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SkyDrive Builds Its Case for SD-05 eVTOL Certification
Wingless multicopter shapes certification strategy
SkyDrive SD-05 eVTOL aircraft
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Japanese eVTOL aircraft developer SkyDrive says it has completed 300 flights of its SD-05 eVTOL air taxi without incident as the company works toward type certification and a commercial launch planned for 2028.

SkyDrive reached the milestone over 20 months, beginning in November 2024, using two aircraft flown at its test sites in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, and at Yamaguchi Kirara Expo Memorial Park in Yamaguchi Prefecture, along with other public venues, the company said. Of the 300 flights, 48 took place away from those test centers, including demonstration flights at Expo 2025 Osaka and the nearby Osakako vertiport last year and a demonstration campaign in Tokyo in February 2026.

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