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Beechcraft M-346N Fielded For U.S Navy Trainer Request
The United States Navy is currently looking for trainer aircraft for the UJTS Program. The U.S. Navy Undergraduate Jet Training System is the target institution. The Navy has released several Requests for Information related to an upcoming Request for Proposals for a new aircraft for the UJTS program. Textron has therefore fielded their Beechcraft M-346N as a "Ready-Now" trainer for the program...
Horizon Aircraft; ZeroAvia Collaboration To Spawn Hydrogen-electric Powered Craft
We know ZeroAvia and Horizon Aircraft in their respective exploits in the Hydrogen propulsion and electric eVTOL spaces respectively. These two companies have now agreed to join forces in the creation of hydrogen-electric vertical take off and landing aircraft. Horizon already have their Cavorite X7 eVTOL and ZeroAvia has been actively testing a Dornier 228 testbed...
SLI Signs For BETA Technologies CX300
SLI or Space Leasing International, part of the Libra Group is best known for their work in the space industry particularly in the provision of asset financing solutions for satellites and ground stations. However, the company is looking to broaden its leasing portfolio and none better than purchasing 25 CX300 electric planes from BETA Technologies...
World's First Tonne-Class eVTOL Delivered By AutoFlight
The Chinese once again have been first in regards to the eVTOL race. You might have heard about eHANG and their EH216-S autonomous 2 passenger eVTOL. They have certified that aircraft since October 2023. Now another Chinese startup has not only certified but also delivered its first specimen to a customer. AutoFlight now boasts of having certification for the CarryAll cargo aircraft. They said that it completed all certification testing back in February 2024. The testing involved 156 flights, exceeding a total flight distance of 10,000 kilometers...
Gulfstream's G800 About To Enter Into Service
With dual certifications from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) a few months ago, Gulfstream has turned their attention to finishing and preparing the first set of customer-bound examples for delivery. The G800 is the latest stablemate aircraft in Gulfstream's lineup coming to market after the G700...
TBM 700 Soon To Have Optional Powerplant Upgrade
Blackhawk Aerospace are known as the modification specialist and one of their recent projects has been working to upgrade the power for the TBM 700. If the PT6A-66D they are working on is certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) then it would be an option to replace the factory 700-shp Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-64. This would give the TBM 700 850-shp powerplant that would essentially bring it more in-line with the TBM 850 model...
FAA Certification Granted For Epic E1000 AX
Earlier this year, JF alerted you to the Epic E1000 AX variant from Epic Aircraft. The company previously had the GX variant of the E1000 and the AX variant now represents the latest and best from this flagship model. Epic Aircraft just announced that the latest variant has now been granted Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification...
Taxi Trials Have Commenced For NASA's X-59
The last time JF explored the latest news that was happening with the NASA X-59 Quesst project it was related to the prototype concluding its Ground Engine testing. This was a major hurdle in pushing the program towards the first flight. However, before the first flight can be achieved, they have to conduct first, slow taxi trials and then work their way up to high speed taxi runs...
FAA Certifies First Propeller Specifically For AAM Sector
Hartzell has become the first company to be granted Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification for a propeller specifically designed for the Advanced Air Mobility (eVTOL) market. The company announced today that it had been given FAA-related certification for the propeller that will make its way on to BETA Technologies AAM aircraft. For the last few years the propeller has been testing on the CX300 which is BETA's CTOL (Conventional Take Off and Landing) version. The propeller will also be utilized on the eVTOL version, the ALIA 250...
Blended Wing Body Aircraft; The Future?
In the future passenger jet aircraft may look a little different than what we are accustomed to currently. The narrowbody single-aisle and double-aisle large body aircraft that have dominated the skies from manufacturers like Boeing and Airbus could soon have some competition by BWB type aircraft...
Baykar Completes Piaggio Aerospace Acquisition
Turkish entity Baykar has fully completed the acquisition of Piaggio Aerospace -Piaggio Industries and Piaggio Aviation-. The last time we heard about Baykar in relation to the acquisition of Piaggio was at the start of 2025...
ALIA CX300 Closing In On Certification
After being in the news recently regarding its first flight in New York, Beta Technologies ALIA CX300 is back in the news again. Beta had an example of their CX300 at the recently concluded 2025 edition of the Paris Air Show and naturally it caused a stir at the show. Many may know of Beta for currently developing the CX250 which is the eVTOL variant. The CX300 is actually the CTOL (conventional take off and landing) version which is edging closer to certification...
Samson 400 Eh/kg Battery Unveiled At 2025 Paris Air Show
Coming out of the recently concluded 2025 edition of the Paris Air Show, Everett Washington-based company magniX introduced more energy-dense battery cells. The Samson 400 Wh/kg Battery Cells are the company's latest generation and exceed the 300 Wh/kg Battery Cells that they introduced a year ago...
D328eco By Deutsche Aircraft
Deutsche Aircraft used the recently concluded 2025 edition of the Paris Air Show (PAS25) to update the industry on the the D328eco. They primarily announced some new partners on the project namely Aernnova and Garmin...
WindRunner Expected To Steal The Show In Paris
The 2025 edition of the Paris Air Show is going to get underway in the next few days and usually it is an air show that one can see a wide variation of aircraft at. However, this year is slated to have the largest aircraft in the world on display...
U.S Supersonic Ban Ordered To Be Rescinded
The current United States White House has issued an Executive Order pushing for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to repeal the long-standing ban of overland supersonic flights. This news would have been received well by many companies who are trying to revive the commercial supersonic realm in the United States. BOOM Supersonic is the current most advanced entity conducting supersonic testing...
Hermeus Quarterhorse Mk1 Takes Flight
Hermeus is ramping up for the first flight for the flight test campaign of the Quarterhorse Mk 1. So far, the Quarterhorse Mk 1 has been going through ground testing. Ground testing culminated in 130-knot (150 mph) taxi tests with full afterburner on Edwards' iconic dry lakebed, offering a valuable opportunity to validate aerodynamic model assumptions, assess the aircraft's directional control, and evaluate the performance of control surfaces, among other things. The Mk 1 has made its first flight now at the same Edwards Air Force Base in California...
Beta ALIA CX300 Lands First Flight In New York
A first live demonstration flight with actual passengers onboard a Beta ALIA CX300 electric aircraft has made history for New York. Onboard were Blade Air Mobility CEO Rob Wiesenthal and Republic Airways President Matt Koscal. The flight carried 1 pilot and 4 passengers and was made in partnership with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Beta used one of their prototypes to land at John F. Kennedy International Airport (KJFK). The prototype utilized in the demonstration was the CX300 which is the conventionally take-off and landing version. Beta also has the ALIA 250 which is the full eVTOL version...
Otto Aviation Moves Forward With Phantom 3500
Otto Aviation has been working on Laminar-flow technology to be able to gain as much efficiency as possible for their next end-goal project, the Phantom 3500 business aircraft. Getting there has not been easy and currently they have been working on the experimental demonstrator called the Celera 500. For those that do not know, Otto Aviation is a U.S. company and is endeavouring to bring the Phantom 3500 to market...
World's First Fan In-Wing Transition Flight By Cavorite X7
The Cavorite X7 is perhaps one of the only eVTOL type aircraft in existence that has this unique fan-arrangement. Instead of having the fans mounted on the outside of the wing with actuating nacelles that promote transition to flight, it has its fans mounted inside the wing itself. This means the forward and aft shell of the wing has to split to reveal the fans on the inside of the wing and canards...
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