Moya Aero’s full-scale Moya 256 autonomous cargo eVTOL prototype has completed its first full transition from vertical takeoff to wing-borne flight and back. Read more ⬇️

Archer Aviation plans to launch eVTOL air taxi services around the busiest metropolitan areas in Texas: Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and Austin. Read more ⬇️

FBO group Signature Aviation and vertiport developer UrbanV have launched a joint venture to support advanced air mobility operations in the U.S. Read more ⬇️

British eVTOL aircraft developer Skyfly has closed a $10 million seed funding round which it says will enable it to bring its Axe model to market. Read more ⬇️

Reliable Robotics has completed a round autonomous flight trials with its converted Cessna 208B Grand Caravan at the main commercial airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Read more ⬇️

Stressing that longer doesn’t mean safer, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy acknowledged that the FAA needs to do a better job of improving the certification process to avoid the lengthy delays that prolong projects. Read more ⬇️

The U.S. Air Force has awarded blended-wing-body aircraft developer Natilus a $3.5 million to advance its optionally piloted ‘Kona’ freighter aircraft. Read more ⬇️

A public-private partnership has selected five sites in Norway to host a series of upcoming hybrid-electric flight demonstrations. Read more ⬇️

Archer Aviation has completed an extensive campaign of piloted flight tests in Northern California with its Midnight eVTOL aircraft. Read more ⬇️

The FAA has issued a special airworthiness certificate to Beta Technologies allowing the company to operate its Alia 250 eVTOL aircraft for passenger-carrying “market survey” flights. Read more ⬇️