electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL)

Electric aviation executives insist their main pitch to potential customers and investors is improved efficiency, reliability and maintainability.

The installation of a fuel cell system in a flying testbed is being prepared by German startup Hyfly as it progresses development of a hydrogen-electric powertrain for light aircraft.

Multi-feedstock SAF production tested; Australian e-aircraft programs advance; ZeroAvia to study large hydrogen UAS; Vertiport design mitigates eVTOL downwash.

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

The partnership will see Archer send Midnight electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft to Ethiopia for air taxi operations.

Key collaborations have been announced by Australia’s fledgling sustainable aviation industry to advance development of electric- and hydrogen-powered aircraft.

The process to select a site for production of the planned Kona blended wing body regional cargo aircraft has been launched by Natilus.

The UK Civil Aviation Authority is planning at least two larger-scale beyond visual line of sight UAV trials before the end of 2025.

The first untethered hover flight of a full-scale engineering prototype of the LE200 eVTOL has been completed by Chinese startup Range Aviation.

The FAA has accepted XTI Aerospace's application for type certification of the TriFan 600 VTOL business aircraft.

Australia has awarded vertiport startup Skyportz a provisional patent for a vertipad design that ameliorates a potential issue with eVTOL aircraft.

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

EHang is the first eVTOL-maker to be profitable. Can it break out of China?

Little attention has been paid to the use of small, unmanned aircraft, or drones, presumably because they will not carry passengers.

The arduous timeline to certify a passenger-carrying eVTOL aircraft has forced some contenders out of the race.

Pyka has begun commercial operations in three countries using its fixed-wing, all-electric aerial application drone.

The Virgin-Joby pairing marks a major loss for Bristol-based Vertical.

Sikorsky flies VTOL UAS, first hybrid airship order, NASA backs university research and fuel-cell performance milestone.

Silicon Valley’s continuous innovation approach is running into regulatory reality for Joby Aviation and Archer Aviation.

Metro has ordered up to 20 ALIA eVTOLs for integration into its EMS operation.

The Guangzhou-based company delivered 78 EH216-S autonomous multicopters in the fourth quarter of 2024.

The Embraer spinoff announced its revised timeline on an earnings call March 12 for the 2024 fourth quarter.

The company says it has completed the thrust-borne portion of its flight test campaign.

Vertical Aerospace has appointed Eamonn Brennan, former director general of Eurocontrol and chief executive of the Irish Aviation Authority, as an adviser to its board.

Weighing 115 lb. with a 10.3-ft. wingspan, the all-composite RBW is a flying wing aircraft in a tailsitter configuration that flies autonomously.