Airborne-NextGen 01.27.26: Cavorite X7, Vertical Air Taxi In NYC, Artemis II

Also: FAA Draft Plan For Unleaded Avgas, Starfighters STARLAUNCH 1, New Space Force Unit, Blue Origin TeraWave Horizon Aircraft, which has been designing and building its full-scale hybrid-electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft called the Cavorite X7, says vertical-lift fans have been improved. The aircraft features a total of 12 vertical-lift fans: five in each wing and one in each canard. Replacing four smaller canard fans with two wing-size fans standardizes all 12 units, improving manufacturing efficiency, increasing performance, and simplifying maintenance. Vertical Aerospace, the Bristol, England-based developer of eVTOL air taxi aircraft, launched its U.S. tour in New York City. The company is bringing its new commercial electric aircraft, the Valo, for its introduction along with plans for electric travel routes in New York with its partners Bristow Group and Skyports Infrastructure. NASA’s Artemis II mission took a very, very slow but very important step forward, with the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft rolling out to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center. The moon-bound pile took roughly 12 hours to move four miles, topping out at an intense 0.82 mph on NASA’s crawler-transporter. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-NextGen!!! Airborne-NextGen 01.27.26 is chock full of info in this Weekly News Episode, Tuesday, January 27th, 2026... 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: Technical Updates On Cavorite X7 Design Vertical Shares Plans For Air Taxi Routes In NYC Artemis II Rocket Crawls Out to the Launch Pad for Rehearsals FAA Draft Plan For Transition To Unleaded Avgas Moves Forward Wind Tunnel Tests Wrap For Starfighters STARLAUNCH 1 New Space Force Unit In Arizona Blue Origin Introduces TeraWave, With 6 Tbps Connectivity 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! @2026 Aero-News Network, Inc., ALL Rights Reserved. FMI: www.airborne-unmanned.net, www.airbornetv.net, www.aero-news.net, www.aero-tv.net, www.youtube.com/aerotvnetwork, https://vimeo.com/aerotvnetwork, http://twitter.com/AeroNews