SkyDrive Applies To FAA For eVTOL Type Certification

SkyDrive SD-05 eVTOL

The FAA and Japan’s Civil Aviation Bureau have partnered on advanced air mobility certification and operations for the SkyDrive SD-05.

Credit: SkyDrive
SkyDrive has applied to the FAA for a type certificate for its SD-05 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi. The Japanese company submitted its application for its two-passenger eVTOL through Japan’s Civil Aviation Bureau (CAB), it said on June 17. SkyDrive says the application was...
Garrett Reim

Based in the Seattle area, Garrett covers the space sector and advanced technologies that are shaping the future of aerospace and defense, including space startups, advanced air mobility and artificial intelligence.

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