Vertical’s eVTOL Prototype Takes Shape As Merger Vote Approaches

Graham Warwick Tony Osborne September 13, 2021
Vertical’s VA-X4 prototype
Vertical’s VA-X4 prototype is designed to be piloted later in flight testing.
Credit: Vertical Aerospace
UK advanced air mobility startup Vertical Aerospace is gearing up to begin assembly of its VA-X4 engineering prototype and expects the electrical vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft to fly in the first quarter of 2022. “The big structures are coming together,” said Vertical President Michael...
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.

Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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