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• Thomas Sleightholm
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.
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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.
Vertical Aerospace is expanding its manufacturing facility at Cotswold Airport in the UK for its Valo electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft. The site expansion comes ahead of the company’s selection of a final location for Valo’s planned mass production.
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Vertical Aerospace has opened a new assembly center at Cotswold Airport in the U.K. to build certification aircraft and initial production units of its Valo electric air taxi. The facility, located alongside the company’s flight-test base, marks a step from prototype development toward aircraft manufacturing, with a stated sights on producing up to 1,000 aircraft annually.
Vertical has opened its Kemble production facility, which is designed to build up to 37 Valo aircraft annually. The site is intended to support certification and initial customer deliveries, while the company has yet to decide whether to proceed with additional full-scale factories.
Vertical Aerospace is reviewing financing options after what it called the most significant year in its history, seeking capital to support the company’s next phase of growth. The move underscores the funding requirements facing eVTOL developers as they advance toward commercialization.
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