Skyfly Technologies, an eVTOL aircraft developer, has been selected to join a UK defense initiative that aims to develop heavy-lift uncrewed aircraft systems.
AMSL Aero has begun untethered flight tests of a full-scale technology demonstrator for its Vertiia box-wing electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Archer says it has nearly completed construction of its mass-production facility in Covington, Georgia, where it plans to manufacture Midnight eVTOL air taxis.
While the company has made significant progress in development and was nearing first flight of a production-standard aircraft, it has run out of time and money.
Designed to comply with FAA’s Part 103 ultralights rules, most single-seat personal eVTOLs would not require type certification or a pilot license to operate.
EHang has received preorders for more than 1,100 aircraft in the Chinese market and is ramping up output after securing production certification in April.
With ambitions to operate air taxi service on demand—and at a frequency far greater than airliners fly currently—Joby Aviation has unveiled ElevateOS software.
A U.S. startup plans to have on-demand production of hydrogen from methanol on-site at airports in 2025, initially to fuel zero-emission ground vehicles.
