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WEST LEBANON — A white plane with upturned wings looped over the Connecticut River before it touched down with a whisper at the Lebanon Municipal Airport on Friday. But its quiet landing belied the noise it’s making for a Vermont company looking to...

In December, Beta Technologies founder Kyle Clark bought a $3.5 million estate on 130 acres in the mountain town of Lincoln, 50 minutes by car...

The battery that flies

A new aircraft being built in Vermont has no need for jet fuel. It can take off and land without a runway. Amazon and the Air Force are both betting on it. So who will be in the cockpit?

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Austin, Texas-based Lift Aircraft with a new contract to continue developing its unique, single-seat, ultralight, electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft called Hexa.

A vertiport for electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft will be built this summer at Oshkosh’s Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH)—site of one of the world’s largest airshows.

Investment in Vermont companies soared 500 percent last year, mostly due to massive capital infusions at the electric-aviation company Beta and Williston-based Polly, formerly known...

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FedEx Express is partnering with California-based Elroy Air to develop and test an autonomous hybrid electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for cargo in 2023.

Beta Technologies' plan to construct an electric aircraft manufacturing plant at the Burlington International Airport hit a snag last week over the placement of a...