SkyDrive has secured investment from Tobu Railway and Tobu Top Tours, adding its fifth railway partner as it targets eVTOL service entry in Japan by 2028.
Vertical Aerospace has received AS9100 aerospace quality certification from BSI, a milestone it says makes it the first eVTOL developer to earn the credential.
South Korea has pushed back its urban air mobility commercialization targets to 2028 and 2032, launching the Neo K-UAM Grand Challenge and a new hybrid-electric eVTOL development program through KASA.
Drone developer and operator Skyways has received the first authorization from the FAA to conduct long-range, beyond-visual-line-of-sight operations from the U.S. coastline over the sea, starting early next year.
Eve Air Mobility expects its engineering prototype to achieve its first wingborne transition by year-end, as certification and commercial progress continue.
GE Aerospace’s modified Saab 340B megawatt-class hybrid electric testbed has successfully demonstrated the use of electrically augmented power during takeoff.
Bulgarian cargo drone developer and operator Dronamics plans to go public on the Nasdaq through a merger with special purpose acquisition company GP-Act III Acquisition Corp.
Drone delivery firms Wing, Zipline and DoorDash are cutting noise and building community trust as U.S. states sue the FAA over drone package delivery impacts.