Chinese companies are rapidly advancing in the “low-altitude” sector (see “China's Low-Altitude Economy and eVTOL Diplomacy,” Vertiflite, Sept/Oct 2024), signaling a transformative era in electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL).
Over the past two months, the FAA has granted $291M for sustainable flight projects, published draft Vertiport Design Guidelines and published rules on powered-lift aircraft operations and training.
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.
VFS hosted its annual EAS, featuring talks by leaders from across the global AAM community.
In the past few months, the leading developers of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft made progress in delivering on their vision for advanced air mobility (AAM).
2024 is proving to be a watershed year for China as it advances its low-altitude economy in preparation for the integration of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft operations.
In May, Forbes.com reported that Overair had run low on capital and had lost a majority of its employees.
After the Farnborough International Airshow (see “Farnborough Airshow 2024: Smarter Aviation,” Vertiflite, Sept/Oct 2024), Melbourne, Australia-based Skyportz announced that it had received three orders for its “vertipad” design totaling more than 1,000 orders.
On Aug. 7, the US Air Force awarded Wright Electric a contract to develop high-power output rechargeable batteries.
