Beta Technologies have opened an 188,500 sq. ft. full-scale aircraft production facility in South Burlington, Vermont. The facility, will support the manufacturing of up to 300 all-electric aircraft per year,…
VTOL developer Horizon Aircraft has announced a growth version of its Cavorite hybrid VTOL aircraft (hVTOL), which will leapfrog its existing aircraft design. Original programme plans focused on a 1-pilot…
Joby has announced it will deliver its first of up to nine electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to the US Air Force at the famed Edwards Air Force…
As anyone with any battery equipment can attest, for most of the developed world’s population and a sizeable chunk of the developing world, finding compatible chargers is an enduring and…
Joby Aviation has announced plans to locate its first scaled aircraft production facility in Dayton, Ohio, the birthplace of aviation. The Wright Brothers, who invented and flew the first powered…
Lilium has revealed that fuselage assembly for the first of seven prototypes destined for the eVTOL’s certification programme is underway at partner Aciturri’s facility in Valladolid, northwest of Madrid. When…
Bristow Group has put down deposits for an undisclosed value to secure five reserved early delivery positions for five Elroy Air Chaparral autonomous hybrid vertical take-off and landing aircraft (hVTOL). This…
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has proposed rules for safe operations of Vertical Take-Off and Landing aircraft (VTOL), which includes air taxis, which it says pave the way…
Vertical Aerospace has claimed the crash of its unmanned VX-4 prototype on 9 August will not impact the timeline of its flight test programme. The London-based electric aviation company explained…
Guangzhou-based EHang looks set to become the first of the eVTOL developers to secure type certification from a national regulating authority. The company claimed that all of the planned ground and…