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• Thomas Sleightholm
REGENT Craft has opened a 255,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, beginning production preparations for its Viceroy commercial Seaglider and Squire autonomous platform. The site marks a step toward industrializing REGENT’s seaglider and autonomous aircraft programs.
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Horizon Aircraft has struck a deal with Great Lakes Helicopter to develop pilot instruction and maintenance, repair and overhaul support for its Cavorite X7 hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft. The agreement outlines the initial training framework as Horizon advances plans for the aircraft’s future operations.
REGENT Craft has opened a 255,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, beginning production preparations for its Viceroy commercial Seaglider and Squire autonomous platform. The site marks a step toward industrializing REGENT’s seaglider and autonomous aircraft programs.
The U.S. Marine Corps has extended its contract with Regent for electric seaglider development, adding $5 million in Phase IV funding. The increase brings the deal’s total value to $19.25 million, advancing military interest in an emerging electric maritime-air mobility platform.
REGENT Craft has added $5 million in mission funding to its collaboration with the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Lab, bringing the total value of the seaglider agreement to $19.25 million. The expanded effort reinforces military interest in REGENT’s advanced air mobility platform.
A US federal judge dismissed Archer Aviation’s claims that rival Joby Aviation harmed the company by allegedly misleading the government about ties to China and the Chinese Communist Party. The judge allowed several of Archer’s trade-secret-theft claims against Joby to proceed.
EHang is extending its Global Fast Track Program to Vietnam, partnering with Hanoi authorities and HungViet Technology and Investment Trading JSC to establish a regulatory sandbox for pilotless electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. Trials are planned in phases at Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park.
Vertical Aerospace will appoint former Airbus Commercial Aircraft CEO Fabrice Brégier as chair of its board on Sept. 21, 2026. Brégier succeeds interim chair Ben Story, who will remain a director, adding senior commercial-aircraft leadership to the eVTOL developer’s board.
BETA Technologies has begun flight testing its all-electric ALIA conventional takeoff and landing aircraft in North Carolina. The campaign will assess the aircraft’s potential for medical transport and regional air services, adding operational data to the company’s development and commercialization effort.
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