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Emirates SkyCargo signs MoU with LODD to trial autonomous VTOL cargo drones across global network

At Dubai Airshow 2025 Emirates SkyCargo and UAE developer LODD Autonomous signed a Memorandum of Understanding to test and validate unmanned VTOL cargo drones across Emirates' global network. The collaboration, running through 2027, will focus on feasibility studies, regulatory approvals and live demonstrations.

2025-11-20T22:08:11.013856-08:00

Reuters

Joby sues Archer in California, alleging theft of trade secrets amid eVTOL certification race

2025-11-20T14:52:26.510676-08:00

Royal Aeronautical Society

Dubai Airshow 2025: 300+ aircraft commitments expected as flydubai, Etihad book Airbus deals and Joby debuts eVTOL display

2025-11-14T00:53:47.849563-08:00

The National UAE

Joby and Dubai RTA complete UAE’s first crewed eVTOL origin‑to‑destination flight

2025-11-16T02:08:52.621468-08:00

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Aero Asia spotlights general aviation and China’s low‑altitude economy as Bombardier, Bell and Pratt & Whitney Canada exhibit China’s Aero Asia show is positioning general aviation and the 'low‑altitude economy' as strategic growth areas, with international OEMs — Bombardier, Bell Textron and Pratt & Whitney Canada — among exhibitors showcasing products and services aimed at China’s expanding regional, business and recreational aviation markets.

2025-11-24T08:50:15.365426-08:00

Aero Asia spotlights general aviation and China’s low‑altitude economy as Bombardier, Bell and Pratt & Whitney Canada exhibit

Air Data News

Honda to complete full‑scale eVTOL prototype by year‑end; inaugural U.S. test flight set for March 2026 Honda will complete its first full‑scale eVTOL prototype by the end of this year and conduct an inaugural test flight in the United States in March 2026. The sortie advances the programme from prototype construction into airborne validation ahead of later certification and commercialisation steps.

2025-11-24T04:38:46.046446-08:00

Honda to complete full‑scale eVTOL prototype by year‑end; inaugural U.S. test flight set for March 2026

eVTOL Insights

Falcon Executive Aviation unveils Dubai’s first fully private terminal for helicopters, business jets and eVTOLs Falcon Executive Aviation, part of Alex Group Investment (AGI), announced at the Dubai Airshow it is developing Dubai’s first fully private terminal for helicopters, business jets and eVTOLs. The facility will consolidate private-mobility operations and ground infrastructure for rotorcraft, business aviation and emerging AAM vehicles.

2025-11-24T02:43:57.458160-08:00

Falcon Executive Aviation unveils Dubai’s first fully private terminal for helicopters, business jets and eVTOLs

wral.com

EHang's unmanned eVTOL trials in Guangzhou highlight China's AAM push but run into safety, technical and regulatory setbacks EHang flew an unmanned, oval‑shaped eVTOL over a riverside innovation zone in Guangzhou as part of demonstration trials. The pilotless flights — noisy and unmanned — have encountered technical, safety, regulatory and market setbacks that mirror broader challenges for China's low‑altitude air mobility ambitions.

2025-11-23T17:46:54.166895-08:00

EHang's unmanned eVTOL trials in Guangzhou highlight China's AAM push but run into safety, technical and regulatory setbacks

The Air Current

Archer–Anduril deal shows eVTOL supply chain flowing into defense A supplier agreement to outfit Anduril and EDGE's Omen autonomous air vehicle with eVTOL-derived batteries, motors and powertrain components underscores how substantial private investment in 'flying cars' is spinning into battlefield capability, with Archer's supply deal marking a first major transfer of commercial AAM hardware into defence applications.

2025-11-23T06:06:39.067052-08:00

Archer–Anduril deal shows eVTOL supply chain flowing into defense

FlightGlobal

Joby sues Archer over alleged trade-secret theft tied to landing-site deal Joby Aviation has filed suit against rival Archer Aviation, alleging a former employee stole trade secrets and then undermined a real-estate partnership for eVTOL landing sites. The complaint links intellectual-property theft to commercial infrastructure disputes as both firms push toward certification and launch.

2025-11-22T11:34:16.633704-08:00

Joby sues Archer over alleged trade-secret theft tied to landing-site deal

Urban Air Mobility News

AutoFlight unveils 'world's first' water‑borne vertiport and sea‑air eVTOL operating centre On November 22, 2025 AutoFlight Aviation Technology unveiled what it calls the world’s first “Integrated Sea–Air Low‑Altitude Economy Solution” — a zero‑carbon water vertiport paired with eVTOL aircraft and an operating centre — and conducted flight demonstrations to validate sea‑borne AAM operations.

2025-11-22T09:09:51.927571-08:00

AutoFlight unveils 'world's first' water‑borne vertiport and sea‑air eVTOL operating centre

Aviation Week

HopFlyt revives channel-wing architecture for a hybrid VTOL Maryland startup HopFlyt is reviving the channel‑wing — a half‑century‑old design that embeds propellers within short‑span wing channels — as the basis for a hybrid VTOL aircraft. The company says the concept targets improved low‑speed lift and STOL performance for advanced air mobility missions.

2025-11-21T16:17:48.147934-08:00

HopFlyt revives channel-wing architecture for a hybrid VTOL

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