Electric and hybrid-electric aircraft have now flown in nearly a dozen states under the FAA’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program. Read more ⬇️

Skyportz and Dubai-based Foster Aviation are partnering to develop vertiports for eVTOL aircraft in the UAE. Read more ⬇️

A battery test pack caught fire this week at Archer Aviation’s battery lab in San Jose, California, after its lithium-ion cells overheated in an uncontrollable chain reaction known as thermal runaway. Read more ⬇️

Beta Technologies wrapped up a five-day flight demonstration campaign in Utah on October 7, using its Alia CX300 electric airplane to show how electric aircraft could deliver radiopharmaceuticals and other time-sensitive medical cargo across the state. Read more ⬇️

Zuri has selected Norway’s EdgePerformance to provide the engine for the latest technology demonstrator of its hybrid-electric uncrewed VTOL cargo aircraft. Read more ⬇️

Australian electric aviation group FlyOne has signed a letter of intent with Germany’s MD Aircraft for 10 of the MDA1 eViator aircraft. Read more ⬇️

Heart Aerospace has won a $2.9 million award from the FAA to develop and flight-test the turbogenerators for its ES-36 hybrid-electric regional airliner. Read more ⬇️

Innovators, regulators, and other stakeholders are converging on Springfield, Ohio, this week for the fifth annual National Advanced Air Mobility Industry Forum Read more ⬇️

In a white paper published on October 5, Altea warns that investors in new aircraft and propulsion systems may lack the long-term commitment needed and that communities depending on the promised new air services could find themselves worse off if these fail. Read more ⬇️

Heart Aerospace has changed course again. Its new ES-36 returns to the series-hybrid design the company dropped in 2024, trading the ES-30's four nacelles for two. Read more ⬇️