Federal government taps Utah to test new electric flight technologies

By: Alixel Cabrera

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: March 11, 2026

Words: 404

Last Updated: 4 months, 4 weeks ago

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Utah is among eight states the federal government has selected to test the future of electric aircraft and other aviation technologies, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced on Monday.

The state is poised to be part of a three-year pilot program on Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL), meant to safely integrate highly automated aircraft into the national airspace with planes that use electric propulsion and can take off and land vertically, according to …

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