MagniX and GE Aviation win contracts to perform ground and flight demonstrations with $253.4 million in grants from NASA.

Three charging stations now occupy Sweden’s Visby Airport to serve electric aircraft as airports group Swedavia seeks to pioneer electric propulsion in commercial aviation.

The latest MOUs signed by Electra, which call for delivery of as many as 130 aircraft, follow a late-August deal with Bristow Group for 50.

Skyports receives first-in-EU Light UAS Operator Certificate (LUC) to allow for BVLOS from the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA), enabling self-authorization of drone flights.

Lilium and Vertical become early adopters of the Anthem avionics system, which Honeywell has designed for virtually every civil aviation market segment.

The aviation safety agency consulted extensively with MagniX over special conditions for the certification of its Magni 350 and Magni 650 electric propulsion systems under Part 33 rules, and several other companies and regulators provided input.

The Spirit of Innovation aircraft is an NXT Next kitplane fitted with electric motors, inverters and 1,200 battery cells that Rolls-Royce says has the highest power density yet assembled for aviation at 72 kW/hr.

Thousands of underutilized public airports could becomes key hubs for advanced air mobility services, in some cases with reinvented roles to make them more critical to community transportation needs.

The on-demand and scheduled flight marketplace wants to be a key enabler for the electrification of air transportation, starting with conversions of existing aircraft.

The U.S. company says that it now holds FAA's G1 type certification issue paper and is agreeing to means of compliance for its four-passenger aircraft.

The Dutch flight training school intends to take 14 of Bye Aerospace's eFlyer 2 and eFlyer 4 electric aircraft.

The U.S. company's leadership team has strong ties to Airbus, which is priortizing efforts to develop hydrogen-powered airliners through its Zero E program.

The helicopter manufacturer's eVTOL design will feature in the Smithsonian's Futures exhibition even though the program's future is unclear.

The partners are raising funds to step up development of XTI's TriFan family of hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft, which will carry between six and 16 passengers.

The helicopter operator is partnering with Eve Urban Air Mobility and has said it will buy up to 100 of the Embraer subsidiary's new four-passenger eVTOL aircraft.

The two companies are collaborating to develop a concept of operations for Walle Mobility's planned air traffic service across multiple Italian cities, starting in 2026.

Ground infrastructure specialist Skyports is to build a vertiport at the new Brent Cross Town development in partnership with the local borough government and real estate developer Argent Related.

Vertical's latest eVTOL sale was announced a day after leasing group Avolon agreed to supply Brazilian airline Gol with 250 of the 500 VA-X4s that it has previously agreed to buy.

The German company and its strategic investor Geely are forming the Volocopter Chengdu joint venture to make and operate eVTOL aircraft in China within three to five years.

The Japanese group will work with the eVTOL developer to set the stage for eVTOL air taxi services in Japan, in a process that will likely include finding operating partners.