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Joby Flies First FAA-Conforming eVTOL Aircraft

Prototype will support FAA “for-credit” flight testing for type certification

Joby N547JX

Surf Air Orders Electric Alia for Hawaii Routes

Initial flights will be for cargo services operated by Mokulele Airlines

Beta Alia Surf Air

Three Sikorsky Demonstrators Target First Flights in 2026

Nomad 100, U-Hawk, and HEX set to soar

Sikorsky Nomad 50

Archer Countersuit Targets Joby’s eVTOL Supply Chain

Filing alleges mislabeled imports and Chinese Communist Party ties

Regulations and Government

Joby Aviation eVTOL aircraft

Videos

Why Boeing's Wisk Aero Believes Pilotless eVTOL Air Taxis Are Safer and More Viable

Wisk Aero is aiming straight for autonomous flight

August 30, 2024

Mockup of Wisk Aero's Gen 6 eVTOL aircraft

Vertical Aerospace Starts Next Stage of Flight Testing For Its VX4 eVTOL Aircraft

Thrustborne flight is next

August 20, 2024

Vertical Aerospace VX4 prototype test flying

Volocopter Flies its eVTOL Aircraft During the Paris Olympics at Versailles

eVTOL companies are trying to instigate their own revolution

August 14, 2024

Volocopter eVTOL aircraft on grounds of Versailles palace

The Lilium Jet Aircraft Utilizes Thirty Electric Fans to Fly Emissions-Free

Its unique engine architecture makes the aircraft stand out from competitors

rendering of Lilium jet on the ground

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Panel Explores Drone, Autonomous Aircraft Rules

Regulators differ on autonomy definitions and certification approaches

a drone panel held March 10 at Verticon Atlanta

Robinson Expands into Uncrewed VTOL Market

New division encompasses heavy-lift drones and uncrewed helicopters

Robinson booth Verticon 2026

DARPA Grants Bell X-Plane Status for Sprint Program Aircraft

Work has begun on the high-speed VTOL demonstrator

Artist’s concept for the SPRINT X-76

Airbus Reveals Two Next Gen NATO Rotorcraft Studies

A pair of concept designs build on technologies from the X3 and Racer demonstrators

A compound architecture concept (left) and traditional helicopter rendering (right)

JCAB Agrees on SkyDrive General Certification Plan

Company aims to begin deliveries in 2028

SkyDrive Tokyo demo flight

DOT Selects Eight Projects for AAM Integration Trials

Archer, Wisk, Beta, Joby, and others to take part in nationwide trials

Regulations and Government

Joby eVTOL at Dubai Airshow

Japan Approves Certification Plan for SkyDrive SD-05 eVTOL

The Japan Civil Aviation Bureau still needs to approve the means of compliance

Regulations and Government

SkyDrive SD-05 eVTOL

Lassale: Verticon Opens as Industry Is at ‘Inflection Point’

New VAI chief heads for first Verticon as CEO and president

François Lassale

Advanced Air Mobility Edges Toward Commercial Launch

eVTOL vehicles may yet replace helicopters in some use cases

Eve Air Mobility

Eve Gives Helicopter Crowd a Glimpse of an eVTOL Future

Mockup of the four-passenger Eve-100 vehicle is appearing at Verticon

Eve Air Mobility Eve-100 mockup

Ascendance’s VTOL Aircraft Enters Final Integration Phase

Atea airframe to be fitted with hybrid-electric propulsion system

Ascendance Atea aircraft fuselage shell in hangar

Aura Aero Logs First Firm Order For Hybrid Regional Airliner

Pan Européenne Air Service orders upcoming hybrid-electric aircraft

Sustainability and Environment

Aura Aero aircraft rendering against sky background

FAA Accepts ‘Zero Engine Taxi’ Certification Plan

First supplemental type certificate for ‘Zero Engine Taxi’ expected in 2027

Sustainability and Environment

Green Taxi Aerospace

Hermeus Flies More Advanced Supersonic Demonstrator

Uncrewed aircraft Mk 2.1 commences supersonic test campaign

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 being towed out to runway at sunrise

Hyundai eVTOL Unit Supernal Cuts Majority of Workforce

Supernal lays off 296 employees, 80% of its staff

Training and Workforce

Supernal's S-A2 eVTOL demonstrator

Radia’s Supersized Windrunner Freighter Aircraft Is Set To Be a Megalifter

Nine times the volume of a Boeing 747F.

rendering of Radia Windrunner loading F-16 fighter jets.

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