Debrief: Amid Slow eVTOL Progress, Defense Market Moves Faster

Debrief: Amid Slow eVTOL Progress, Defense Market Moves Faster

The design of the MV250 autonomous hybrid-electric version of Beta's A250 eVTOL air taxi has evolved in recent months.

Credit: Beta Technologies
Beyond progress or otherwise toward FAA certification and commercial operation, one theme united the first-quarter (Q1) analyst calls by the publicly traded electric air taxi startups: the defense market. All the listed developers of eVTOL vehicles touted their progress with hybrid-electric variants...
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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