Cessna 208B Grand Caravan

Merlin Labs appears on track to launch into certification flight testing early next year for a modified Cessna Caravan with autonomous flight capability.

Merlin received an experimental airworthiness certificate from New Zealand's CAA, allowing it to begin certification flight testing of its autonomous system.

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

Technology Service Corp. (TSC) has launched development of a medium-altitude uncrewed aircraft with more than 72 hr. endurance.

A team led by Spanish/Australian startup Dovetail Electric Aviation has been awarded a grant to retrofit a Cessna Caravan with hydrogen fuel cell propulsion.

The vast publicity, hype and investment that have swirled around the urban air taxi sector have obscured a host of other applications for electric aviation.

Electric aviation executives insist their main pitch to potential customers and investors is improved efficiency, reliability and maintainability.

The flight of Ampaire’s “Hawaii Bird” testbed, one of its two modified Skymasters, into Long Beach Airport came after tough-won regulatory approvals.

The startup is developing a detect and avoid system that uses an air-to-air radar, among other tools, to avoid collisions with other aircraft.

Autonomy is coming to commercial aviation. Its first stop: the Cessna Caravan.

About 60% of Venezuela’s Air Force fleet comprises Western aircraft, and this ratio is likely to remain relatively unchanged as Venezuela’s relations with the U.S., especially, are slowly improving.

The testbed aircraft made its first flight in June from the company’s test facility at California’s Mojave Air & Space Port.

The Royal Jordanian Air Force spent the latter half of the 2010s working to divest itself of aircraft programs in an effort to slow an oncoming budgetary crisis in the country. But notwithstanding constrained funding, the need for a strong regional bloc to counterbalance growing instability in the region remains strong.

Timothy Eyre, Monte’s COO, discussed the company’s vision for AAM leasing and shined some light on how Monte is approaching this new business line.

China’s CATL says its power-dense condensed battery technology has flown in an aircraft with a takeoff weight of 4 metric tons.

Autonomous flight system startup Merlin Labs has won a contract potentially worth $105 million to demonstrate a reduced aircrew capability for SOCOM C-130Js.

Developers of turbo- and diesel-electric generators offer flexibility.

The company is studying hybrid-electric helicopters, continuing its electric certification drive and pushing Dash 7 conversion for NASA’s flight demonstrator.

The bench is a flight simulator built to the fidelity required for certification testing of both hardware and software that will then go to the aircraft.

Surf Air Mobility said it now expects to receive FAA certification for its electrified powertrains in 2027.

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

U.S. startup Surf Air Mobility has committed to take up to 90 hybrid electric short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft from Electra.

The AFWerx innovation unit is focused on cargo applications for advanced air mobility aircraft.

The AAM Stock Composite dropped by 7% during the week ending Jan. 19, extending a losing streak that has seen the index shed nearly 19% since the year's start.

AAM startup ZeroAvia has entered into a conditional accord to supply 20 of its 600-kW ZA-600 hydrogen-electric powertrains to an Indian regional operator.