eVTOL / AAM videos published
- 11 Mar 2024 11:05 PM
- 0
VFS has recently published a number of videos from its and other associations' events on Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)/eVTOL
VFS has recently published a number of videos from its and other associations' events on Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)/eVTOL
Recent months have seen the leading developers of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft make big strides in their efforts to develop their advanced air mobility (AAM) vehicles.
Bristol, England-based Vertical Aerospace Ltd. remains confident its partnership with Rolls-Royce to build the motors for its certification-bound VX4 eVTOL aircraft will continue, regardless of which company buys Rolls-Royce’s Electrical unit.
The announced sale of its electrical unit to an as-yet-unknown buyer is but one part of the reorganization effort at the iconic engine company founded in 1906.
Here’s our roundup of recent news on battery-electric, hybrid-electric and hydrogen-electric conventional takeoff and landing (eCTOL) and electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft for advanced air mobility (AAM) applications.
On Feb. 6–8, the Vertical Flight Society hosted its Transformative Vertical Flight (TVF) 2024 meeting in Santa Clara, California.
On Jan. 25, NASA announced that it had conducted a series of flight tests designed to evaluate the pilotless flight systems expected in future passenger-carrying eVTOL aircraft.
Horizon Aircraft announced on Jan. 16 that JetSetGo, a charter aviation services firm in India, intends to purchase 50 Cavorite X7, with a possible additional order of 50 aircraft.
Spanish eVTOL aircraft developer Crisalion Mobility (formerly Umiles Next) announced on Jan. 10 that it was selected by CDTI Innovación and Cuyam (Grupo Valdemira) for a total investment of €5.4M ($5.9M).
On Jan. 9, SkyDrive announced that it had secured an unspecified amount of additional funding from Suzuki for its Series C funding round, resulting in the allotment of new shares to Suzuki.