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In the seven and a half years since the Vertical Flight Society (VFS) held its first Transformative Vertical Flight (TVF) symposium on electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in 2014, the electrification of the air transport industry has become a global movement touching almost every aviation segment and continent including Asia.
Leading developers of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft have raised financing to support the development, flight testing, certification, manufacturing and commercial entry into service of their innovative aircraft.
Wisk Aero announced on Feb. 22 that it has partnered with the Long Beach Economic Partnership to conduct an economic impact study to measure the potential benefits from AAM operations in southern California.
The Boeing Company will back Wisk Aero with an additional $450M in funding and provide technical and regulatory expertise to the California-based eVTOL developer.
Leadership Moves, September-October 2021
The litigation between Wisk Aero, LLC, and Archer Aviation, Inc., continues.
Wisk — the joint venture between Kitty Hawk and The Boeing Company — announced on March 29 that it would begin the second half of its “transport trial” later this year — with its two-seat Cora eVTOL demonstrator — to advance autonomous passenger transport under the New Zealand government’s broader Airspace Integration Trial Programme (AITP).
On April 6, Wisk Aero filed a lawsuit against Archer Aviation, alleging theft of intellectual property and trade secrets.
