Chinese Startup Vertaxi Completes eVTOL Prototype

Vertaxi’s full-scale M1 prototype is entering ground tests at the Jinshan UAV base near Shanghai.

Credit: Vertaxi
Chinese startup Vertaxi has unveiled the first full-scale prototype of its Matrix 1 (M1) electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft and detailed plans to enter the market first with an uncrewed cargo version. The prototype was assembled at the Jinshan uncrewed aircraft test site on the...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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