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2021
1 July

ReleaseSkyworks Aeronautics starts Hawk 5 certification effort

1 July The V-280 Valor tiltrotor future vertical lift technology demonstrator is retired from flight.

Bell pitches flight-tested Valor for the army's FLRAA

The V-280 Valor has marked the completion of its three-year flight-test program with a series of demonstrations to highlight its revolutionary performance during more than 214 hours of flight.

1 July

ReleaseEviation unveils the production all-electric Alice aircraft as it prepares for the inaugural flight

1 July

ReleaseThird Falcon 6X joins test program

29 June

ReleaseAirCar's flying car completes first ever inter-city flight

29 June

ReleaseYamaha Motor and ShinMaywa sign joint research agreement for next-generation small aircraft

29 June

ReleaseRotor X Aircraft announces they are entering the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) Air Taxi market with their world's most efficient helicopter known as the RX eTransporter

24 June

ReleasePegasus Imagery, Kongsberg Geospatial sign MOU to advance the development of safe autonomous Unmanned Aircraft

24 June

ReleaseGulfstream enhances G700 cabin environment with lower cabin altitude

23 June A section of the Ansat helicopter fuselage with an additional fuel tank installed inside the passenger cabin was dropped from a height of 15.2 metres.

Fifteen metre drop proves Ansat tanks robust

Previous certification tests of accident-resistant helicopter fuel tanks have always taken place abroad, but now Kazan Helicopters has developed a domestic capability. The Ansat is the first model to benefit.

23 June The largest aircraft in the 737 MAX family has begun a comprehensive test program.

Boeing's largest 737 MAX makes first flight

The 737-10 can carry up to 230 passengers. It also incorporates environmental improvements, cutting carbon emissions by 14 percent and reducing noise by 50 percent compared to today's Next-Generation 737s.

23 June

ReleaseHelicopter Mi-171A2 certified in Vietnam

22 June

ReleaseU.S. Air Force selects Electra for ultra-short takeoff aircraft development

22 June

ReleaseExperimental MC-21-310 aircraft arrived in Ulyanovsk for painting

21 June

ReleaseVolocopter flies at Paris Air Forum

21 June

ReleaseUAV Factory announces the release of its Penguin B VTOL long-endurance aircraft platform

20 June

ReleaseZURI unveils VTOL technology demonstrator

17 June

ReleaseThe Cassio 330 takes flight!

17 June

ReleaseGokbey completed another important stage

17 June

ReleaseGKN Aerospace will build D328eco empennage

16 June Honeywell will develop the 7-Seater Lilium Jet’s avionics and flight control systems.

Honeywell's dedicated UAM team steps aboard Lilium Jet

Avionics and flight control computers from Honeywell will be a key element for the Lilium Jet's electronic architecture, choreographing 36 surfaces while providing simple controls for a single pilot.

16 June

Electric glider partners kick off the production process

Dassault and its partners are now ready to take the Euroglider into the first phases of production. It believes that the new glider will allow training organisations to fly three times as many training hours.

16 June

ReleaseHydrogen-electric passenger plane HY4 flies emission free over 240 km (150 miles)

15 June

ReleaseAeroVironment Relocates Corporate Headquarters to Arlington, Virginia

15 June

ReleaseDornier Seawings received additional EUR 300 million bonds

14 June

ReleaseUAV Corp (UMAV) subsidiary, Research in Flight (RIF), and Auburn University continue development of the DATT MA 600 Electric Extended Range Airship

14 June

ReleaseAscendance Flight technologies reaches a new milestone

11 June

ReleaseLeidos, Paramount USA and Vertex Aerospace enter final phase of Armed Overwatch competition

11 June

ReleaseFirst AG50 airworthiness approval label issued

10 June

ReleaseAstro Aerospace to complete eVTOL 1:2 scale prototype by Q1 2022 - full-sized eVTOL vehicle expected Q1 2024

10 June

ReleaseArcher unveils eVTOL aircraft

10 June

ReleaseECARO V-150 flight trials ready to go

10 June

ReleaseVertical Aerospace announces intention to become publicly traded company via merger with Broadstone Acquisition Corp.

9 June

ReleaseXeriant announces joint venture with XTI, developer of world's fastest, longest-range commercial VTOL

9 June Electra's hybrid-electric super-short takeoff and landing aircraft has 8 electric propellers driven by a hybrid-electric powerplant. It is planned to enter commercial service by 2027.

First commercial Electra design will use 'blown-lift'

The electric motor-driven propellers will blow air over the entire span of the wing and its flaps, allowing takeoff and landing at speeds below 30mph, while cruising at high-speeds of 200mph.

7 June

ReleaseAFWERX Agility Prime partners with Kitty Hawk in first medical evacuation exercise with electric aircraft

7 June

ReleaseNavy, Boeing make aviation history with MQ-25 becoming the first unmanned aircraft to refuel another aircraft

7 June

ReleaseUSMC completes first AH-1Z flight with Link-16

4 June

ReleaseZURI reveals its new sustainable interior design concept

4 June

ReleaseEHang 216 AAV conducted trial flights in Japan

3 June

ReleaseArcher announces global unveiling of eVTOL aircraft

3 June

ReleaseBoeing and Alaska Airlines partner to make flying safer and more sustainable

3 June Eve and Halo’s collaboration is the first international eVTOL operator partnership of its kind.

Embraer's Eve takes order for 200 eVTOL aircraft

Established rotary operator Halo has made a major commitment to the UAM market, with its first eVTOL aircraft deliveries to take place in 2026. Product support backing from Embraer made the difference.

3 June The Volocopter heavy-lift utility VoloDrone.

Volocopter brings autonomy experts onboard for VoloDrone

Near Earth Autonomy has conducted 3,500 flights lasting over 2,000 flight hours of their autonomy system across various aircraft types, sizes, and environments in the last eight years.

3 June The D328eco is the first air transport category aircraft to feature this advanced flight deck platform.

Deutsche Aircraft selects Garmin 5000 for the D328eco

Garmin's solution for the D328eco includes touchscreen control for avionics and aircraft systems, flight path-based guidance, enhanced synthetic vision, active electronic checklists and single lever engine control.

2 June

ReleaseNovikombank arranges financing for serial production of Ka-62 for 10 billion rubles

1 June

ReleaseInnovaero, Insitu Pacific to collaborate on UAS platform development

28 May

ReleaseSolar Flight appoints Becker Avionics as avionics partner

27 May

EHang unveils electric VT-30 AAV for inter-city travel

EHang expands into regional air travel with the autonomous VT-30, designed to transport two passengers between city clusters up to 300km apart.

27 May HondaJet Elite S new capabilities will reduce pilot workload and maximise safety.

HondaJet reveals the Elite S with upgraded avionics

HondaJet has launched its latest variant Elite S with additional FAA Data Comm and ACARS capability, COM3 functionality and new Advanced Steering Augmentation System.