electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL)

The text of the latest FAA Reauthorization Bill contains numerous provisions intended to advance the adoption of advanced air mobility.

Hyundai Elevator is to lead a Seoul-funded project to develop a vertiport as part of the Korean Urban Air Mobility (K-UAM) core technology development program.

The company’s turboelectric airliner concept would reduce fuel usage, operating costs and contrails.

In March 2023, Northvolt and Cuberg announced plans to develop an aviation-specific battery module using lithium-metal pouch cells.

Uncrewed helicopter manufacturer and aerial intelligence company SwissDrones has secured $10 million in Series B funding.

The company is now “cleaning up” the study so that it can be peer reviewed and released publicly by the Energy Department.

The fly-off is intended to lead to a follow-on engineering and manufacturing development phase and initial production.

Lilium is in advanced discussions with the French government for subsidies and loan guarantees.

DLR’s climate-friendly designs; High-power aviation fuel cell; and eVTOL hover test facility.

Distributed-propulsion testbed flies; Airbus hydrogen APU demo; uncrewed delivery corridor; another Chinese eVTOL; and Wright’s megawatt-scale electric engine.

Published on May 2, the UK Aircraft Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) report confirms company statements immediately following the Aug. 9 incident.

AutoFlight’s V2000CG CarryAll received Chinese type certification on March 22, the first certification of a winged eVTOL aircraft in the world.

Founded in 2019, MightyFly says it is the first developer of large autonomous cargo eVTOL aircraft to receive an FAA flight corridor approval.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Joby said it will launch into flight testing with production prototypes of its S4 air taxi.

Vertical Aerospace has announced the appointment of Stuart Simpson as new CEO, replacing founder Stephen Fitzpatrick, who will join the company’s board of directors.

The Royal Aeronautical Society has released a briefing paper that serves as a “pre-mortem approach” to eVTOL safety, attempting to anticipate challenges.

The Alia eVTOL makes the first piloted full transitions between vertical and horizontal flight.

Whisper Aero is building its aerospace business around a seemingly unlikely product—a leaf blower.

China’s EHang has filed a shelf registration to sell up to $100 million in new shares via a public offering on the Nasdaq stock exchange.

Joby Aviation has rolled the second production prototype electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi off its pilot line in Marina, California.

Another Chinese startup has emerged to fly a full-scale electric vertical-takeoff-and landing (eVTOL) air taxi.

End-to-end urban air mobility demo; integrating airborne collision avoidance system into autonomy; ZeroAvia eyes wider electric market; electrifying the Beaver

Airbus is proposing an uncrewed logistics version of the UH-72B Lakota.

EHang said it plans to initiate the type certification application for its VT-30 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle.