electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL)

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

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

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

By Graham Warwick
The FAA has accepted XTI Aerospace's application for type certification of the TriFan 600 VTOL business aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Australia has awarded vertiport startup Skyportz a provisional patent for a vertipad design that ameliorates a potential issue with eVTOL aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Robert Wall
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
EHang is the first eVTOL-maker to be profitable. Can it break out of China?
Advanced Air Mobility

By Angus Batey
Little attention has been paid to the use of small, unmanned aircraft, or drones, presumably because they will not carry passengers.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick, Ben Goldstein, Garrett Reim
The arduous timeline to certify a passenger-carrying eVTOL aircraft has forced some contenders out of the race.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Pyka has begun commercial operations in three countries using its fixed-wing, all-electric aerial application drone.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The Virgin-Joby pairing marks a major loss for Bristol-based Vertical.
Advanced Air Mobility

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

By Garrett Reim
Silicon Valley’s continuous innovation approach is running into regulatory reality for Joby Aviation and Archer Aviation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Metro has ordered up to 20 ALIA eVTOLs for integration into its EMS operation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The Guangzhou-based company delivered 78 EH216-S autonomous multicopters in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The Embraer spinoff announced its revised timeline on an earnings call March 12 for the 2024 fourth quarter.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The company says it has completed the thrust-borne portion of its flight test campaign.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
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.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
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.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
Talks with investors continue, but the chances of rescuing Europe’s eVTOL leaders are diminishing.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The surge in EHang’s shares do not appear to be tied to any specific catalyst.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Regent Craft has signed an initial accord with Abu Dhabi’s Strategic Development Fund to set up a joint venture to manufacture electric seagliders in the UAE.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Cooling megawatt fuel cells, a hybrid-electric regional jet and a streetwise flying car.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Direct liquid cooling of battery cells enables faster charging, longer life and safer operations.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Bruno Even says the company’s air vehicle design had been “the right compromise between cruise and lift.”
Advanced Air Mobility