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Air China Cargo increases A350F freighter order to 10 aircraft

Thales to build Singapore’s drone traffic management platform

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore awarded Thales, as the leading partner in a consortium with Deeeplabs, a contract to deliver an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) System based on the TopSky - AstraUTM platform, to provide an integrated, one-stop portal for the ap...

AutoFlight V5000 Matrix concludes 'heterogeneous three-aircraft formation' flight, officially kicks off airworthiness certification

AutoFlight successfully completed a demonstration flight of a heterogeneous three-aircraft formation, consisting of one V5000 Matrix and two V2000-series eVTOL aircraft. The mission has validated key capabilities including communication links, route planning, flight coordination and safety cont...

NOEMI Aerospace - strategy beyond passenger travel - interview with Eric Lithun and Simon Bendrey - new aircraft platform approach

NOEMI Aerospace unveiled a broader platform strategy that expands company’s vision beyond its initial fully electric amphibious passenger aircraft programme. The company remains firmly committed to its core mission, developing a fully electric amphibious aircraft for regional passenger transportation. Now NOEMI Aero sees significant long-term opportunities in adapting the same aircraft platf...

Vertical Aerospace selected Hyundai WIA as landing gear partner for Valo

Vertical Aerospace announced a new long-term partnership with Hyundai WIA, a subsidiary of Hyundai Corporation and a leading mobility and manufacturing company, to supply the landing gear system for Valo, Vertical’s eVTOL aircraft. Under the agreement, Hyundai WIA will develop and manufacture a bespoke landing gear system for Valo, with end-to-end design and production responsibili...

Signature Aviation, BETA Technologies, Republic Airways, and Brickyard Connection complete regional electric flight demonstrations across Florida

Signature Aviation, BETA Technologies, Republic Airways Holdings and Brickyard Connection completed three days of high-cadence electric flight demonstrations at Kissimmee Gateway Airport earlier this month following a winter demonstration campaign in Burlington, Vermont, and Plattsburgh, New York, earlier this year. The back-to-back hot- and cold-weather demonstrations prove the readiness of...

The Royal Thai Air Force orders two Airbus C295 tactical transport aircraft

The Royal Thai Air Force has acquired two Airbus C295 in tactical transport configuration, which will enhance Thailand’s defence capabilities. The two C295s will be operated by the 46th Wing Division of the Royal Thai Air Force from the Phitsanulok air base. Thailand already has three C295s operated by the Royal Thai Army, performing cargo and troop transport missions since 2016...

First eVTOL flight in Central Asia - AutoFlight completes landmark demonstration in Kazakhstan

AutoFlight has successfully completed the first ton-class eVTOL demonstration flight in Alatau City, Kazakhstan – marking the first eVTOL Urban Air Mobility flight in Central Asia. The milestone was achieved in collaboration with Alatau Advance Air Group Ltd., which has already purchased and paid for AutoFlight's large-scale eVTOL. During the flight ceremony, the two...

Eve completes hover & low‑speed flights block, advancing eVTOL toward transition flight testing

Eve Air Mobility announced the successful closeout of the hover & low‑speed flights block in the flight test campaign of its full‑scale engineering prototype. The completed block generated high‑fidelity data and knowledge gains that continue to mature the program as Eve progresses toward transition flight testing. This milestone reflects Eve’s disciplined building-block approac...

Otto Aerospace selects F/LIST to develop interior for Phantom 3500

Otto Aerospace partnered with F/LIST to develop the interior for its Phantom 3500, a clean-sheet, ultra-efficient business jet that leverages breakthrough laminar-flow aerodynamics and precision all-carbon-fiber composites to deliver a 61% reduction in fuel burn compared with today’s super-midsize aircraft. Under the agreement, F/LIST, an Austria-based global provider of high-end interiors f...

Berjaya Air takes delivery of world's first aircraft in ATR HighLine configuration

World first ATR 72-600 featuring the ATR HighLine “All-Business Class” configuration touched down in Kuala Lumpur today, marking a major milestone for regional aviation. ATR’s new cabin concept received certification from both EASA and the Malaysian authorities earlier this month, confirming its readiness for commercial operations worldwide. The delivery represents a dual fi...

Vertical Aerospace advances hybrid-electric testing and battery production

Vertical Aerospace announced two key programme milestones: the start of integration testing for its next-generation hybrid-electric propulsion system, and the production of the first all-electric Valo battery from its upgraded assembly line. These milestones represent continued progress across Vertical’s propulsion and energy systems programmes, both of which underpin the Company’...

AURA AERO selects Qarnot to accelerate the design of its decarbonized aircraft

AURA AERO has selected Qarnot, a French provider of sovereign, low-carbon HPC cloud services, to support its growing high-performance computing needs. This solution will provide AURA AERO’s teams with morepowerful computing resources for their design, simulation and program optimization work. Qarnot’s infrastructure, located in Europe, addresses the challenges of data security, soverei...

Future of safe regional air travel in Torres Strait touches down with Horizon Airways & Australia's first P2012 STOL

A historic milestone for Australian aviation - Queensland-based Horizon Airways introduces country’s first Tecnam P2012 STOL aircraft to its fleet. Operating since 1994, Horizon Airways has been a lifeline for communities across Central, Western, and Northern Queensland. The introduction of this purpose-built aircraft will revolutionize regional air travel in the Tor...

Bayanat Engineering brings advanced meteorological sensing to Dubai's first commercial eVTOL vertiport

Bayanat Engineering announced its first strategic entry into the Advanced Air Mobility sector through Skyports Infrastructure, the global leader in vertiport development. This collaboration marks a pivotal moment as Bayanat Engineering integrates a state-of-the-art meteorological sensing solution at Dubai’s first commercial vertiport. To ensure the highest standards of safety and operat...

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