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New aircraft ventures are pursuing regional and specialized markets with electric, hybrid-electric, hydrogen-electric and amphibious designs. MD Aircraft secured pre-orders for 10 eViator aircraft, Electra is preparing a 1,200-mile hybrid-electric model, and SkyHop plans to acquire 15 NOEMI amphibious aircraft, while Stralis has ceased operations.
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New aircraft ventures are pursuing regional and specialized markets with electric, hybrid-electric, hydrogen-electric and amphibious designs. MD Aircraft secured pre-orders for 10 eViator aircraft, Electra is preparing a 1,200-mile hybrid-electric model, and SkyHop plans to acquire 15 NOEMI amphibious aircraft, while Stralis has ceased operations.
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. and Safran Helicopter Engines have signed an agreement through their SAFHAL joint venture to develop and produce the high-power Aravalli turboshaft engine. The engine is intended for HAL’s Indian Multi-Role Helicopter and naval Deck-Based Multi-Role Helicopter programs, deepening India-France defense cooperation.
Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University has completed flight testing of the country’s homegrown electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft program. Trials were conducted in Germany in July, marking the conclusion of three years of research and development on the eVTOL aircraft.
SkyDrive, Air India and Suzuki Motor Corporation will evaluate potential Indian routes for eVTOL-based medical logistics, initially targeting urgent pharmaceutical shipments, organ transport and other medical deliveries. The assessment marks a potential aviation use case for advanced air mobility beyond passenger air-taxi operations.
L2 Aviation and UK-based Gotonomi are partnering to provide reliable communications for UAVs and advanced air mobility aircraft operating beyond terrestrial network coverage. The agreement combines L2’s integration and certification expertise with Gotonomi’s compact satellite communications technology for remote and connectivity-constrained operations.
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Archer Aviation and entertainment company AEG plan to develop downtown Los Angeles’ first vertiport at the 4 million-square-foot L.A. LIVE complex. The facility would add a central node to Archer’s proposed eVTOL air-taxi network ahead of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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EHang says its Global Fast Track Program will move pilotless eVTOL aircraft from regulatory sandboxes toward commercial service within four months, with Sri Lanka as its first international adopter. In China, EHang and state-owned builder CSCEC are developing a low-altitude corridor and vertiport network in Hainan.
The contract funds Elroy Air’s development of the Chaparral, an autonomous hybrid-electric VTOL cargo aircraft, with work focused on jam-resistant navigation and hardened communications links. The award signals continued Army investment in resilient, unmanned logistics capabilities for contested operating environments.
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