The Electric VTOL News™ eNewsletter started in 2016 as a means to inform the attendees of the VFS Transformative Vertical Flight Workshops and interested parties of news in the eVTOL world. Since then, it has grown to be a regular report on eVTOL aircraft, progress and developments. Since May 2017, it has also highlighted new aircraft in the World eVTOL Aircraft Directory and other resources on the eVTOL.news website. Check out past...
On Aug. 30, 2019, the Trump Administration issued Policy Memorandum M-19-25, FY 2021 Administration Research and Development Budget Priorities (9 pages, 2.08 MB):
This Fiscal Year 2021 (FY2021) R&D Budget Priorities memorandum provides direction to enable this Second Bold Era as part of a longer-term, multisector, national strategy to advance bold, transformational leaps in S&T, build a diverse workforce of the future, solve previously...
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NEXA Capital Partners Launches “Urban Air Mobility Geomatics, LLC”
to Facilitate and Accelerate Direct Investment in the UAM Marketplace
Washington, D.C., September 10, 2019 – NEXA Capital Partners has launched Urban Air...
Vertical Flight Society Reports More than 200 eVTOL Aircraft Now in Development
Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft Projects Double in Past...
AeroMobil, the Bratislava, Slovakia-based company with an actual flying car, has expanded its business to offer specialist technical consulting services for VTOL and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) aircraft.
Services and Capabilities
Aeromobil's Technical Consulting Services division will provide services in three areas: technical advisory, engineering consulting and concept development on offer for existing organisations and new...
EASA Publishes SC-VTOL
EASA Takes the First Shot at eVTOL Regulations.
Did They Miss the Mark?
By Mike Hirschberg, VFS Executive Director
Vertiflite, September/October 2019
The Vertical Flight Society has been supporting the development of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft since 2014. One of the...
The Potential of eCTOL
Electric Conventional Take-Off and Landing Aircraft Take Off!
By Nicolas Zart
Vertiflite, September/October 2019
While essentially all of the news on electric aviation in Vertiflite has focused on electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, developments of electric conventional take-off...
Oshkosh e-AirVenture
This was the year that the “Electric VTOL Revolution” arrived in Oshkosh. It will never be the same.
By Kenneth I. Swartz
Vertiflite, September/October 2019
The world’s largest gathering of pilots and aviation enthusiasts takes place every year in Oshkosh,...
Based outside of Munich, Germany, Lilium announced on June 11 that it had selected London to be “the base for a world-class software team it plans to develop.” Hundreds of high-end software engineering roles will be created in the city over the next five years as the business seeks to make affordable, electric, on-demand air taxis a reality by 2025. Jobs will also be added in their existing hubs in Munich and Zurich. Additionally, Lilium appointed...
According to the Daily Sabah newspaper, Istanbul-based UAV manufacturer Baykar is nearing completion of the country’s first eVTOL aircraft, called the “Cezeri” — named after the 12th century Muslim inventor/engineer Ismail al-Jazari. Baykan Technical Director Selçuk Bayraktar announced on Aug. 7 that the Cezeri had been under development for about 8 months and the prototype would be unveiled at Teknofest at Atatürk Airport, Sept....
NEC Corporation has developed an eVTOL testbed to help development autonomous management systems for UAM aircraft. NEC stated that the much larger eVTOL aircraft fly differently than small drones and they need a full-size eVTOL aircraft to obtain the data needed to allow them to make and validate working aircraft management systems.
NEC reported that they’ve been flying their eVTOL testbed behind closed doors for several months in Abiko, near...
