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Having been born at about the same time as automobiles, machines that can take to the sky through whatever means have quickly grown into pillars of the society we now know. From drones to supersonic passenger jets and VTOLs, you can experience this magnificent world here, in autoevolution's Aviation section.
Spanish Police Becomes the First Security Institution in the EU to Operate an AAV
Spanish Police Becomes the First Security Institution in the EU to Operate an AAV

16 Dec 2022, 03:24 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / With the first official flight successfully completed, the Spanish National Police paves the way for the use of eVTOLs for law enforcement operations

 
Uncrewed Firefighting Chopper Dubbed 'Birdy McBirdface' Nails Its First Flight
Uncrewed Firefighting Chopper Dubbed 'Birdy McBirdface' Nails Its First Flight

15 Dec 2022, 05:27 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Birdy McBirdface uses a pioneering MIT engineers-designed system for remote pilot control, plus StarLink communication, for safe and precise firefighting

 
Four AAM Players Kick Start Race for Air New Zealand’s Future Zero-Emission Aircraft
Four AAM Players Kick Start Race for Air New Zealand’s Future Zero-Emission Aircraft

15 Dec 2022, 04:08 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Air New Zealand will select one of more of these four partners to build the aircraft for a brand-new, totally green fleet of the future

 
United Airlines Asks Boeing for Huge Number of 787 Dreamliners and Just as Many 737 MAX
United Airlines Asks Boeing for Huge Number of 787 Dreamliners and Just as Many 737 MAX

14 Dec 2022, 13:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American carrier United Airlines placed an order with Boeing for 100 787 Dreamliners, the largest in the plane maker's history

 
Boom Overture Supersonic Aircraft’s Symphony Engine Now Has a Design Team
Boom Overture Supersonic Aircraft’s Symphony Engine Now Has a Design Team

14 Dec 2022, 13:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boom Supersonic selected Florida Turbine Technologies (FTT), a subsidiary of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, to design the Symphony engine for Overture

 
Los Angeles Gearing Up to Become a Pioneering Center for Air Taxi Operations
Los Angeles Gearing Up to Become a Pioneering Center for Air Taxi Operations

14 Dec 2022, 03:20 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Los Angeles and Urban Movement Lab release an important report on Advanced Air Mobility, gearing up for air taxi operations starting in a couple of years

 
Chinese Carrier Ruili to Work With Embraer on Next-Generation Sustainable Aircraft
Chinese Carrier Ruili to Work With Embraer on Next-Generation Sustainable Aircraft

14 Dec 2022, 02:42 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Ruili Airlines becomes the first Chinese carrrier to join the Energia Advisory Group of Embraer, for the development of hydrogen and hybrid aircraft

 
Two Aerospace Giants Partner With Virginia Tech to Research a Stringent Aviation Issue
Two Aerospace Giants Partner With Virginia Tech to Research a Stringent Aviation Issue

12 Dec 2022, 05:13 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Rolls-Royce, Pratt & Whitney, and Virginia Tech team up to tackle the serious issue of environmental contaminants impacting aviation

 
This Is the Most Produced Warbird Ever, You Can Buy It With Less Money Than You'd Think
This Is the Most Produced Warbird Ever, You Can Buy It With Less Money Than You'd Think

11 Dec 2022, 22:20 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Buying the most produced warbird of all time might be cheaper than you think, but don't expect any fancy features on it, and it can hit 100 mph on a dive

 
Eve Is Ending the Year On a High Note, With Impressive Order Backlog for Its eVTOL
Eve Is Ending the Year On a High Note, With Impressive Order Backlog for Its eVTOL

9 Dec 2022, 05:27 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Eve Air Mobility boasts an impressive number of orders for its future eVTOLs that is still kept under wraps, with very few details known about it

 
Replica 1997 Yakovlev Yak-9 Has WWII Charm With None Of the Drawbacks
Replica 1997 Yakovlev Yak-9 Has WWII Charm With None Of the Drawbacks

8 Dec 2022, 13:55 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / This being a Russian-made product built during the Yeltsin administration, gathering information about this particular airplane took more than a little digging

 
A Futuristic Air Mobility Integrator World Center to Be Built in Dubai
A Futuristic Air Mobility Integrator World Center to Be Built in Dubai

8 Dec 2022, 05:12 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / VPorts is building the world's first and only AAM integrator center in Dubai, as part of its plan to establish the first vertiport network in the area

 
Students at New York Aviation High School Start Preparing for Future Electric Air Taxis
Students at New York Aviation High School Start Preparing for Future Electric Air Taxis

7 Dec 2022, 02:39 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Aviation High School in New York City will be preparing the next generation of electric aviation experts, with the help of eVTOL manufacturer Joby

 
Embraer Unveils Two Updated Sustainable Aircraft Concepts
Embraer Unveils Two Updated Sustainable Aircraft Concepts

6 Dec 2022, 05:46 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Embraer has been working on two sustainable concepts, a hybrid-electric and a hydrogen fuel cell aircraft, both with a 19 and 30 seat variant

 
Lilium Launches a Luxury Limited-Edition eVTOL for Private Customers in the UK
Lilium Launches a Luxury Limited-Edition eVTOL for Private Customers in the UK

6 Dec 2022, 04:57 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / German manufacturer Lilium is launching the limited-edition Lilium Pioneer Edition Jet with a luxury, customizable cabin

 
Skyports to Pave the Way for Future Air Taxi Operations All Over the World
Skyports to Pave the Way for Future Air Taxi Operations All Over the World

5 Dec 2022, 05:31 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The company that unveiled the first full-scale vertiport prototype a few years ago is ready to conquer the entire world with its vertiports

 
Archer’s eVTOL Demonstrator Completes First Full Transition Flight at 105 MPH
Archer’s eVTOL Demonstrator Completes First Full Transition Flight at 105 MPH

5 Dec 2022, 04:47 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The company that aims to become the first to certify an eVTOL in the U.S. just reached another milestone with the Maker full-scale demonstrator

 
Watch the Heavyweight CH-53G “Dance” During a Special Test in Germany
Watch the Heavyweight CH-53G “Dance” During a Special Test in Germany

5 Dec 2022, 04:12 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The massive Sikorsky Stallion CH-53 helicopter of the Germen Armed Forces performed a delicate "dance" close to the ground, for special tests

 
You Can Own this Flyworthy Spitfire IX, One of the Most Iconic British WWII Aircraft
You Can Own this Flyworthy Spitfire IX, One of the Most Iconic British WWII Aircraft

4 Dec 2022, 21:48 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Besides cars, vintage aircraft also have a competitive market, and their prices continue to beat many other stocks in terms of return on investments

 
Northrop Grumman's B-21 Raider Dazzles in Public Debut, Ready to Fight Very Soon
Northrop Grumman's B-21 Raider Dazzles in Public Debut, Ready to Fight Very Soon

3 Dec 2022, 01:25 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As the hangar doors behind the stage crept backward, the long-awaited next flagship American stealth bomber waited tantalizingly behind a large cloth cover.