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U.S. technology startup Arrive AI has partnered with Skye Air Mobility, an India-based drone delivery platform.

Spurred by Chief Executive John Lee’s 2024 policy address last October, Hong Kong is staking its claim in China’s growing low-altitude economy.

The White House issued an executive order on June 6 directing the FAA to establish an eVTOL integration pilot program.

Tokyo-based real estate company Mitsui Fudosan has announced it will enter the advanced air mobility sector by developing and operating vertiports in Japan.

UK eVTOL startup Sora Aviation has been awarded two government-supported research projects totaling £2.1 million ($2.8 million).

EHang has announced the sale of 41 autonomous EH216-S multicopter eVTOLs to a special economic zone in Changchun, Jilin Province, China.

Archer has a new partnership with private aviation services company JetEx to integrate the Midnight eVTOL into the latter’s network of several dozen FBOs.

French startup VoltAero finalized an agreement with Malaysia’s HM Aerospace at the Paris Air Show for 30 Cassio 330 hybrid eVTOLs.

Startup AAM operator Future Flight Global (FFG) signed a pair of agreements at the Paris Air Show aimed at building out its future air taxi business.

Honda has entered the commercial spaceflight arena with the successful demonstration of a reusable launch vehicle.

Five national aviation authorities have released a road map to minimize differences in certification regulations for eVTOL aircraft in the U.S. and elsewhere.

AIRO Group, parent of eVTOL developer Jaunt Air Mobility, listed publicly on the Nasdaq stock exchange June 13.

Skyports Infrastructure has finished preparing its first UK vertiport for eVTOL operations, located at Bicester Motion in Oxfordshire.

Eve Air Mobility has refined the design of its eVTOL air taxi.

Archer has partnered with a large Indonesian company to launch air taxi services in the country.

Chinese automaker GAC has unveiled a two-seat autonomous multicopter air taxi, the Govy AirCab.

Revo, an urban air mobility operator based in Brazil, agreed to the purchase of up to 50 eVTOL aircraft from Eve Air Mobility through their $250M contract announced at the 2025 Paris Air Show.

The U.S. Army has funded a demonstration project to 3D print an air-launched effect fuselage using composite materials.

Archer has announced plans to raise $850 million from a direct equity offering, lifting its cash position to approximately $2 billion.

The eVTOL scene in Europe has cratered, but electric aviation hopes live on.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Vertical Aerospace and Bristow Group have agreed to expand the scope of their partnership.

An integration pilot program to be set up by the FAA under the direction of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump is expected to begin in 2026.

Walmart is expanding its drone delivery service to 100 more stores in five additional U.S. cities.

The Brazilian airframer is looking to expand sales of regional jets and military tanker-transports around the world.