electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL)

Zhuhai-based Vertaxi was founded in April 2021 by two members of the team that developed China’s Comac C919 narrowbody airliner.

The flights were meant to show the aircraft could be used for logistics missions in austere environments.

The FAA has issued an update to its interim safety standards for vertiport design.

A final FAA rule outlining standards for pilot certification and operations of eVTOL aircraft is expected to be published before the end of the year.

Opened in April, Archer’s government affairs office is located at 500 L’Enfant Plaza.

Vertical Aerospace says it has enough cash to make it into the second quarter (Q2) of 2025.

The phrase “Valley of Death” describes the stage in which startups have begun operations but don’t yet have customers, and therefore revenues.

Inside a drive/fly eVTOL; NASA joins GoAero Prize; engine lubrication in a pod; and lithium-ion device fires on the rise.

The company is also anticipating receipt of its G-1 Certification Basis from the FAA “any day now.”

Airbus UAM CEO Balkiz Sarihan tells Aviation Week the CityAirbus NextGen full-scale eVTOL prototype is on track to make its first flight before year-end.

Joby on Sept. 10 presented a letter of intent to the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority.

Piasecki Aircraft has conducted the first tethered hover flights of the Ares tilt-duct vertical-takeoff-and-landing demonstrator.

Executives at the ACI-North America conference were told to ready themselves for the integration of new technologies such as air taxis.

The sell-off coincided with a weak week on Wall Street.

The company has also detailed a three-step product strategy.

Helix started life as an automotive combustion engine consultancy business.

Beta is installing 22 chargers at locations along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts.

Brisbane's transport plan foresees UAM offering faster travel options to regional spots such as Gold Coast and direct access to the city center from major hubs.

China’s AeroHT, a subsidiary of electric vehicle manufacturer XPeng, has publicly debuted its Land Aircraft Carrier, but slipped first deliveries of the combination ground-air vehicle into 2026.

Funds raised will also be used to accelerate commercialization of the RX1E-A two-seat electric light sport aircraft.

Boeing’s former head of strategy, Marc Allen, is joining electric aircraft startup Electra.aero as CEO.

With a takeoff weight of 54 lb., the Skiron-XLE complies with FAA Part 107 regulations for small drones.

Brazilian startup Moya Aero has made its first transition with a subscale version of its tiltbody uncrewed electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle.

Dufour Aerospace has conducted the first hover flight of the production-ready prototype for its Aero2 tiltwing hybrid eVTOL UAS.

Eanan Al Samma's Rikaz is a multicopter electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle with four three-blade propellers mounted on arms.