Air taxis and personal transports

Electra “demonstrates Ultra Short fixed wing capability from vertiports during eIPP trails”

Electra today announced it successfully completed a first-of-its-kind flights from a heliport on a commercial airport ramp at the Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport. “The operations showcased the breakthrough capabilities of Electra’s fixed-wing Ultra Short aircraft to […]

Cargo and logistics

Skyways to deploy autonomous cargo drones with DSV to the North Sea energy industry

Skyways, a developer of long-range autonomous uncrewed aircraft systems, today announced a commercial logistics partnership with DSV to provide aircraft in support of offshore energy operations. “The partnership establishes Skyways’ UAS as a key flight […]

Jobs and appointments

Vertical Aerospace appoints former Airbus Commercial Aircraft CEO to chair Board of Directors

Vertical Aerospace today announced the appointment of Fabrice Brégier as Chair of its Board of Directors, effective September 21 2026. Mr. Brégier served as Chief Executive Officer of Airbus Commercial Aircraft from 2012 to 2016 […]

Cargo and logistics

Textron and Merlin develop autonomous Cessna SkyCourier UX concept for military transport missions

Textron Aviation and Merlin have introduced a concept Cessna SkyCourier UX™ aircraft that combines Textron Aviation’s Cessna SkyCourier platform with Merlin’s aircraft-agnostic software solution for autonomous aviation. The concept explores a new cost-efficient and scalable […]

Hydrogen

Honeywell announces progress in developing hydrogen power source for electric aircraft

Honeywell Aerospace today announced that its Brno engineering team participating in a consortium together with project partners successfully integrated individual subsystems of Project NEWBORN, funded by European Union through EU Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking, into […]