Having learned first-hand the challenges of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles, a group of former Airbus Vahana team members have launched a company to develop a hybrid-electric short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for short-haul aerial logistics.

Electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing startup Lilium has raised an additional $35 million from Baillie Gifford, a Scotland-based investment management partnership with investments in SpaceX, Tesla, Amazon and other technology companies.

Airbus has appointed Anand Stanley as the new president of Airbus Asia-Pacific.

Kevin McAllister, the former head of Boeing Commercial Airplanes until the 737 MAX program broke down, has joined AE Industrial Partners (AEI), a private equity investor specializing in aerospace, defense and government services.

UK engine maker Rolls-Royce has reasserted plans to focus on electrification and alternative fuels as part of a broader corporate commitment to…

Carbon recycler LanzaTech has launched a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) spinoff, LanzaJet, with $25 million in backing from Canadian and Japanese investors.

Several U.S. airlines are among 69 signatories of a letter supporting a stay, or halt, of an order granting Ligado Networks access to mobile satellite services bands for a ground-based 5G network.

Airbus Helicopters has delivered its first helicopters using an electronic-delivery process negating the need for the customer to travel to collect the aircraft in light of the travel restrictions caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic.