Beta Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
A house aviation subcommittee meeting turned unexpectedly combative as Beta Technologies CEO Kyle Clark clashed with lawmakers over electric aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Beta Technologies used its first earnings call to send a clear message that it is shifting from R&D and prototyping to manufacturing conforming test articles.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
China’s TCab Technology has joined the select group of startups that have transitioned between thrustborne vertical and wingborne horizontal flight.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Advanced air mobility startups are looking to defense for early revenues, so Electra.aero is forming a dedicated defense unit to pursue potential military uses.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Beta’s H500-series pusher motor has been selected for the Eve-100 eVTOL aircraft, with external sales seen as a potential source of early revenues.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Beta’s autonomy pick; Cranfield’s hydrogen pivot; hybrid powerplant progress; flying cell tower testbed.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Beta Technologies has selected Near Earth Autonomy to support development of its MV250 autonomous hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing cargo aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
VerdeGo Aero has started low-rate production of its turbine-based hybrid-electric VH-4T-RD propulsion system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Beta Technologies has listed on the New York Stock Exchange after an oversubscribed initial public offering.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
Followers of the emerging eVTOL industry often speak of the “Big Three” Western startups: Archer, Beta Technologies and Joby. But should there be a “Big Four”?
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
As U.S. eVTOL startups look ahead to the start of certification flight testing with the FAA, questions remain.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation has signed a letter of intent with Alatau Advance Air Group in Kazakhstan to sell up to $250 million of eVTOL aircraft and services.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The long-awaited first flight of Eve Air Mobility’s engineering prototype is expected by the end of this year or early next year.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Beta Technologies has raised more than $1 billion by listing in New York with proceeds set to support the electric aircraft startup's expansion.
Advanced Air Mobility

Bill Sweetman
Sept. 12, 1933, changed the future of air transportation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Aside from a small handful of startups, the boom in advanced air mobility shows signs of going bust.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
U.S. electric aircraft startup Beta Technologies has priced its planned initial public offering at $27-33 per share, for gross proceeds of $675-825 million.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
China’s Aerofugia has rolled out the first AE200-100 eVTOL air taxi off its production line in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
China’s EHang held onto its considerable lead in the October 2025 edition of the AAM Reality Index.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Revealing it is developing a 19-seat electric aircraft to follow its six-seat Alia, startup Beta Technologies has filed for an initial public offering.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Alaskan freight airline Ryan Air has placed a deposit-backed order with Beta Technologies for an undisclosed number of Alia CX300 electric aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Leading U.S. eVTOL air taxi startups announced plans to enlist in the U.S. Transportation Department's newly created eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP).
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion