Civilian Aircrafts

Boeing

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Public (NYSE: BA)

Boeing is one of the world's largest aerospace companies, spanning commercial airplanes, defense and space systems, and aftermarket services. After a deeply disrupted 2024, Boeing improved materially through 2025 and into 2026: it delivered 600 commercial aircraft in 2025, then opened 2026 with 143 commercial deliveries, $22.2B of Q1 revenue across all three segments, a record $695B total backlog, and a narrower core loss. The company completed the Spirit AeroSystems reacquisition in December 2025, and in May 2026 confirmed it had passed the FAA capstone review to lift 737 MAX output to 47 jets per month. Boeing remains one of the two central global commercial-jet manufacturers alongside Airbus, with its near-term trajectory hinging on the 737 ramp, 777X certification, and sustained progress on safety and quality reforms.

Airbus

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Public (EPA: AIR)

Airbus is Europe's largest aerospace company, spanning commercial aircraft, helicopters, defence and space. In civil aviation it remains Boeing's only true peer at global scale and is pairing near-term production growth with longer-term work on lower-carbon aircraft technologies, future single-aisle designs and hydrogen propulsion. The company combines a mature global airliner business with broader aerospace capabilities across defence, space and rotorcraft. Q1 2026 was unusually weak — 114 deliveries (vs. 136 a year earlier), revenue down 7% to EUR 12.65B and adjusted EBIT halved to EUR 300M due to Pratt & Whitney engine shortages and Chinese delivery disruptions — but Airbus reaffirmed full-year 2026 guidance of ~870 deliveries, EUR 7.5B adjusted EBIT and EUR 4.5B free cash flow, with a record commercial backlog above 9,000 aircraft.

Joby Aviation

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Public (NYSE: JOBY)

Joby Aviation is a California-based transportation company developing a piloted, all-electric air taxi for commercial passenger service. The company is in the late stages of FAA type certification and expects to carry its first passengers in 2026. Alongside certification, Joby is building launch infrastructure in Dubai, integrating future service into the Uber app, and expanding manufacturing capacity in California and Ohio.

COMAC

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State-Owned Enterprise

COMAC (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China) is China's state-owned commercial aircraft manufacturer and the core vehicle for the country's indigenous airliner program. Its current aircraft family spans the in-service C909 regional jet, the in-service C919 narrow-body, and the C929 wide-body now in detailed design. COMAC has moved beyond a symbolic national program into real airline operations, customer support, and early export expansion in Southeast Asia — including Air Cambodia's headline 10+10 C909 commitment in 2025 — making it China's first credible attempt to build a full commercial-aircraft OEM, even as 2026 deliveries continue to lag ambitious airline expectations.

Hermeus

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Private

Hermeus is a defense aviation company focused on rapidly designing, building, and flight-testing high-Mach and hypersonic aircraft for national-security missions. Its Quarterhorse program is progressing through a series of unmanned demonstrators to unlock high-speed flight — Mk 2.1 broke the sound barrier in May 2026, becoming the first privately-developed unmanned supersonic jet — while the Chimera engine architecture underpins Darkhorse, the reusable hypersonic UAS Hermeus aims to field for defense customers.

Archer Aviation

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Public (NYSE: ACHR)

Archer Aviation is an electric aircraft company building Midnight, a piloted four-passenger eVTOL optimized for short, high-frequency urban trips, while also expanding into defense and powertrain sales. Archer went public in 2021, partnered with United Airlines and Stellantis, launched its commercial 'Launch Edition' program with Abu Dhabi Aviation in 2025, and entered 2026 targeting first passenger-carrying flights in the UAE and U.S. pilot programs. Archer has now passed 700 Midnight test flights, says it has completed 70% of the for-credit FAA certification flight test points using Midnight aircraft, and ended Q1 2026 with roughly $1.8B of liquidity.

Beta Technologies

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Public (NYSE: BETA)

Beta Technologies is an electric aerospace company building the ALIA aircraft family, electric propulsion systems, charging infrastructure, batteries, and flight-critical systems for cargo, passenger, medical, and defense markets. Founded in 2017 by Kyle Clark, the company has taken a stepwise commercialization path centered on certifying its conventional ALIA CTOL aircraft first, while also scaling sales of motors, chargers, and engineering services. Beta went public on the NYSE in November 2025, generated $35.6 million of revenue in 2025, ended the year with an aircraft backlog of 891 units worth about $3.5 billion, and is using the FAA and DOT's eVTOL Integration Pilot Program to begin U.S. deployments ahead of broader commercial service.

Boom Supersonic

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Private

Boom Supersonic is building Overture, a 60-80 seat Mach 1.7 supersonic airliner aimed at restoring commercial supersonic travel on 600+ routes at business-class economics. After XB-1 became the first independently developed jet to fly supersonic and completed a 13-flight test campaign in 2025, Boom shifted fully toward Overture production infrastructure, Symphony engine development, and Superpower, a 42 MW natural-gas turbine business that uses the same core engine technology. Boom now says it has nearly $1B in funding, a 130-aircraft order book from American Airlines, United Airlines, and Japan Airlines, and a $1.25B+ launch backlog for Superpower.

Heart Aerospace

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Private

Heart Aerospace is developing the ES-30, a 30-seat clean-sheet hybrid-electric regional aircraft for short-haul routes from smaller airports. Founded in Sweden and now headquartered in El Segundo, California, the company is following an iterative development path built around the Heart X1 and X2 prototypes while bringing more of its batteries, actuation systems, software, and hybrid-electric hardware in-house. Heart says it has raised $185M to date, secured 250 aircraft orders plus 120 options and purchase rights, and is targeting ES-30 type certification in 2029.