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Press Release: Vertical Flight Society Announces RFP for its 2024–2025 Student Drone Competition

Press Release: Vertical Flight Society Announces RFP for its 2024–2025 Student Drone Competition

  • 08 Oct 2024 08:56 AM
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The Vertical Flight Society (VFS) is excited to announce the Design-Build-Vertical Flight (DBVF) 2024-2025 Student Competition Request for Proposal (RFP) is now online at www.vtol.org/fly.

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Leadership Moves, Sept/Oct 2024

Leadership Moves, Sept/Oct 2024

  • 05 Sep 2024 11:02 AM
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Leadership Moves, Sept/Oct 2024

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eVTOL Leaders Deliver

eVTOL Leaders Deliver

  • 04 Sep 2024 02:57 PM
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In the past few months, the leading developers of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft made progress in delivering on their vision for advanced air mobility (AAM).

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Press Release: VFS Appoints Adithya Ramaswami as Chair of DBVF Student Competition

Press Release: VFS Appoints Adithya Ramaswami as Chair of DBVF Student Competition

  • 07 Aug 2024 09:19 AM
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The Vertical Flight Society (VFS), the world’s leading non-profit organization working to advance vertical flight, today announces that Adithya Ramaswami has been appointed to serve as Chair of the Design-Build-Vertical Flight (DBVF) Student Competition, effective Aug. 1, 2024. 

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NASA Ames Highlights Vertical Flight Leaders

NASA Ames Highlights Vertical Flight Leaders

  • 28 Jun 2024 11:42 AM
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In May, the NASA Ames Research Center held its “2023 Presidential Rank & NASA Honors Awards” ceremony, presenting 73 individual and 27 group awards to NASA employees, contractors and groups, including many NASA employees and teams working on rotorcraft, electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, advanced air mobility (AAM) and planetary exploration rotorcraft.

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eVTOL Leaders Begin Transitions

eVTOL Leaders Begin Transitions

  • 22 Jun 2024 04:06 PM
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In the past several months, the leading developers of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft made strides toward achieving their vision for advanced air mobility (AAM).

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Press Release: Hirschberg Receives NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal

Press Release: Hirschberg Receives NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal

  • 30 May 2024 01:00 AM
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The Vertical Flight Society (VFS) today announces that VFS Director of Strategy Mike Hirschberg has received the Exceptional Public Service Medal (EPSM) from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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eVTOL Leaders Continue Achievements

eVTOL Leaders Continue Achievements

  • 09 May 2024 12:26 PM
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In the past several months, the leading developers of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft made strides towards operationalizing their vision for advanced air mobility (AAM).

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VLRCOEs: The Product is the People

VLRCOEs: The Product is the People

  • 08 May 2024 11:46 AM
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The Vertical Lift Research Centers of Excellence (VLRCOEs) at the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Maryland and the Pennsylvania State University are rotorcraft laboratories and talent factories for US government labs and industry.

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Leadership Moves, May/June 2024

Leadership Moves, May/June 2024

  • 02 May 2024 10:43 AM
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Honeywell Aerospace Technologies appointed Dan Newman as the chief technology officer (CTO) of its advanced air mobility (AAM) business unit in January. Newman joined Honeywell from Boeing, where he was a Senior Technical Fellow and the Chief Engineer of Advanced Vertical Lift Research since 2012.

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