A Norwegian team has won the race to be first to fly an aircraft that will compete in the new Air Race E piloted all-electric racing series, which is scheduled to begin in 2023.
Textron is in a key position to take advantage of opportunities in the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) and urban air mobility markets with plans to boost its investment in that area, according to its top executive.
Hyundai’s urban air mobility company Supernal has partnered with the U.S. Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to study potential locations and energy demands for a vertiport network in Los Angeles.
Airservices Australia has selected four unmanned traffic management providers to competitively prototype a flight information management system that will support the safe and efficient integration of drones and air taxis into the country’s low-altitude airspace.
German startup Lilium has moved its large-scale electric vertical takeoff and landing demonstrator to Spain to open up the flight envelope and begin testing a transition to high-speed, wing-borne flight.
Air taxi developer Volocopter has started flight tests of its two-seat VoloCity electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft in Germany and says it is on track to certify by the end of 2023.
With its initial prototype now in flight testing, U.S. startup Zeva Aero plans to unveil an improved design in February and begin taking preorders for an experimental-category aircraft aimed at first responders and personal flyers.
U.S. startup Elroy Air has unveiled the first preproduction prototype of its Chaparral autonomous cargo aircraft, revealing a revised design for the hybrid electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle.
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Spun out by the Williams Formula 1 racing team at the end of 2019, Williams Advanced Engineering has been expanding from its motorsports roots and applying its high-performance battery and electrification expertise to new sectors, including aviation.
Germany’s Wingcopter has signed a contract exceeding $16 million to supply a large fleet of delivery drones to Spright, a subsidiary formed by U.S. air medical service provider Air Methods in July 2020 to service the health care market.
A NASA-funded team is working to connect airborne and cloud-based flight management systems to enable better real-time trajectory optimization and airspace management for advanced air mobility and commercial aviation.
The additional Boeing funding will advance development of Wisk’s sixth-generation eVTOL, which is targeted to be the first autonomous all-electric passenger aircraft certified in the U.S.
Flight testing of advanced air mobility prototypes under the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program is gathering pace, with the first government remotely piloted flights of an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle.
First studied by Bell in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the company has revived the stop/fold tiltrotor concept with new technology to meet the AFWerx call for HSVTOL vehicles for special operation missions.
California-based electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi developer Overair has begun full power ground tests of the 20-ft.-dia. rotor system that will power a flying demonstrator of the company’s Butterfly quad-tiltrotor starting in 2023.
Rolls-Royce’s £6 million ($8.17 million) Spirit of Innovation electric aircraft has secured the world electric aircraft speed record following verification by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.
Two early-stage startups have joined forces to lay the foundations for an on-demand regional air service in Western Australia using small electric aircraft.
Swiss startup Daedalean has closed a $58 million financing round that will provide the funds needed to bring its machine-leaning-based visual guidance, navigation and control suite to market over the next four years.
