Europe Sets High Safety Bar For UAM With eVTOL Certification Rules

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Electrical vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicles do not fit existing airworthiness categories and the need for new certification regulations is often cited as a major barrier to enabling urban air mobility (UAM). So industry is welcoming Europe’s publication of the first certification rules...
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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