electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL)

Eve Air Mobility, backed by Embraer, signed a framework agreement Nov. 3 with Bahrain’s Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications (MTT).

Vertical Aerospace, a UK air taxi startup, is set to commence transition flight testing this week.

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Joby Aviation announced the start of manufacture of conforming propeller blades for its S4 eVTOL air taxi at its factory in Dayton, Ohio.

German electric commuter; LH2 refueling demo; Korean urban air mobility testing; and Merlin autonomy progress.

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South Korea has launched the second phase of its advanced air mobility demonstration project with urban demonstration flights in the city of Incheon, bordering the Korean capital Seoul.

Cryogenics specialist Fabrum has demonstrated filling of lightweight composite tanks with liquid hydrogen.

GPS backup on a chip; DARPA heavy-lift drone challenge; Canada funds air mobility projects; and motors for defense drones.

Sept. 12, 1933, changed the future of air transportation.

French personal air mobility startup Zapata announced plans to open its first flight center in Las Vegas early next year, offering paying customers the chance to fly the hybrid VTOL Air Scooter.

China’s regulatory framework for ultralights has long been established under Chapter O of CCAR-91, mirroring FAA Part 103.

Technologies for air mobility and airships are among a new wave of research projects to be funded by the Canadian government under a program to support decarbonization of the aerospace sector.

SkyGrid has signed anagreement with MIT Lincoln Laboratory to jointly research and develop high-resolution forecast models for low-altitude flying aircraft.

DARPA has launched a prize challenge to demonstrate multicopter uncrewed aircraft that can carry payloads more than four times their weight.

Aside from a small handful of startups, the boom in advanced air mobility shows signs of going bust.

London’s Metropolitan Police service has launched a pilot drone service to see if the technology can help them respond more quickly to emergency calls.

The rising popularity of Collaborative Combat Aircraft has spread to the U.S. Army, which is now considering the reusable systems to augment crewed rotorcraft.

Seneca, a startup developing firefighting drones, raised a $60 million venture capital round to increase production of UAVs.

The seventh China (Tianjin) International Helicopter Exposition had 52 aircraft on display, including new uncrewed eVTOL designs.

China is looking to replicate its dominance in the global electric vehicle and commercial drone markets with the nascent eVTOL industry.

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

The Chinese eVTOL industry is robust.

Textron has eliminated its Textron eAviation innovation-focused subsidiary in a corporate reorganization.

Personal eVTOL maker Jetson made news in September when it delivered its first one-seater recreational aircraft to Anduril founder and CEO Palmer Luckey.