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EHang shattered the Guinness World Record for drone light shows on February 3, 2026, flying 22,580 drones simultaneously from a single computer over Hefei’s Luogang Park. Of the swarm loaded for launch, only about 25 drones failed to lift off. The performance aired during China Media Group’s Spring Festival Gala on February 16, beaming the…
China just moved a hydrogen fuel cell system for drones from the lab to the field. Researchers at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, completed a successful demonstration flight and passed a national scientific appraisal that puts the technology on the path to commercial deployment, as reported by…
A Chinese research team has flown what it calls the world’s first fixed-wing drone built largely from bamboo. The tilt-rotor UAV took off from a field in Tianjin, climbed, transitioned to forward flight, and came back down on its own rotors, as reported by China Daily. More than a quarter of its airframe is made…
Wisk Aero flew its second Gen 6 autonomous air taxi on May 4 in Hollister, CA, putting two Boeing-backed certification aircraft into simultaneous flight test.
Florida Gov. DeSantis signed HB 1093 on April 20, authorizing FDOT to fully fund vertiports as the state targets December 2026 commercial air taxi launch.
Joby Aviation completed New York City’s first point-to-point electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi demonstration flights this past weekend, the company announced this morning. The aircraft, tail number N545JX, departed John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and landed across Manhattan’s existing heliport network. Joby is calling the campaign ‘week-long’ in its release headlin
The FAA’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) is now doing something U.S. aviation regulators have never done: letting companies fly commercial missions with uncertified aircraft, then using the data to write the rules afterward. A detailed report from Aviation International News published March 31 breaks down how the eight selected projects, spanning 26 states, will…
The inventor of the Jetson ONE took off from his driveway, flew over Pismo Beach surfers and straight over the pier, and landed in Grover Beach. MrBeast filmed it. The world noticed. From a Residential Driveway to the Pacific Ocean Tomasz Patan, co-founder, inventor, and CTO of Jetson, did not launch from an airport. He…
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