing via SPAC

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Elroy Air Chaparral

Moya Begins Building Full-scale Autonomous Cargo eVTOL

Brazilian start-up expects to fly the Moya 760 by year-end

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Moya’s 256 eVTOL, registered PP-AZM, lifts off during flight testing near São José dos Campos, Brazil.

Florida Backs Eve’s Advanced Air Mobility Research

Work will use the SunTrax Air research and development hub

Regulations and Government

SunTrax Air