In a social media post on Jan. 29, XPeng AeroHT (formerly known as HT Aero and Heitech) announced that the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has awarded it a special flight permit for its X2 eVTOL aircraft.
Aerofugia has begun flight testing an uncrewed demonstrator for its five-seat AE200 eVTOL.
Cranfield, UK-based ARC Aerosystems unveiled its new Linx P9 on Jan. 17. According to ARC Aerosystems (formerly Samad Aerospace), the nine-passenger VTOL aircraft will provide a “cost-effective, low-carbon solution to intercity travel.”
Elroy Air announced on Jan. 11 that it has secured more than $2B in orders from customers in the commercial, defense and humanitarian sectors.
On Jan. 5, Ryse Aero Technologies conducted a series of flight demonstrations of its Recon eVTOL aircraft at CES.
Los Altos, California-based ASKA unveiled a prototype of its A5 eVTOL “flying car” at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which ran from Jan. 5–8 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
AIR VEV, Ltd., based in Pardes Hanna, Israel (near Tel Aviv), successfully completed a test of its AIR ONE personal eVTOL aircraft in which it transitioned from hover to cruise flight modes.
Skyfly Technologies announced on Dec. 15 that it has selected UK-based Norco Composites to build and manufacture the fuselage, wings and composite components of its Axe eVTOL aircraft.
Since 2019, VFS has held a series of regular workshops on infrastructure to support future operations of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and other advanced air mobility (AAM) vehicles (see www.vtol.org/infrastructure), and has supported the development of initial standards (see “Vertiport Standards Update,” Vertiflite, Nov/Dec 2022).
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has made progress towards implementing a framework for certification and operation of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) and civil tiltrotor aircraft.
