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Heart Aerospace

Heart Aerospace to conduct first test flight in US next year

Yves Le Marquand

26 Nov 24

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Swedish hybrid-electric aircraft maker Heart Aerospace is planning to fly its demonstrator aircraft at New York’s Plattsburgh International Airport in 2025. The test flight will…

BETA

BETA flies first production CTOL aircraft

Yves Le Marquand

14 Nov 24

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BETA Technologies has flown an electric aircraft built on its new production line for the first time. The aircraft, an Alia CTOL, was permitted…

Skydweller

Skydweller completes initial flight test campaign

Yves Le Marquand

2 Oct 24

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Skydweller Aero has successfully completed an initial flight test campaign of its Skydweller Unmanned Aerial System. The series of uncrewed flight tests – with the…

Mayman Aerospace

Mayman’s VTOL testbed completes test flight series

Yves Le Marquand

26 Sep 24

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Mayman Aerospace has completed flight tests of its Razor testbed VTOL aircraft at a military base in Southern California. The Razor test bed is exactly…

Vertical

Vertical completes phase one of piloted testing

Yves Le Marquand

12 Sep 24

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Vertical Aerospace’s VX4 prototype has completed the first phase of its piloted flight test programme. Test pilots conducted multiple tethered flights and ground runs, across…

Moya Aero

Moya Aero publishes footage of first subscale transition flight

Yves Le Marquand

6 Sep 24

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Brazilian startup Moya Aero has released footage of the first ever transition flight with its sub-scale tiltbody uncrewed eVTOL aircraft prototype. The flight, using…

Merlin

Merlin kicks off test campaign with ‘certification-ready’ Cessna

Yves Le Marquand

6 Sep 24

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Merlin has begun the flight test campaign of its certification-ready Cessna Caravan aircraft equipped with the firm’s Merlin Pilot technology. What does Merlin mean by certification-ready? CEO…

Volocopter

Volocopter conducts validation flight in Paris

Yves Le Marquand

9 Aug 24

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Volocopter has begun crewed validation test flights at the Aerodrome of Saint-Cyr-l’École, just outside Versailles, France. Conducted on August 8th, the flight marks the beginning…

Supernal

FIA: Supernal debuts S-A2 eVTOL with test flights on the way

Yves Le Marquand

24 Jul 24

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Hyundai’s AAM company has been busy at the Farnborough International Airshow (FIA). Supernal debuted its S-A2 eVTOL concept, revealed it is preparing for test flights,…

Elroy Air

Leidos and Elroy Air approved to fly autonomous resupply demos for US Navy

Yves Le Marquand

14 May 24

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Elroy Air and Leidos have been approved to demonstrate an autonomous resupply drone prototype for an office of the US Naval Air Systems Command. The…

Boom

Boom Supersonic XB-1 takes to the skies

Yves Le Marquand

25 Mar 24

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Just over 20 years since Concorde’s last flight, a civil supersonic aircraft is flying again in the shape of Boom’s XB-1. The prototype took…

Daedalean

Daedalean and Leonardo complete AI capability flight testing

Yves Le Marquand

26 Feb 24

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Leonardo has completed flight testing of Daedalean’s artificial intelligence-based visual awareness system. The year-long collaboration project, funded by a Eureka Eurostars grant, saw Daedalean mount…

Skyports

Skyports Drone Services and Makutu launch water quality trial with Northumbrian Water

Yves Le Marquand

15 Jan 24

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Maiden test flights inspecting water quality for Northumbrian Water have been conducted by Skyports Drone Services and Makutu. Launched as a pilot study to help…

Merlin

Merlin on cusp of flight test campaign

Yves Le Marquand

5 Jan 24

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Merlin’s test aircraft Big Red is undergoing integration with the startup’s autopilot system ahead of beginning a flight test campaign. The firm has taken a…

Volocopter

Volocopter’s 2X begins test flying in Japan

Yves Le Marquand

13 Dec 23

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Volocopter is fresh off its first multi-day flight test campaign with a crewed eVTOL aircraft above the Japanese cities of Osaka and Amagasaki. The testing…

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