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Texas has begun flights under the White House’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program, with Joby Aviation participating in a weeklong demonstration. Separately, Archer Aviation and BETA Technologies plan interoperable charging infrastructure to support air taxi operations, linking vehicle deployments with the ground systems required for scale.
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Texas has begun flights under the White House’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program, with Joby Aviation participating in a weeklong demonstration. Separately, Archer Aviation and BETA Technologies plan interoperable charging infrastructure to support air taxi operations, linking vehicle deployments with the ground systems required for scale.
Archer Aviation has begun its “No Roads” flight tour with a piloted round trip between Salinas Municipal Airport and Hollister Municipal Airport in California. The demonstration marks the first stop in a series of flights as Archer continues testing its all-electric Midnight aircraft ahead of planned operations in additional U.S. markets.
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