U.S. must modernize certification process for advanced air mobility aircraft or risk falling behind other nations, including adversaries.

Joby takes next steps toward type inspection authorization and type certification, with FAA pilots expected to begin “for credit” TIA flight testing later in 2026.

The FAA this month quietly published long-awaited guidance for the certification of powered-lift aircraft-the first new category of civil aircraft since helicopters were introduced in the 1940s.

The FAA could clear Archer Aviation’s first commercial flights within the next few years. Its type certification could be difficult to complete, but the FAA’s new eVTOL Integration Pilot Program could ...

Milestone marks key moment in Joby’s path to commercialization Testing lays groundwork for FAA pilots to fly Joby aircraft Flight testing expected to begin in 2025 SANTA CRUZ, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)- ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Filing advances the hybrid-electric aircraft from the FAA's Emerging Technology Division into formal certification ...

Joby has begun flight testing its first FFA-conforming aircraft, the final stage in the type certification process ahead of its US operations debut.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration plans to propose changes to speed certification of new commercial airplanes, the Trump administration said in a notice on Thursday. The FAA ...

Federal auditors say U.S. regulators didn’t understand a flight-control system that played a role in two deadly crashes of a Boeing jet and must improve their process for certifying new planes. The ...

Hermeus has been awarded a Special Airworthiness Certificate in the Experimental Category (SACEC) by the Federal Aviation ...