electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL)

As Joby’s S4 advances toward certification, flight testing is shifting from controlled environments to real-world operations.

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

Joby Aviation has begun a series of piloted demonstration flights across New York City.

Attracting its first investment from the Middle East, Chinese startup Volant Aerotech has raised more $300 million to continued development of its air taxi.

U.S. advanced battery developer Sion Power has pivoted from its long pursuit of the electric vehicle market to target defense and aerospace applications.

New York-based nonprofit group NUAIR is positioning Central New York as a near-term proving ground for advanced air mobility.

DLR has begun flying the Proteus, an uncrewed aircraft designed to fly with either a reference conventional wing or an experimental morphing wing.

Joby Aviation plans to conduct a demonstration flight of its S4-T uncrewed aircraft next week at its plant in California.

The first of four vertiports planned for Joby Aviation’s initial air taxi network in Dubai has been completed by the UK’s Skyports.

Vertical Aerospace has completed a two-way piloted transition flight of its VX4, marking a key milestone in the effort to bring its electric air taxi to market.

Backed by policy tailwinds and low-altitude economy optimism, China’s general aviation (GA) sector is seeing unprecedented liberalization, widening the field for both traditional players and startups.

Joby Aviation has begun transition testing with the S4-T hybrid-electric uncrewed aircraft derivative of its S4 piloted tiltprop eVTOL.

Israeli electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing startup AIR has flown its first production heavy lift uncrewed cargo aircraft.

News about AIRO Group, Amazon Prime Air, Ascendance and more.

A pilotless aircraft being developed by a Boeing subsidiary aims to change the AAM game.

Vertical Aerospace’s piloted one-way transition of its VX4 clears a key hurdle, with the next phase of testing focused on completing and repeating the maneuver.

Vertical Aerospace has completed its first piloted one-way transition flight, marking new progress in its program to develop an eVTOL air taxi.

Demonstrating quantum CFD; improved hydrogen-electric propulsion; counter-UAS on an eVTOL; and fuel-cell/turbine combination.

NASA shifts focus to flight research as budget cuts reshape aeronautics priorities, emphasizing X-planes, hypersonics and automated airspace systems.

There has been talk of using electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft for public good ever since the technology was first developed.

Honeywell is mounting a counter-uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) on a long-range hybrid-electric uncrewed aircraft.

Israel’s AIR says it has booked more than 3,300 preorders for its AIR One two-seat personal eVTOL.

Vertical Aerospace has secured a conditional financing package worth up to $850 million, providing the U.K.-based eVTOL developer with a potential lifeline.

Japan plans to begin commercial advanced air mobility (AAM) operations in 2027-28 under a revised road map.

Two years on from its founding, startup Vision Aero is on track to unveil the seven-seater Vector 5 prototype.