Sun, Nov 30, 2025
EHang has logged a major milestone in the development of its pilotless air taxi, logging its first human-carrying flight in the urban Middle East.
Working alongside Qatar’s Ministry of Transport, the company flew its EH216-S autonomously between the Port of Doha and Katara Cultural Village in a series of trials designed to validate real-world air taxi operations. The Army’s 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade is running with the service’s push to boost drone integration by pairing Apaches, Black Hawks, and Chinooks with small unmanned aircraft to handle reconnaissance, route surveillance, and other jobs that used to rely on pilots squinting out the window. One of the bigger shifts is happening in the field workshops. The debut of SpaceX’s Starship Version 3 booster didn’t exactly go as planned, with its test campaign starting and ending before the sun even rose. Booster 18 suffered a major structural failure partway into what was supposed to be a long list of cryogenic checks and pressure trials at Massey’s. The booster entered its first round of cryogenic and pressurization tests after dark on November 20 at the
company’s Massey’s Test Site, located a short distance from Starbase. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-NextGen!!!
Airborne-NextGen 11.25.25 is chock full of info in this Weekly News Episode, Tuesday, November 25th, 2025... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Holland Lee, Sophie Hurlock, Brianne Cross, Christopher Odom, and Laura Hutson, and is supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, and Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, this episode covers:
- EHang’s Pilotless Air Taxi Completes First Manned Flight
- Army Aviation Explores and Expands Drone Applications
- Update: Starship’s First V3 Booster Crumples in Pre-Launch Testing
- FedEx Deploys Sustainable Aviation Fuel at Two Major Airports
- Archer Shares Midnight’s Powertrain Tech With the Omen Crew
- Rocket Lab Sets Annual Launch Record With 2 In 2 Days
- Perseverance Rover Finds Metallic Rock On Mars
Get Comprehensive, Real-Time, 24/7 coverage of the latest aviation and aerospace stories anytime, at aero-news.net. And be sure to join us again next week for the next edition of "Airborne-NextGen" here on Aero-TV. Thanks for watching. See you, again, next week!
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