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A letter of intent, signed on July 17, builds on earlier provisional sales for 70 of Plana's CP-01 aircraft to Ghenus Air in the U.S. and Japan's SkyTaxi.

The eVTOL aircraft developer has exceeded the $250 million target it set when launching a funding round in early May.

EHang expects to start delivering its autonomous eVTOL vehicle to clients in China and other Asian countries by the end of 2023.

Doroni founder and CEO Doron Merdinger became the first person to pilot a two-seat personal eVTOL in the U.S. on July 3, 2023, when he flew a full-scale technology demonstrator for Doroni's H1 "flying car."

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Artificial intelligence isn’t only changing the way airplanes fly—it’s transforming nearly every aspect of aviation on the ground, too.

The Link rotorcraft designs are based on a Canadian 1960s-era gyroplane design called the Pegasus that the UK company is modernizing.

Ribbit, a Toronto-based start-up developing software for cargo airplanes, has won a $1.3 million contract to conduct flight trials over northern Canada. 

Airports group Swedavia is providing space for taxi and charging tests as part of Sweden's Elise program to encourage the development of electric aircraft.

A new report from the independent Institute for Transport Economics argues that with the right incentives airlines would switch to electric aircraft for domestic flights.

The German company has cleared all four audits required to secure the EASA design organization approval it needs to complete type certification for its six-passenger Lilium Jet.

The move has been welcomed by Melbourne-based vertiport developer Skyportz, which is seeking to develop some 400 eVTOL landing sites across Australia.

California-based eVTOL aircraft developer Joby Aviation says it has finished submitting all the certification plans for its four-passenger air taxi to the FAA.

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Mumbai-based Maritime Energy Heli Air Services is to replace Cessna Grand Caravan turboprops with Jekta's electric-powered PHA-ZE 100 amphibious aircraft.

A McKinsey report assesses the latest sales trends for eVTOL vehicles, sustainable aircraft, cargo drones, and supersonic jets.

Analysts at the consulting firm McKinsey & Company spell out the key enablers that could lead to a resurgence of short-haul flights for commercial airline passengers.

The four-seat hybrid-electric vehicle is intended for both personal and commercial flights and will be able operate either vertically from helipads or conventionally from runways.

NASA's experimental electric airplane, the X-57 Maxwell, will not achieve a first flight before the agency cuts the program in September.

The company is preparing to start flight testing the H175 propulsion system later this year in its HY4 technology demonstrator aircraft.