General Motors unveils Cadillac aerial mobility concept news Alasdair Whyte 19 Jan 21 0 General Motors has entered the aerial mobility space after the unveiling of Cadillac-designed concept at the Consumer Electronics Show 2021. Read more
Volocopter to bring electric air taxi services to US cities news Alasdair Whyte 15 Jan 21 0 German air taxi start-up Volocopter announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) accepted its application for Type Certificate validation on December 22nd 2020. Read more
EHang to offer aerial sightseeing in autonomous EH216 news Alasdair Whyte 14 Jan 21 0 Autonomous eVTOL manufacturer EHang took a step closer to commercial operations on January 8th, as it flew 36 passengers on a sightseeing tour via its… Read more
Revolution.Aero Uplift: Faradair plans to spark the multi-use regional air revolution news Alasdair Whyte 14 Jan 21 0 Genetics, heirlooms and aviation are some of the things passed down the generations of a family. For hybrid electric regional mobility start-up Faradair’s founder, Neil… Read more
Revolution.Aero Uplift: 2020 vision — in hindsight news Alasdair Whyte 4 Jan 21 0 Challenging will be the task for historians who have to document the year that was 2020 – especially those points which made it seem to… Read more
Blade to go public via SPAC at $825m news Alasdair Whyte 17 Dec 20 0 Helicopter operator Blade is the latest company to go public via a merger with blank check company Experience Investment Corp., an affiliate of KSL Capital… Read more
ADAC Luftrettung reserves two Volocopter multicopters news Alasdair Whyte 15 Dec 20 0 ADAC Luftrettung has reserved two VoloCity eVTOL aircraft, built by Volocopter. The reservation comes after ADAC Luftrettung published a feasibility study about piloted multicopters, which… Read more
Joby Aviation acquires Uber Elevate news Alasdair Whyte 9 Dec 20 0 Uber’s aerial ridesharing ecosystem Uber Elevate has been acquired by Joby Aviation, eVTOL manufacturer and one of its partners in the initiative. Read more
Revolution.Aero’s Uplift: A Week Where Decades Happen news Alasdair Whyte 7 Dec 20 0 There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen, said Lenin, in the context of a completely different revolution.But next week,… Read more
EmbraerX and Airservices Australia release CONOPS for Melbourne news Alasdair Whyte 3 Dec 20 0 Embraer subsidiary EmbraerX and Airservices, Australia’s civil air navigation service provider, have developed a new concept of operations (CONOPS) for the air taxi market. Read more
XTI and VerdeGo combine forces on cargo VTOL news Alasdair Whyte 23 Nov 20 0 VerdeGo Aero and XTI Aircraft have announced a partnership to develop the TriFan 200, XTI’s unmanned cargo VTOL. TriFan 200 is similar than the company’s… Read more
Hermeus caps Series A funding round at $16m news Alasdair Whyte 30 Oct 20 0 Hermeus, the aerospace company developing Mach 5 aircraft, announced today that it has closed a $16m Series A funding round led by Canaan Partners. In… Read more
Volocopter and Lufthansa Industry Solutions cooperate to build VoloIQ news Alasdair Whyte 28 Oct 20 0 Volocopter will partner with Lufthansa Industry Solutions to build an integrated digital platform called VoloIQ, run on Microsoft Azure. Read more
Honeywell’s Compact Fly-By-Wire system to fly Pipistrel’s Nuuva V300 news Alasdair Whyte 22 Oct 20 0 Pipistrel Aircraft has selected Honeywell Aerospace’s Compact Fly-By-Wire system for its autonomous, large-capacity cargo aerial vehicle, Nuuva V300. The system will be roughly the size… Read more
GE Aviation’s Digital Group is the latest partner to join Uber Elevate news Alasdair Whyte 21 Oct 20 0 GE Aviation’s Digital Group is the latest ecosystem partner to join Uber Elevate’s aerial ridesharing programme. The initial phase is set to develop requirements for… Read more