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Joby Aviation plans to bring hybrid-electric propulsion to its commercial air taxis.

Two documents serve to outline efforts to help develop the UK’s electric air industry by the country’s regulator and illustrate how contentious its work is.

A UK safety analysis has identified more than 50 areas where regulations must be developed to support the integration of eVTOLs into UK airspace.

Aalto, Airbus’ high-altitude pseudo-satellite spinoff, will support French military efforts to better understand the stratosphere as a warfighting domain.

RVL Aviation agreed to become to launch operator for the Cessna 208B Caravan retrofitted with ZeroAvia’s ZA600 hydrogen-electric propulsion system.

The UK Civil Aviation Authority plans to begin beyond-visual-line-of-sight drone demonstrations by year’s end.

The UK regulator also struck an agreement with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency to closely cooperate on type certification.

U.S. startup Merlin has received a Part 135 air operator’s certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand.

The UK is moving toward an outcomes-based approach in regulating remotely piloted aircraft systems and the advanced air mobility sector.

The CAA has proposed price controls on NATS (En Route) plc (NERL), which provides most of the country’s air traffic control services.

The UK Civil Aviation Authority will allow London Heathrow to raise passenger charges—but not as much as the airport had hoped for. The proposed increase has been branded “outrageous” by airline groups.