Certification
FAA type certification in progress; Special Airworthiness Market Survey Certificate (Oct 2026)
Launch operators and orders: UPS; Bristow; Blade; Metro Aviation; LCI; US Air Force (AFWERX).
Battery: In-house packs. Charging: Beta Charge (CCS1); own network; ACES consortium.
Program record
Program record
| Class | eVTOL passenger |
| Country | United States |
| Powertrain | battery-electric |
| Seats or payload | pilot + 5 or cargo |
| Range (km, published target) | 463 |
| Battery | In-house packs |
| Charging | Beta Charge (CCS1); own network; ACES consortium |
| Autonomy | piloted |
| Certification | FAA type certification in progress; Special Airworthiness Market Survey Certificate (Oct 2026) |
| Status | active |
| Launch operators and orders | UPS; Bristow; Blade; Metro Aviation; LCI; US Air Force (AFWERX) |
| Manufacturing | South Burlington VT |
| Parent or backers | GE Aerospace; Amazon Climate Pledge Fund; Fidelity; NYSE BETA |
| Record updated | 2026-10 |
Official site: beta.team
In context
Where it fits
Listed in the eVTOL Directory. Programs are ranked on battery, charging, autonomy, certification stage and launch operators - the factors that decide whether an aircraft enters commercial service.
| Program | Status |
|---|---|
| AE200-100 (Aerofugia) | active |
| Midnight (Archer Aviation) | active |
| Land Aircraft Carrier (Aridge (XPeng)) | active |
| Prosperity (V2000EM) (AutoFlight) | active |
| VT35 (EHang) | active |
| EH216-S (EHang) | active |
| e200x (ePlane Company) | active |
| Eve eVTOL (Eve Air Mobility) | active |
Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- ALIA A250 (BETA Technologies)
- Sources
- ElectronsX aviation dataset; company filings and regulator records
- Updated
- 2026-10