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Fuel

Hitachi and Eve Team to Provide eVTOL Charging

Partners will prioritize applications in Brazil and the U.S.markets
Eve 100 eVTOL aircraft
Training and Workforce

EASA Overhauls Flight Training Simulation Rules

New framework modernizes approach to qualification and use of flight-training simulator devices
Loft Dynamics virtual reality flight simulators
Engines

Dreamliner Set to Fly As New Boeing ecoDemonstrator

Green aviation partnership is backed by Rolls-Royce and Lufthansa
Boeing 787 ecoDemonstrator test bed aircraft
Sustainability and Environment

ZeroAvia Pushes Defense Focus With Hydrogen-electric ZA200

200kW power generation system central to revised short-term strategy
Two people signing at lectern with Dornier 228 in background of hangar
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Geopolitics Drives Technology Shift to Defense at GKN

European investment in sovereign capability targets new drones
GKN Aerospace additive manufacturing
Engines

Safran Turbogenerator Will Power Electra Hybrid Aircraft

Electra recently received FAA G-1 issue paper defining certification path
Safran TG600 turbogenerator
Engines

All RISE for Increasing Focus on Durability

Open-fan narrowbody architecture on track to achieve predetermined efficiency milestones
GE Dowty 2026 Media Tour
Aircraft

Swapping Metal for Thermoplastics Speeds Prototyping

Greene Tweed says reworkable tooling cuts lead times in half
Greene Tweed thermoplastics
Aircraft

Sora Aviation Completes Subscale S-1 eVTOL Testing

UK start-up says 30-passenger all-electric aircraft could enter service in 2031
Subscale demonstrator with proprotors on fuselage-mounted booms
Operations

Beta Flies Manufactured Organs in First eIPP Mission

Electric airplane carried United Therapeutics’ organ products
N336MR
Charter & Fractional

Japanese Air Charter Group Plans To Operate SD-05 eVTOLs

Japan Biz Aviation fleet includes HondaJets and Bell 429 helicopters
Japan eVTOL services
Sustainability and Environment

Rolls-Royce's Hydrogen Capabilities Await Market Maturity

Efficiency of existing products remains key to OEM’s sustainability strategy
Rolls-Royce engine in test rig
Engines

Airbus and MTU Launch Hydrogen Propulsion Venture

New initiative focused on commercial applications for electric hydrogen fuel cell engines
Four-engine narrowbody digital rendering
Sustainability and Environment

GKN-backed Start-up Focuses on Electric Motors

A joint venture with the University of Nottingham is a product of the H2Gear program
GKN Global Technology Center
Engines

Collins Advances Electric Thrust Reverser Technology

UK engineering center of excellence is focused on ElecTRAS improvements
Collins Aerospace engineering center of excellence
Aircraft

Inside AIN Media Group: Over 50 Years of Aviation News & Insights

The first word and last word in aviation.
Dassault Falcon 6X in flying display
Regulations and Government

Spike Aerospace: FAA Supersonic NPRM Steps Toward New Era

Rule is performance-based, encouraging innovation, company maintains
Spike Aerospace S-512
Aircraft

Radia Adds Partners for WindRunner Supersized Cargo Lifter

Military use cases could include carrying half a dozen Chinook helicopters
Radia WindRunner
Airports

Signature Plots AAM Strategy with UrbanV and Electra

Private aviation terminal operator could develop vertiports with partners
Electra EL9 Ultra Short aircraft with Signature Aviation
Aircraft

SkyDrive Builds Its Case for SD-05 eVTOL Certification

Wingless multicopter shapes certification strategy
SkyDrive SD-05 eVTOL aircraft