The Weekly of Business Aviation

Chinese eVTOL developer AutoFlight conducted an uncrewed flight of its Prosperity air taxi on July 24.

Electric aircraft startup Joby Aviation is to acquire U.S. defense contractor Resonant Sciences, a developer of radomes and antennas for radar, electronic warfare, communications and navigation, for $450 million in cash and $50 million in equity.

Archer Aviation plans to acquire Boeing subsidiaries Wisk Aero, Insitu and SkyGrid in a deal that gives the eVTOL developer a major position in autonomous flight, uncrewed aircraft and airspace management technology.

Danny Deep has been appointed to the board of directors of General Dynamics, the parent company of Gulfstream Aerospace.

Divisions between the U.S. and Europe on certifying commercial eVTOL air taxis, and the safety levels demanded have been codified in new guidance issued by the FAA.

The Canadian government on Aug. 7 announced the conditional sale of 10 retired Lockheed Martin C-130Hs to British Columbia-based Coulson Aviation.

Ampaire has begun hybrid-electric flight operations in Utah under the FAA eVTOL Integration Pilot Program.

Joby Aviation is accelerating aircraft production and manufacturing as it prepares to begin flights under the U.S. eVTOL Integration Pilot Program in September.

U.S. startup Impact Drones has launched out of stealth offering drone interceptors as a service to protect data centers, airports, power grids and other infrastructure.

The decision by South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace to terminate a contract to supply actuators to electric air taxi developer Vertical Aerospace was mutually agreed to and a new supplier is onboard, the UK startup says.

Atoms, a real estate redevelopment company headed by Uber co-founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick, has partnered with electric air taxi developer Joby Aviation to acquire and develop vertiports sites in the U.S.

Eve Air Mobility has signed an LOI with aviation finance company Shearwater Global Capital for up to 16 Eve 100 eVTOL air taxis.

Eve Air Mobility has completed the first partial transition flight with its remotely piloted engineering prototype.

De Havilland Canada is assembling its first four DHC-515 amphibians ahead of first flight in 2027-28.

AeroDelft, a student-run foundation at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, has begun taxi tests of a gaseous hydrogen-fueled light aircraft.

Leonardo Helicopters has opened a maintenance, repair facility in London that will serve the company’s growing number of UK rotorcraft customers.

German electric aircraft startup Vaeridion has started producing battery packs at its new facility in Oberpfaffenhofen.

Pivotal has been selected as an OEM participant in the FAA’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program through a multistate effort led by the Pennsylvania DOT.

Rheinmetall and Deutsche Telekom have teamed on an initiative to improve drone defense of urban areas and critical infrastructure.

The U.S. Air Force will start replacing its C-37A/B executive airlift fleet with a newer variant starting in fiscal 2027.

The charter company purchased JetsMRO and targets other acquisitions.

Robinson Helicopter Company plans to equip future helicopters and much of its existing fleet with Crewchief Systems digital aircraft management software.

Once its five-year commitment ends in Las Vegas, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) will return to New Orleans in 2028 for its annual NBAA-BACE.

Hill Helicopters is “on schedule” to perform the first engine run of its in-house developed GT50 turboshaft engine for its HX/HC50 light helicopter in spring.

After missing its target for Falcon business jet deliveries in 2025, Dassault is striving to cut production cycles, Chairman and CEO Eric Trappier said March 4.