Aerospace News The Aerospace category covers robotics and AI in aviation, spaceflight, and defense, including autonomous drones and UAVs, satellite servicing robots, planetary rovers, and AI-driven flight systems. Coverage spans company announcements, funding rounds, agency programs from NASA, ESA, and defense departments, and research from labs and universities. Readers will also find reporting on regulatory developments, launch missions, and commercial applications in air mobility and space exploration.
Anduril's YFQ-44A Fury Fit-Checks Air-to-Ground Munitions for USAF — Sep 26, 2026 — Anduril has revealed that its YFQ-44A Fury Collaborative Combat Aircraft has completed fit-checks with a full family of air-to-ground weapons, expandi...FAA Launches SMART AI Air-Traffic Tool At Reagan, Dulles And BWI — Sep 23, 2026 — The FAA activated its $875M SMART AI air-traffic tool at Reagan National, Dulles and BWI on September 22, using 200 data streams to predict delays and...Otto Aerospace's Phantom 3500 Wins Fast Company Innovation By Design Award — Sep 21, 2026 — Otto Aerospace's laminar-flow Phantom 3500 clean-sheet business jet took a 2026 Fast Company Innovation by Design Award as the company advances toward...Joby Aviation Flies 3,100 Miles Autonomously Across The US In Defense Push — Sep 19, 2026 — Joby Aviation on Sept 18, 2026 completed what it calls the first autonomous flight across the United States, ferrying a converted Cessna Caravan 3,100...Air Force Sets December Emerald Flag As CCA Drones' First Live Kill-Chain Test — Sep 18, 2026 — The US Air Force will fly its YFQ-42A and YFQ-44A collaborative combat aircraft at Emerald Flag in December, the first end-to-end live kill chain with...Joby Launches First eIPP Flights In Texas With Fort Worth To DFW Hop — Sep 17, 2026 — Joby Aviation has begun the FAA's eVTOL Integration Pilot Program in Texas, flying its all-electric air taxi from Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airp...DIU And Honeywell Aerospace Flight-Test MagNav Quantum Navigation Over Pacific — Sep 9, 2026 — The Defense Innovation Unit and Honeywell Aerospace flew a magnetic-navigation quantum sensor on an Embraer 170 for more than four hours without GPS,...HyImpulse Bags €50M Series A Extension To Fly Europe's Hybrid-Propulsion Rockets — Sep 2, 2026 — JOIN Capital and Ace Capital Partners co-lead a €50M+ extension into HyImpulse, pushing the German launcher's total funding past €125M ahead of a seco...EHang EH216-S Completes First Public Pilotless Flight In Hong Kong Cyberport — Sep 1, 2026 — EHang's EH216-S became the first pilotless passenger eVTOL to fly publicly in Hong Kong, taking off from the Cyberport waterfront vertiport on August...Electra, Helsinki, Haaga-Helia Sign MOU On EL9 Air Service To Tallinn — Aug 31, 2026 — Electra, the City of Helsinki and Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences signed an August 27, 2026 memorandum to study EL9 Ultra Short hybrid-elec...ESA Awards €544M European Launcher Challenge Contracts to Isar, RFA and PLD Space — Aug 29, 2026 — The European Space Agency signed inaugural European Launcher Challenge contracts on 27 August 2026 worth €543.6 million with Isar Aerospace, Rocket Fa...Arianespace Sets Aug 27 for Ariane 6's First Geostationary Mission — Aug 16, 2026 — Ariane 62 will loft the MTG-I2 weather satellite for EUMETSAT and ESA on August 27, 2026 — Ariane 6's first flight to geostationary transfer orbit.Eve Air Mobility Completes First Partial Transition eVTOL Flight — Aug 7, 2026 — Eve's engineering prototype fired up its rear pusher propeller in flight for the first time, hitting 30 knots ground speed and closing in on wing-born...Greenjets Raises $40M Series A For UK's Next Aerospace Prime And LCADE Drone Interceptor — Aug 2, 2026 — British aerospace startup Greenjets has raised $40 million in Series A funding led by Blossom Capital and backed by the NATO Innovation Fund to scale...Heart Aerospace's X1 Wins FAA Approval To Fly The Largest Electric Aircraft — Jul 26, 2026 — The FAA has cleared Heart Aerospace's X1 demonstrator for piloted flight testing at Plattsburgh, N.Y., making it the largest electric aircraft ever au...Airbus Launches Three-Year A321neo Flight Test For Wing Of Tomorrow — Jul 22, 2026 — Airbus used Farnborough International Airshow 2026 to unveil a three-year A321neo flight test campaign for its Wing of Tomorrow high-span wing program...GE Aerospace, NASA, BETA And Boeing Fly First Hybrid-Electric Above 30,000 Feet — Jul 21, 2026 — At Farnborough 2026, GE Aerospace and partners flew a modified Saab 340B in hybrid electric mode above 30,000 feet — the first time the technology rea...Loganair Orders Up To 10 BETA ALIA CX300 Electric Aircraft At Farnborough — Jul 21, 2026 — Loganair signed on day one of Farnborough 2026 to buy five all-electric BETA Technologies ALIA CX300 aircraft with options for five more, setting up t...Pratt & Whitney's NextGen2 GTF Will Adopt CMCs and Composite Fan Blades — Jul 21, 2026 — Pratt & Whitney is bringing ceramic matrix composites and composite fan blades — technologies GE pioneered on the LEAP — into its NextGen2 GTF, as CFM...Vertical Aerospace To Fly First eVTOL Public Demos At Farnborough — Jul 19, 2026 — Vertical Aerospace will fly the Valo prototype in public demonstration flights throughout Farnborough International Airshow 2026, a first for the eVTO...