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Honda has completed the first flight of its full-scale eVTOL technology demonstrator.

According to Honda, the remotely piloted aircraft flew for about 90 seconds on April 1 at the company’s test facility in San Luis Obispo, California.

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The European Defence Fund has selected Schiebel’s Camcopter S-300 uncrewed air system to be assessed as part of a European Union-backed initiative to mature anti-submarine technology.

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Electra Aero has completed the first urban flight of its hybrid-electric EL2 ‘ultra-short’ technology demonstrator aircraft, landing on a pier in downtown Charleston, South Carolina.

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A May 2027 statutory deadline for updating airworthiness standards for electric aircraft engines is in jeopardy after the Trump Administration’s drive to reduce the federal bureaucracy sidelined the advisory body Congress tasked with the work.

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Nav Canada has selected Indra Group, a Spanish air traffic management technology supplier, to build its planned flight information management system for remotely piloted aircraft.

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New regional aircraft that are more operationally flexible and with lower costs could unlock time savings on more than 2,600 U.S. domestic journeys of between one and three hours, according to a new study by Electra.

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Hermeus has pushed its Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 past the sound barrier, reaching Mach 1.21 during its third test flight at Spaceport America in New Mexico.

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Regent Craft has demonstrated that its Seaglider family of electric and hybrid-electric wing-in-ground-effect maritime vessels can recharge in locations without traditional grid infrastructure.

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Kazakhstan’s Alatau Advance Air Group is expanding its plans to operate eVTOL aircraft made by Chinese start-up AutoFlight.

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Noemi Aerospace, the Norwegian electric seaplane developer, has started construction on its first full-scale prototype and unveiled a strategy to adapt the same airframe for aerial firefighting, skydiving, and military missions.

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