Skyports breaks ground on UK vertiport development news Yves Le Marquand 13 Dec 24 0 Skyports Infrastructure and Bicester Motion have broken ground on the UK’s first vertiport testbed development. The vertiport is under construction on a plot of 0.42… Read more
SkyGrid publishes concept of operations news Yves Le Marquand 13 Dec 24 0 SkyGrid has released its blueprint for third-party service providers in its Concept of Operations for Third-Party Services Supporting the Airspace Integration of AAM. The concept of… Read more
Archer raises $430m following new Anduril partnership news Yves Le Marquand 12 Dec 24 0 Anduril and Archer are to jointly develop a hybrid-VTOL aircraft for defence use cases, leading the eVTOL developer to raise a further $430m to support… Read more
Air New Zealand orders BETA demonstrator to ready for operations news Yves Le Marquand 11 Dec 24 0 Air New Zealand has added an Alia CTOL technical demonstrator aircraft and several charging solutions to its existing order with BETA Technologies. Air New Zealand… Read more
Skyports and Groupe ADP joint venture to operate Manhattan heliport news Yves Le Marquand 10 Dec 24 0 A joint venture between Skyports Infrastructure and Groupe ADP has been named as the new operator of the Downtown Manhattan Heliport. The New York City… Read more
Electra.aero flies NASA Administrator in Goldfinch demonstrator news Yves Le Marquand 9 Dec 24 0 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has taken a flight aboard Electra.aero’s hybrid-electric EL2 Goldfinch ultra short prototype aircraft. The 24-minute flight on Electra’s two-seat fixed-wing aircraft… Read more
Joby Aviation CFO resigns news Fayaz Hussain 4 Dec 24 0 California-based electric aircraft developer Joby Aviation announced that Matthew Field, the company’s chief financial officer, will be resigning effective December 13, 2024. Following Field’s departure,… Read more
AURA Network Systems makes senior appointments news Yves Le Marquand 3 Dec 24 0 AURA Network Systems has appointed Kevin Steen as CEO and and Walter Berger as executive chairman of the board. Steen brings more than two decades’… Read more
Eve secures additional $35m from BNDES news Fayaz Hussain 2 Dec 24 0 Eve Air Mobility announced it has secured an additional $35m from the Brazil’s National Development Bank (BNDES) to support its eVTOL development. The company secured… Read more
Propeller Drones, Airwayz and FlightOps team up for Israel’s first BVLOS drone flights news Yves Le Marquand 28 Nov 24 0 Propeller Drones has chosen unmanned air traffic management provider Airwayz to execute its $7m Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) contract to conduct autonomous drone flights. The… Read more
MagniX completes EPU testing with NASA news Yves Le Marquand 26 Nov 24 0 MagniX has completed testing of its magni650 electric propulsion unit (EPU) at NASA’s Electric Aircraft Testbed (NEAT) in Sandusky, Ohio. According to the company, the… Read more
Heart Aerospace to conduct first test flight in US next year news Yves Le Marquand 26 Nov 24 0 Swedish hybrid-electric aircraft maker Heart Aerospace is planning to fly its demonstrator aircraft at New York’s Plattsburgh International Airport in 2025. The test flight will… Read more
Vertical Aerospace announces $50m funding from Mudrick Capital news Yves Le Marquand 25 Nov 24 0 Vertical Aerospace has announced $50m in new funding as part of a transaction worth $180m with Mudrick Capital. The signing of a non-binding term sheet… Read more
SAI Flight pre-orders 10 SkyDrive aircraft news Yves Le Marquand 25 Nov 24 0 SkyDrive, South Carolina-based operator SAI Flight and Greenville Downtown Airport have signed an agreement to jointly explore eVTOL aircraft services in the region, including a… Read more
Electron launches ‘10,000 Faces of Change’ campaign news Yves Le Marquand 25 Nov 24 0 Dutch electric aircraft startup Electron has launched a campaign inviting industry stakeholders to support its aircraft programme. The 10,000 Faces of Change campaign pays homage… Read more