Reliable Robotics and NASA complete flight tests to improve UAS safety news Yves Le Marquand 2 May 23 0 Reliable Robotics has been working with NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign since 2021 to on the integration of remotely piloted aircraft systems. As part… Read more
H55’s second Bristell prototype completes maiden flight news Yves Le Marquand 19 Apr 23 0 H55 has completed a maiden flight of its second BRM Aero Bristell Energic electric trainer prototype. BRM, a Czech aircraft manufacturer, is H55’s first customer… Read more
AIR: Pushing the envelope news Yves Le Marquand 18 Apr 23 0 With a full-scale prototype flight test behind them, pushing the performance envelope ahead of crewed tests later this year, AIR is pushing on towards certification,… Read more
Moya Aero conducts successful initial ground propellor tests news Yves Le Marquand 14 Apr 23 0 Moya Aero has successfully completed initial ground testing of its battery-electric powered propellor set. Last week, the Brazilian eVTOL startup conducted the tests at its… Read more
Horizon Aircraft prototype completes maiden transition flight test news Yves Le Marquand 4 Apr 23 0 Horizon Aircraft has successfully completed initial transition flight testing of its 50% scale eVTOL prototype. The scaled Cavorite X5 completed its maiden flight test in… 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
Universal Hydrogen’s Lightning McClean completes first flight on hydrogen news Yves Le Marquand 3 Mar 23 0 Universal Hydrogen’s 40-passenger regional airliner, nicknamed Lightning McClean, has completed its maiden flight using hydrogen fuel cell propulsion. The aircraft took off yesterday morning from… 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
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
Destinus to fly ‘world first’ hydrogen afterburner configuration news Yves Le Marquand 14 Feb 23 0 This month Destinus will begin flight testing its hydrogen afterburner, “a world first” for an aircraft in this configuration, it said. Last November, the Swiss… Read more
First flight for NUNCATS ‘electric sky jeep’ news Yves Le Marquand 24 Jan 23 0 UK firm NUNCATS’ ‘electric sky jeep’, an aviation project aimed at improving healthcare in remote regions, has taken to the skies for the first time.… Read more
ZeroAvia completes maiden flight with retrofitted hydrogen-electric powertrain news Yves Le Marquand 23 Jan 23 0 ZeroAvia has now flown the largest aircraft powered by a hydrogen-electric engine in the world. The UK-based zero emissions aircraft developer took to the skies… Read more
Horizon releases Cavorite hover test footage news Yves Le Marquand 17 Jan 23 0 Horizon Aircraft has released the first footage of its Cavorite X5 scale prototype in the air. Earlier this month Revolution.Aero reported that the Canada-based eVTOL… Read more