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Aircraft
Joby Begins Assembly of Conforming Electric Aircraft For TIA Tests
FAA type inspection authorization flights are expected to begin in early 2026
Aircraft
What Shape Will the Next Generation of Airliners Take?
Part 4 of a series from new AIN Media Group title Leeham News and Analysis
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
NASA Teams With Reliable Robotics On Large UAS Airspace Integration
Partnership builds on previous work on detect and avoid technology
Aircraft
Eve Evaluates Alternative Beta Motors for eVTOL Aircraft
Beta Technologies’ propulsion system could replace motors developed by Nidec
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
NBAA: Proposed BVLOS Rules To Benefit UAS Providers
Part 108 rule would expand business opportunities for drone operators
Aircraft
Líder To Represent Beta Technologies in Brazil
Líder purchased three of Beta's electric aircraft and has options for 50 more
Charter & Fractional
Sale of Blade’s Pax Ops Set To Boost Medical Division
Medical flight revenues are growing faster than passenger operations
Airlines
Japanese Airline ANA Expands eVTOL Air Taxi Alliance with Joby
Joby will fly its four-passenger eVTOL aircraft at the Expo 2025 event in Osaka this October
Charter & Fractional
Joby Buys Blade Passenger Operation for eVTOL Air-taxi Service
eVTOL aircraft developer acquires infrastructure and customer base
Aircraft
Aciturri Signs To Make Airframes for Vertical’s VX4 eVTOL Aircraft
Scope of production package covers the wing, empennage, pylons, and fuselage
Aircraft
Accelerating Aerospace Innovation at Le Bourget
Hybrid propulsion systems and dual defense applications pick up pace among Paris Air Show exhibitors
Aircraft
Joby and L3Harris Plan Hybrid VTOL Aircraft for Defense Missions
Operational flight demonstrations with a hybrid-electric vehicle could begin in 2026
Regulations and Government
FAA Clears eVTOL Certification Path with Powered-lift Rules
Frontrunners Joby, Archer, and Beta have all welcomed the recent publication of a new advisory circular
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
EHang Conducts Cargo Delivery Service Demo with VT-20 Autonomous eVTOL
Flights connecting Zhuhai and Guangzhou carried seafood and medical samples
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Northrop Grumman and Merlin Partner on Autonomous Flight
Merlin is one of six autonomy specialists joining Northrop’s Beacon Project
Aircraft
Textron eAviation Confirms Slowdown in Nexus eVTOL Program
Nexus One eVTOL aircrarft's first flight will not take place this year
Fuel
Waste Carbon to SAF Process Touted as Cost Breakthrough
UK start-up's CEO Andrew Symes expresses concern over deprioritizing aviation decarbonization
Aircraft
Bye Aerospace Prioritizes eFlyer 2 Electric Trainer Over eFlyer 800
Company claims orders have topped 1,000 airplanes valued at more than $700 million
Aircraft
What Shape Will the Next Generation of Airliners Take?
Part 3 of a series from new AIN Media Group title Leeham News and Analysis
Aircraft
China's AutoFlight Delivers First CarryAll eVTOL Freighter
Civil Aviation Administration of China granted an airworthiness certificate on July 21
