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As US-based aerospace manufacturer Natilus secures US$28 million in additional financing, the company has revealed the latest supersized version of its Horizon blended-wing airliner that upgrades the basic design into a double-decker for cargo.

Multinational aviation company AutoFlight says its Matrix aircraft is the first 5-ton eVTOL on the planet - and it's just completed a public full-transition flight demo at the Kunshan Civil UAV Flight Test & Operation Base in China.

How many times have you been stuck in traffic and wished you could just fly over all the other cars? Well, you may be able to as early as next year, because that's when the Velocitor X-1 personal eVTOL is expected to enter production.

A hybrid-electric jet engine may seem as absurd as a horse-drawn Zeppelin, but GE Aerospace is ground testing a new megawatt-class hybrid turbofan engine and its full powertrain that is powerful enough to run a medium-haul narrow-body airliner.

Horizon Aircraft's Cavorite X7 already sported a radical design, even within the wild world of hybrid eVTOLs. That design has now been updated, however, for enhanced aerodynamics, cruising performance, and flight safety.