The company is currently assembling its first fourth-generation Aero2 X2.3 pre-series aircraft, with plans to build two more this year and several more in 2025.
The bench is a flight simulator built to the fidelity required for certification testing of both hardware and software that will then go to the aircraft.
Surf Air Mobility is the latest publicly traded AAM startup to be threatened with delisting after its share price fell below $1 for 30 consecutive days.
The flight-test campaign marked beginning of an effort to integrate various components of automation into an aircraft to build up to true end-to-end autonomy.
A key element of a novel electric propulsion demonstrator has been completed and is set to begin bench testing under a UK government-supported research program.
