Horizon Aircraft is betting that its Cavorite X7’s unique design and better range through hybrid propulsion will provide success in the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) market.
On March 30, Guangzhou-based EHang announced the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) had granted two air operator certificates (AOC) for its civil passenger-carrying autonomous aerial vehicles (AAV), clearing the way for EHang to begin revenue-generating passenger flights with its EH216-S.
On March 12, Brazil-based Moya Aero announced an update on its $2M grant awarded by Brazilian government scientific organization FINEP to develop a portable ground control system for high-capacity drones as part of a program to subsidize urban air mobility.
On March 7, UK-based SkyFly Technologies announced the first wing-borne test flights with its Axe “Vertically Capable Aircraft” (VCA). Each flight lasted up to 17 minutes in duration with heights of up to 2,500 ft (760 m).
On March 3, India’s ePlane announced a collaboration with Dubai business aviation group Empire Aviation to plan air taxi services in the United Arab Emirates and Southeast Asia.
On Feb. 18, PteroDynamics announced an expansion of its contract with the US Navy to develop and demonstrate a new generation of its uncrewed aircraft to deliver supplies to ships at sea.
Here’s our roundup of recent news on battery-electric, hybridelectric and hydrogen-electric conventional takeoff and landing (eCTOL) and short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft for advanced air mobility (AAM) applications.
The Vertical Flight Society has created a convenient new resource page that organizes years’ worth of regulations, white papers, reports and reference documents related to advanced air mobility (AA
On April 3, CycloTech GmbH disclosed the first flight of its BlackBird demonstrator aircraft as the start of a campaign to test its 360-degree thrust vectoring CycloRotor propulsion.
