Plana and SkyScape to develop Asia’s first international eVTOL route news Yves Le Marquand 6 Mar 23 0 SkyScape and Plana have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) develop Asia’s first eVTOL route between Korea and Japan. The agreement will see the two… Read more
Doroni Aerospace completes tethered flight test news Yves Le Marquand 6 Mar 23 0 Doroni Aerospace has completed a tethered flight test with their eVTOL prototype, the Doroni H1 “flying car”. The flight test comes on the back of… Read more
AutoFlight operates ‘longest eVTOL flight in history’ at 155 miles news Yves Le Marquand 2 Mar 23 0 AutoFlight has reported flying the longest eVTOL flight in history at a distance of 155 miles (250km) on a single battery charge. The flight, which… Read more
Collins Aerospace to build sidestick system for Lilium Jet news Yves Le Marquand 23 Feb 23 0 Lilium has teamed with Collins Aerospace to develop and build the Lilium Jet’s inceptors – the sidestick system used by the pilot to control the… Read more
AMSL Aero’s Vertiia eVTOL completes maiden flight news Yves Le Marquand 21 Feb 23 0 Vertiia, the eVTOL being developed by Australian firm, AMSL Aero has completed its maiden test flight. This is the first ever flight by an Australian-designed… Read more
Volocopter receives Series E funding from Sumitomo Corporation news Yves Le Marquand 21 Feb 23 0 Volocopter has received Series E funding from Japanese trading house, Sumitomo Corporation and concurrent type certification from the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB). Sumitomo will… Read more
Joby begins propellor testing at NASA’s Ames wind tunnel news Yves Le Marquand 20 Feb 23 0 Joby Aviation has begun testing its propellors at the world’s largest wind tunnel facility at NASA’s Ames Research Centre. The National Full-Scale Aerodynamic Complex (NFAC),… Read more
BETA and Blade conduct first piloted flight in New York area news Yves Le Marquand 15 Feb 23 0 The first piloted eVTOL flight in New York took place this week as BETA Technologies’ ALIA-250 took to the skies above Westchester County Airport. During… Read more
Joby’s first production-conforming aircraft begins final assembly news Yves Le Marquand 14 Feb 23 0 Joby Aviation has begun final assembly of the first aircraft to be produced at the OEM’s pilot manufacturing facility in Marina, California. In what the… Read more
Moya Aero: $2m Finep funding is ‘further validation’ of startup’s vision news Yves Le Marquand 14 Feb 23 0 Moya Aero’s vision for drone operations in Latin America has received further validation in the form of $2m funding from Brazil’s Funding Authority for Studies… Read more
Horizon and 3C agree MoU for ‘all-Canadian’ Cavorite X5 programme news Yves Le Marquand 13 Feb 23 0 Horizon Aircraft and 3C have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly continue developing Horizon’s Cavorite X5 eVTOL. The MoU will give Horizon access… Read more
Joby completes second stage of FAA type certification news Yves Le Marquand 10 Feb 23 0 Joby Aviation has completed the second stage of its FAA type certification process. The second stage of the type certification process involves the OEM identifying… Read more
AIR partners with International SeaKeepers Society to promote eVTOLs on yachts news Yves Le Marquand 3 Feb 23 0 AIR has partnered with The International SeaKeepers Society to promote its eVTOL for use as auxiliary equipment on superyachts. As an official AIR brand ambassador,… Read more
GKN Aerospace to build EWIS solution for Lilium Jet I news Yves Le Marquand 1 Feb 23 0 Lilium and GKN Aerospace have signed an agreement to design and build an integrated electrical wiring interconnection system (EWIS) solution for the German OEM’s eVTOL. … Read more
Vertical receives payment for 25 delivery slots from Japan’s Marubeni Corporation news Yves Le Marquand 20 Jan 23 0 Vertical Aerospace has secured a pre-delivery payment for the reservation of aircraft delivery slots from Japanese trading and investment conglomerate, Marubeni Corporation. Marubeni has reserved… Read more