Lift

Certifying an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi is prohibitively expensive. With markets tight, some startups are changing course.

Lift Aircraft has won a U.S. Army contract to develop and demo a modular medical payload that enables its Hexa eVTOL to deliver blood and evacuate a casualty.

Lift Aircraft has introduced the Hexa 2, the first major upgrade of its Hexa personal eVTOL since production of the single-person multicopter began in 2021.

The South African air transport market resets.

The Hexa is a single-seat, unwinged multicopter with a range of 15 mi. (24 km) and maximum cruise speed of 55 kt.

Listen in as editors discuss South Africa's changed aviation landscape.

The latest addition to South Africa’s skies has revealed its inaugural routes.