British eVTOL aircraft developer Skyfly has closed a $10 million seed funding round which it says will enable it to bring its Axe model to market. Read more ⬇️

Reliable Robotics has completed a round autonomous flight trials with its converted Cessna 208B Grand Caravan at the main commercial airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Read more ⬇️

Stressing that longer doesn’t mean safer, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy acknowledged that the FAA needs to do a better job of improving the certification process to avoid the lengthy delays that prolong projects. Read more ⬇️

The U.S. Air Force has awarded blended-wing-body aircraft developer Natilus a $3.5 million to advance its optionally piloted ‘Kona’ freighter aircraft. Read more ⬇️

A public-private partnership has selected five sites in Norway to host a series of upcoming hybrid-electric flight demonstrations. Read more ⬇️

Archer Aviation has completed an extensive campaign of piloted flight tests in Northern California with its Midnight eVTOL aircraft. Read more ⬇️

The FAA has issued a special airworthiness certificate to Beta Technologies allowing the company to operate its Alia 250 eVTOL aircraft for passenger-carrying “market survey” flights. Read more ⬇️

Electric and hybrid-electric aircraft have now flown in nearly a dozen states under the FAA’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program. Read more ⬇️

Skyportz and Dubai-based Foster Aviation are partnering to develop vertiports for eVTOL aircraft in the UAE. Read more ⬇️

A battery test pack caught fire this week at Archer Aviation’s battery lab in San Jose, California, after its lithium-ion cells overheated in an uncontrollable chain reaction known as thermal runaway. Read more ⬇️