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Press Release: Vertical Flight Society Announces 2025 Individual Recipients of Its Prestigious Award

Press Release: Vertical Flight Society Announces 2025 Individual Recipients of Its Prestigious Award

  • 20 Mar 2025 11:06 AM
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The Vertical Flight Society (VFS) today announces the 2025 individual recipients of its prestigious awards program. Since its establishment in 1944, the VFS awards program has paid tribute to the outstanding leaders of vertical flight and served as a catalyst for stimulating technological advances. The 2025 award recipients will be honored at the Grand Awards Banquet on May 22, 2025, as part of the 81st Annual Forum and Technology Display in Virginia Beach, Virginia (www.vtol.org/forum).

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Press Release: Vertical Flight Society Electric VTOL Directory Hits 1,100 Designs

Press Release: Vertical Flight Society Electric VTOL Directory Hits 1,100 Designs

  • 18 Mar 2025 09:00 AM
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The Vertical Flight Society (VFS), the world’s leading non-profit organization working to advance vertical flight, announces today that the number of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft concepts being tracked in its World eVTOL Aircraft Directory has now reached 1,100 concepts from more than 450 designers.

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Press Release: Fourth Annual H2-Aero Symposium “Pushing the Envelope”

Press Release: Fourth Annual H2-Aero Symposium “Pushing the Envelope”

  • 14 Mar 2025 03:24 PM
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Fairfax, Virginia, USA, March 14, 2025 — The Vertical Flight Society (VFS), the world’s leading non-profit organization working to advance vertical flight and advanced air mobility (AAM), is holding its 4th Annual H2-Aero Symposium on April 2–3, 2025, in Long Beach, California. This year’s event is in conjunction with the SAE International Hydrogen Airport Committee meeting on April 1, open for all. Both events will be at the Long Beach Hilton. Details can be found at www.vtol.org/h2symposium.

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Press Release: Vertical Flight Society to Hold Transformative Vertical Flight Conference Next Month

Press Release: Vertical Flight Society to Hold Transformative Vertical Flight Conference Next Month

  • 10 Jan 2025 10:25 AM
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The Vertical Flight Society (VFS), the world’s leading non-profit organization working to advance vertical flight technology, announces that the world’s longest running conference on electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft will provide comprehensive updates and insights into this exciting new sector of the global aerospace industry.

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Press Release: Autonomy Global Digital Hub to Launch on January 1st, 2025

Press Release: Autonomy Global Digital Hub to Launch on January 1st, 2025

  • 02 Dec 2024 09:33 AM
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Dawn Zoldi, CEO and Founder, P3 Tech Consulting, announces the upcoming New Year’s Day 2025 launch of Autonomy Global. A digital hub for the latest global tech, market and regulatory updates focused on the dual-use multi-domain autonomy ecosystem, the platform will include a related newsletter and social media handles across multiple premier channels. VFS is a Media Partner. 

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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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Press Release: Vertical Flight Society Announces 8th Advanced Air Mobility Infrastructure Workshop

Press Release: Vertical Flight Society Announces 8th Advanced Air Mobility Infrastructure Workshop

  • 28 Aug 2024 10:17 AM
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On Sept. 17-18, 2024, the Vertical Flight Society (VFS) is hosting its 8th Workshop on Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Infrastructure at the US Navy Memorial Visitor Center in downtown Washington, DC. The workshop is focused on understanding and developing infrastructure to support electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, and is being held in support of the efforts by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and industry to develop eVTOL vertiports.

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The Vertical Flight Society Announces RFP Release - 42nd Annual Student Design Competition

The Vertical Flight Society Announces RFP Release - 42nd Annual Student Design Competition

  • 19 Aug 2024 09:45 AM
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The Vertical Flight Society (VFS) today announces the release of the 42nd Annual Student Design Competition (SDC) Request for Proposal. The annual SDC sponsorship rotates between Airbus, Bell, Boeing, Leonardo, Sikorsky and the US Army Research Lab.

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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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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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