US Air Force partners with Electra on ultra-short takeoff aircraft

The US Air Force's flying car program, Agility Prime, is hedging its bets on advanced air mobility, adding an ultra-short takeoff and landing aircraft from Electra.aero into the mix alongside a number of eVTOL projects.

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Omni Hoverboard takes a super-simple approach to personal flight

Montreal's Alexandru Duru first flew his electric multirotor hoverboard back in 2015, and quickly set a Guinness World Record for distance. Now this levitating madman is working to commercialize it for sale, while performing stunt shows on the side.

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Biggest member of Boeing’s 737 MAX family makes its maiden flight

Over a year and half after its rollout, Boeing's 737 MAX 10 passenger jet has made its first flight. The largest member of the 737 MAX family, the MAX 10 is designed to compete with the Airbus A321neo.

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Airspeeder flying race car takes to the air over South Australian desert

Matt Pearson's Alauda Aeronautics has released footage of engineers remotely piloting its full-size Airspeeder Mk3 multirotor electric "flying car" ahead of international teams taking the controls for the first EXA racing series later in the year.

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Archer unveils full-scale, two-seat, autonomous Maker eVTOL prototype

Palo Alto's Archer has unveiled a full-scale, two-seat, autonomous prototype of its Maker eVTOL aircraft. This striking machine will begin ground tests and flight tests later this year, with air taxi services slated to begin in LA and Miami in 2024.

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Kelekona proposes colossal 40-seater mass transport eVTOL aircraft

An audacious New York City startup is proposing electric VTOL aviation on a mass transit scale. Kelekona's monster aircraft is designed to seat 40, and fly high-speed inter-city routes using its entire body as a lift-generating wing surface.

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Eviation prepares to fly Alice, its stunning luxury electric plane

Israeli/American company Eviation is preparing for the first test flights of its gorgeous Alice, an all-electric 11-seat luxury plane with an impressive 506-mile (814-km) range from a single charge of its huge 820-kWh battery pack.

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World first: Oblique wave detonation engine may unlock Mach 17 aircraft

UCF researchers say they've trapped a sustained explosive detonation, fixed in place, for the first time, channeling its enormous power into thrust in a new detonation engine that could propel a hypersonic aircraft up to 17 times the speed of sound.

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Dassault unveils Falcon 10X business jet with world’s largest cabin

Dassault Aviation has taken the wraps off its latest business jet, the Falcon 10X, with a virtual rollout to highlight the design and many of the features of what it claims is the business jet with the world's largest cabin.

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