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America’s technological leadership is now viewed as an urgent matter of national security, and to make sure the country keeps its edge, the US Military is mustering its impressive resources to accelerate development on a range of commercial tech produc… Continue reading Heaviside becomes fourth eVTOL to receive military airworthiness approval
Before electric VTOL air taxis have a chance to start changing modern life as we know it, any company that wants to manufacture one has to go through the extremely expensive and exacting process of commercial aircraft certification with one or more fli… Continue reading Lilium’s CPO on the massively expensive challenge of eVTOL certification
Arizona’s Rotor X wants to step up from being the world’s biggest kit helicopter manufacturer and get into the eVTOL game, and to do so, it’s put forth a design it claims is “dramatically more efficient and less expensive than all other eVTOL concepts … Continue reading Rotor X’s big-blade quad-rotor eVTOL promises extreme efficiency
The US Air Force’s flying car program, Agility Prime, is hedging its bets on advanced air mobility, adding an ultra-short takeoff and landing (ultra-STOL) aircraft from Electra.aero into the mix alongside a number of eVTOL projects.Continue ReadingCate… Continue reading US Air Force partners with Electra on ultra-short takeoff aircraft
eVTOLS, or electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, are a hot topic at the moment. Dozens, even hundreds of companies are working at fever pitch to create the new class of clean, quiet, cheap air taxi that many believe will fundamentally transfo… Continue reading Flying bus: Braeden Kelekona elaborates on his staggering 40-seat eVTOL
UK company Vertical Aerospace (VA) is going public through a SPAC, with backing from Microsoft, American Airlines, Avolon, Honeywell and Rolls-Royce and a bulging US$4 billion-dollar preorder book for as many as 1,000 of its VA-X4 eVTOL air taxis.Conti… Continue reading Vertical Aerospace goes public, boasting record eVTOL pre-sales
Palo Alto’s Archer has unveiled a full-scale, two-seat, autonomous prototype of its Maker eVTOL aircraft at the Hawthorne Airport in California. This striking aircraft will begin ground tests and flight tests later this year, with air taxi services sla… Continue reading Archer unveils full-scale, two-seat, autonomous Maker eVTOL prototype
This month’s update sees two new entries into the ranks of the AAM Reality Index, which attempts to quantify just how close an eVTOL company is to bringing its designs out of the render engines and into commercial service. The first, with a score of 4…. Continue reading Overair Butterfly takes a unique eVTOL approach with military heritage
Following the reveal of its impressive 7-seat eVTOL jet back in March, Lilium has announced that the flight control systems and avionics for its futuristic air taxi will be provided by aerospace firm Honeywell. These systems will be tailored specifical… Continue reading Honeywell to provide flight controls for Lilium’s 7-seat air taxi
Small fans, all things considered, deliver thrust less efficiently than big ones. Lilium might have the best-looking aircraft in the eVTOL game, but it uses 36 tiny fans where competitors use six to eight larger ones, and that’s got the odd chin waggin… Continue reading Lilium’s weird, energy-hungry “small fan” design could be a hidden ace