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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.

SkyDrive has signed a MOU with South Carolina private jet operator SAI Flight and Greenville Downtown Airport to develop air taxi routes in the state.

Japanese electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer SkyDrive has raised additional funding from its Series C round.

SkyDrive has signed an agreement with the Osaka Metro Co. to study using air taxis in the area after the 2025 World Expo there.

Japanese startup SkyDrive has begun construction of its first prototype SD-05 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.

Montreal-based Jaunt Air Mobility is finalizing the G-1 certification basis for Part 29 approval of its Journey eVTOL vehicle with Transport Canada.

Aviation Week ranks the 15 leading companies in the nascent eVTOL market.

Japanese eVTOL startup SkyDrive has secured additional Series C funding through a third-party allotment of new shares to existing investor Suzuki Motor.

Japan’s SkyDrive has signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on heavy-lift drones with the Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation.

Advanced air mobility developments and sustainability concerns are driving changes in the design of flight control systems.