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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

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

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

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

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

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

Eviation Alice airplane with Aerus livery

Mexico’s Aerus airline signs up for 30 electric airplanes to be built by Eviation

Arlington, Wash.-based Eviation Aircraft added to its multibillion-dollar order book with a letter of intent from Mexico-based Aerus to purchase… Read More

From Artemis to Webb, take a look back — and a look ahead — at the year’s top trends in aerospace

A few years from now, we just might look back at 2022 as Year One for a new age in… Read More

Illustration: Eviation airplane over Australia

Australia’s NTAS airline puts in an order for 20 of Eviation’s Alice electric airplanes

It’s only fitting that 20 of Eviation’s all-electric Alice commuter airplanes are destined to be based in Alice Springs. That’s… Read More

MagniX branches out from electric aircraft propulsion to get into hydrogen as well

MagniX has been working on electric propulsion systems for years, but now the Everett, Wash.-based venture is adding hydrogen fuel… Read More

Eviation wins an order from Germany’s Evia Aero for 25 all-electric Alice airplanes

Arlington, Wash.-based Eviation Aircraft says Evia Aero, a nascent European regional airline that’s based in Germany, has signed a letter… Read More

‘It was wonderful’: Eviation’s Alice electric airplane wins praise after its first flight test

MOSES LAKE, Wash. — After years of on-the-ground development, Eviation’s all-electric Alice airplane quietly took to the air here this… Read More

GlobalX strikes a deal with Eviation to buy 50 electric airplanes with delivery in 2027

Arlington, Wash.-based Eviation says that GlobalX, an air charter operator based in Miami, has signed a letter of intent to… Read More

Eviation makes a deal to sell Cape Air 75 electric airplanes; first flight test now set for summer

A Seattle-area venture called Eviation has struck a deal with Massachusetts-based Cape Air for the purchase of 75 Eviation Alice… Read More

MagniX partners with Brazil’s Desaer to develop hybrid-electric regional aircraft

Everett, Wash.-based MagniX is partnering with the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Desaer to develop a hybrid-electric version of Desaer’s ATL-100 regional… Read More

Electric aviation executive Roei Ganzarski steps down from leadership roles at MagniX and Eviation

Roei Ganzarski, the former Boeing manager who went on to give a boost to all-electric aviation, is leaving his executive… Read More

MagniX wins $74.3 million from NASA to demonstrate electric aviation technologies

Everett, Wash.-based MagniX will be getting $74.3 million from NASA over the next five years to demonstrate electric propulsion technologies… Read More

Electric airplane maker Eviation to deliver 12 of its Alice cargo planes for DHL Express

Arlington, Wash.-based electric aircraft maker Eviation is set to deliver for DHL Express, announcing Tuesday that the logistics company has… Read More