Electric Vertical Take Off and Landing (eVTOL)

Chennai: Chennai-based startup ePlane Company has secured $14 million in funding to develop electric vertical takeoff and lending (eVTOL) aircraft for urban transportation. The funding will be used to obtain certifications, accelerate commercialisation efforts,...

Paris: In Munich, Exxelia will present its new products with a focus on capacitors and integrated magnetic components for eVTOLs (the “flying taxis” of the future) and a reinforced product offering in the medical...

TOYOTA, Japan. SkyDrive Inc. (“SkyDrive”), a leading eVTOL aircraft manufacturer based in Japan, has announced the signing of a strategic alliance with F&E Aircraft Maintenance (Miami), LLC (“FEAM Aero”). This partnership combines SkyDrive's innovative air...

Hyderabad: BluJ Aero, Hyderabad-based aerospace tech startup conducted its first full-scale live flight demonstration successfully on October 25 with a vertical take-off and landing exercise at Nadergul airfield on the city outskirts. Displaying the capability...

Vienna: The CAMCOPTER® S-100 has received the first ever Design Verification Report (DVR) by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for a Rotary Wing Unmanned Air System (RWUAS). The Design Verification Report (DVR) for...

New Delhi: Archer Aviation’s chief commercial officer, Nikhil Goel said that India will be the largest market for electric air taxis in the world and the launch in 2026 will revolutionise urban travel. He...

Toyota, Japan. SkyDrive Inc., a leading eVTOL aircraft manufacturer based in Japan, on Auigust 27 announced the completion of another additional Series C funding round, secured through a third-party allocation of new shares to...

Farnborough, United Kingdom. Beginning Monday July 23, for the next five days up till July 26, the eyes of the world would turn to Farnborough to take the pulse of the industry. Many industry...

Toyota, Japan - SkyDrive Inc. (SkyDrive), a leading Japanese eVTOL aircraft manufacturer based in Japan, and Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) announced July 4 that they have signed an agreement to conduct a feasibility...

TOYOTA, Japan. SkyDrive Inc., a leading Japanese eVTOL aircraft manufacturer based in Japan, Saha Pathana Inter-Holding Public Company Limited (SPI) and Saha Tokyu Corporation Company Limited (Saha Tokyu) on June 28 announced that they...

Berlin. Airbus and Avincis, a well-established European helicopter operator, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to partner on the development of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM). The companies will collaborate to explore opportunities for operating electric...

New Delhi. Altair, a global leader in computational intelligence, announced May 2 that it has acquired Research in Flight, maker of FlightStream®, which provides computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software with a large footprint in the...

Marignane. Airbus Helicopters’ Racer demonstrator, developed in the frame of the European Research Clean Sky 2 project, has performed its first flight, in Marignane. The aircraft flew for about 30 minutes, allowing the flight...