
Coming to Terms: Research is Not Development (But Development is Sometimes Research)
- 02 May 2023 10:05 AM
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This series addresses terminology that is misleading or erroneous, and proffers definitions to be used as canonical.
This series addresses terminology that is misleading or erroneous, and proffers definitions to be used as canonical.
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has renewed efforts to develop a high-speed, runway-independent VTOL aircraft.
The Vertical Flight Society is now celebrating 80 years since it was founded on Feb. 25, 1943, and officially recognized by the State of Connecticut as "The American Helicopter Society, Incorporated" on June 25, 1943.
LIFT Aircraft announced on March 16 that it conducted a series of nine demonstration flights of its HEXA eVTOL aircraft in Osaka, Japan.
Jaunt Air Mobility, the Dallas-based developer of the Journey eVTOL aircraft, is preparing to list on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
On Feb. 21, Alauda Aeronautics, the company responsible for developing the aircraft for the Airspeeder racing league, unveiled the latest generation of its racing eVTOL aircraft, the Airspeeder Mk4.
AutoFlight announced that it completed a long-distance flight with its Prosperity I eVTOL aircraft.
With new contracts, partnerships and flight tests spanning multiple countries and companies, efforts are advancing to develop electric conventional takeoff and landing (eCTOL) and electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft for advanced air mobility (AAM) applications.
In the past months, several of the leading electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft companies have made announcements showing their advancements towards testing, production, certification and operations. The following represents a summary of recent news.