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Aviation Week speaks to Gonzalo Ramos, SkyDrive's global commercial officer, about the expansion of the company's commercial footprint beyond its home market.

The latest developments in advanced air mobility and business aviation.

SkyDrive partners with airlines and manufacturers across Asia to explore eVTOL applications for medical logistics and tourism, targeting service by 2028.

SkyDrive’s SD-05 eVTOL prototype reached 62 mph in flight testing, a speed the company says is optimized for high-frequency shuttle flights in urban areas.

SkyDrive is doubling down on a smaller multicopter that it believes is better suited for the dense urban environments of East Asia.

Japan’s SkyDrive has been granted Approved Design Organization (ADO) certification by the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB).

Japanese eVTOL developer SkyDrive has agreed to a general certification plan for its three-seater SD-05 with the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau.

SkyDrive has signed a preorder agreement with 7A Drones for 10 SD-05 air taxis for emergency transportation of patients and medical staff in Taiwan.

China’s Aerofugia, a subsidiary of automaker Geely Group, has completed a 1 billion yuan ($140 million) fundraising round.

Joby’s hybrid eVTOL; maritime drone demonstrations; Tokyo air taxis; and advancing additive manufacturing.

The Tokyo metropolitan government has laid out a plan to introduce commercial urban air taxi service by 2030, with Archer Aviation, Joby Aviation and SkyDrive participating in a pilot project.

Japanese startup SkyDrive has completed public flights of its SD-05 prototype eVTOL.

Joby Aviation becomes the third electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer to fly a prototype at the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai in Japan.

Famous automotive manufacturers bet on space, electric air taxis and hydrogen power.

Japan's SkyDrive has signed a “strategic partnership” with PT Whitesky Aviation of Indonesia as it continues to focus on selling its eVTOLs into Asian markets.

Japanese eVTOL developer SkyDrive announced plans to launch into repeated demonstration flights with its multicopter eVTOL.

Air taxi developer SkyDrive has raised ¥8.3 billion ($56.8 million) including investments from two prominent Japanese rail operators.

UK eVTOL startup Sora Aviation has been awarded two government-supported research projects totaling £2.1 million ($2.8 million).

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Japanese trading conglomerate Marubeni performed an initial demo flight at the Osaka World Expo using the Hexa single-seat eVTOL.

SkyDrive has flown its SD-05 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi for the first time in a public demonstration, at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan.

OsakaKo Vertiport, a facility for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft, has been completed by Osaka Metro Co. in Japan.

The G-1 certification basis is a document that describes requirements that must be satisfied for a new aircraft to receive type certification.

SkyDrive and Osaka Metro Co. have announced four planned vertiport locations for the SD-05 eVTOL aircraft within the greater Osaka area.

Joby has completed its first series of flight tests as part of South Korea’s K-UAM Grand Challenge.