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Aviation

Eviation's Alice electric airplane takes off

Eviation lays off employees and pauses development of electric-powered airplane

Arlington, Wash.-based Eviation Aircraft has laid off most of its employees and paused work on its electric-powered Alice airplane, which… Read More

Seattle aviation startup Nimbus Aerospace flies demonstrator model for planned electric jet

Editor’s note: This story was updated to reflect that Nimbus has been based in the Seattle region since its inception,… Read More

Sustainable aviation startup ZeroAvia lands $130M

Sustainable aviation startup ZeroAvia on Thursday announced that it completed its latest round of funding, totaling $150 million. The company… Read More

MagniX's De Havilland Dash 7 test airplane

MagniX shows off test airplane for NASA’s hybrid electric flight demonstration project

The airplane that Everett, Wash.-based magniX will use to test its hybrid electric propulsion system for a $74.3 million NASA… Read More

Seattle’s APiJET lands $4.5M grant from the FAA to enhance tool for fuel efficient flights

APiJET, a Seattle-based aviation data analytics company, has landed a $4.5 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration. The startup… Read More

Software firm sues Amazon in contract dispute over Emirates VR experience at Dubai Airshow

A VR demo at the Emirates booth during the 2023 Dubai Airshow is the subject of a lawsuit filed by… Read More

Zunum electric plane

Judge overturns jury verdict awarding $72M to Zunum in its dispute with Boeing

A federal judge in Seattle has sided with Boeing and is throwing out a jury verdict that called for the… Read More

Kelly Ortberg

Boeing chooses its next CEO — and he will reportedly be based back in Seattle

Opening up a new chapter in its century-long history, Boeing says its next CEO and president will be Kelly Ortberg,… Read More

Outbound Aerospace founders Jake Armenta and Ian Lee at Antler Portfolio Summit

Stealthy aviation startup attracts backers while getting a prototype ready for takeoff

The founders of Seattle-based Outbound Aerospace want to shake up the aviation industry with a blended-wing airplane design that takes… Read More

Clean aviation startup ZeroAvia lands deal with American Airlines to buy 100 plane engines

American Airlines plans to buy 100 hydrogen electric engines from clean aviation company ZeroAvia to power some of its commercial… Read More

Universal Hydrogen airplane during first flight

Universal Hydrogen runs out of runway and shuts down, one year after first flight

California-based Universal Hydrogen — which put a hybrid prototype for a hydrogen-fueled airplane into the air last year in Moses… Read More

Zunum Aero airplanes flying over Seattle

Seattle federal jury says Boeing should pay $72M to Zunum Aero in trade secrets case

A federal jury in Seattle says Boeing owes an unsuccessful electric-aviation startup called Zunum Aero $72 million for misappropriating trade… Read More

ZeroAvia opens manufacturing facility in Washington, will start selling clean aviation parts

Clean aviation company ZeroAvia this week celebrated a new 136,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Everett, Wash., and announced it will be… Read More

James Thomas and Cyriel Notteboom with Radical demonstration airplane

Former Amazon Prime Air employees raise $4.5M for stealthy solar airplane startup

Seattle-based Radical says it has raised $4.5 million to support the development of solar-powered, autonomous airplanes that can beam down… Read More

Stratolaunch carrier airplane releases TA-1 test vehicle

Stratolaunch’s air-launched test vehicle goes supersonic in its first powered flight

Chalk up another milestone for Stratolaunch, the air-launch venture created by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen: The company’s mammoth… Read More

MagniX CTO Riona Armesmith at company headquarters in Everett, Wash.

Uncommon Thinkers: MagniX CTO Riona Armesmith geeks out over electric aviation

Editor’s note: This is part of a series profiling six of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming… Read More

Plane flying for KinectAir

Katie Buss and Ben Howard take command at KinectAir travel service as co-CEOs

Retired Air Force Col. Katie Buss and tech entrepreneur Ben Howard have taken the helm as co-CEOs of Vancouver, Wash.-based… Read More

Illustration: Helijet eVTOL with Vancouver skyline in background

Helijet plans to buy flying taxis from Beta Technologies for all-electric flights in B.C.

Vancouver, B.C.-based Helijet International has placed firm orders with Vermont-based Beta Technologies for a fleet of electric-powered vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft, or… Read More

Clean aviation startup ZeroAvia lands more cash from Amazon, Bill Gates, Alaska Airlines

ZeroAvia announced Monday that it has raised its largest round of funding to date. The company didn’t disclose the specific… Read More

Flying clean: National experts say ‘bold action’ required to cut carbon from aviation

Aviation is responsible for 2.3% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions — a number that’s almost certain to grow as air… Read More

Livery for X-66A research airplane

Boeing and NASA partner with Alaska and other airlines on eco-friendly X-66A aircraft

Boeing and NASA say they’ll collaborate with Seattle-based Alaska Airlines and four other major airlines on the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator… Read More

California company breaks ground on Washington’s first commercial sustainable aviation fuel plant

Twelve broke ground today on the site of a defunct sugar beet refinery in Eastern Washington, marking the start of… Read More

Hydrogen-powered aviation and sustainable fuel startups announce expansion plans in Washington

The Paris Air Show is taking place this week and the event kicked off with news from two sustainable aviation… Read More

Stratolaunch TA-0 release in mid-flight

We have separation: Stratolaunch reaches milestone with release of test payload

California-based Stratolaunch, the venture created by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, released a separation test vehicle for the first… Read More

Illustration: Supernal eVTOL

Echodyne radar venture joins forces with Supernal to enhance eVTOL safety system

Kirkland, Wash.-based Echodyne, a next-generation radar platform company backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has forged a partnership with Supernal… Read More

ZeroAvia and Alaska Airlines unveil turboprop that could become largest green aircraft to take flight

Executives from ZeroAvia and Alaska Airlines joined elected officials in Everett, Wash., on Monday to kick off an effort to… Read More

Flying Heritage museum, sold last year by Paul Allen’s estate, sets reopening date

The Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum — started by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 2004, closed during the pandemic in 2020… Read More

Seattle-area county plans ‘world leading’ sustainable aviation fuel R&D center

Washington state wants to create a “world leading” research and development center focused on low-carbon, sustainable aviation fuels. The facility… Read More

Illustration: Zeva's Argon VTOL aircraft in flight

Zeva Aero pivots from its flying saucer to an airplane with a vertical-takeoff twist

Zeva Aero, the Tacoma, Wash.-based personal aviation startup that’s been testing flying saucers, is shifting its focus to a more… Read More

Podcast

Inside the world of aviation, space and defense news with the team behind Hype Aviation

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we go behind the scenes of Hype Aviation, a news aggregation site that you… Read More

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