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Brazilian Air Taxi Group FlyBis Confirms eVTOL Orders

Eve says cash spending on program is on budget through 2028

Eve eVTOL FlyBis

China's AutoFlight Makes Five-eVTOL Formation Flight

Autonomous aircraft flew over 133 kilometers at company's test site

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Five eVTOLs in flight trailing red and blue smoke

Vaeridion Gets Funding to Build Microliner Prototype

German start-up said flight tests with nine-seater could start in 2027

Vaeridion Microliner

VH-4T Hybrid-electric Powertrains Now Ready for First Flights

Florida company now raising more funds to expand production capacity

November 4, 2026

VerdeGo Aero VH-4T hybrid-electric powertrain

SkyFly Prepares eVTOL Aircraft for Axe Approval Under FAA MOSAIC Rules

The aircraft has a 100 mile range and is intended for personal use.

October 2, 2026

Skyfly Axe at EAA Airventure 2026

Beta's eVTOL Goes Hybrid To Fly Farther on Defense Missions

The MV250 is equipped with a GE turbogenerator that can produce one megawatt of power.

August 13, 2026

Beta Technologies MV250 hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft at Farnborough Airshow 2026

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

Airbus Mulls the Case For Stretching Its A350 Airliner

The possible A350-2000 model would compete head-on with Boeing's 777-9 twinjet

November 4, 2026

Airbus A350 airliner

Wisk Opens Vertiport for Autonomous eVTOL Testing

Hollister pad will test GPS-free landings and low-visibility navigation

November 4, 2026

Attendees cut a ribbon at Wisk’s Hollister vertiport

Beta Focusing Electric Airplane Sales on Cargo, Medical

High fuel prices are steering operators toward electric aircraft

November 3, 2026

A white Beta Alia CX300 electric airplane banks above green farmland.

China’s Comac May Have Built Electric Aircraft Demonstrator

Social media posts of CE-25A show T-tail configuration with 10 ducted-fan motors

November 2, 2026

Comac CE-25A electric aircraft

Joby and Beta Kick Off Florida eIPP Flights

Two electric air taxis retraced the world’s first airline route

October 31, 2026

Joby Aviation’s S4 eVTOL aircraft and Beta Technologies’ Alia CX300 electric airplane fly side by side

X-59 Heads to Florida, Marks First Flight Anniversary

Aircraft accrued more than 40 flights

October 30, 2026

NASA X-59 supersonic demonstrator in flight

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

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