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Vertical Expands UK eVTOL Aircraft Manufacturing Site
Expanded facility at Cotswold Airport precedes final mass-production location
Vertical VX4 prototype being rolled into new hangar
Vertical has recently completed refurbishment of an additional hangar at Kemble airport. This currently houses its existing prototype aircraft and will serve as an initial low-rate production facility. © Vertical Aerospace

Vertical Aerospace has confirmed plans to start manufacturing its Valo eVTOL aircraft at its Cotswold Airport facility in the west of England. On Thursday, the start-up announced that a 60,000-sq-ft converted hangar will be used to assemble an initial 37 units each year, although in the longer term it aims to open a large factory with annual capacity for 1,000 aircraft at a yet-to-be-confirmed location in the UK.

Meanwhile, Vertical's engineering team is focused on the next stages of type certification work for the six-passenger all-electric Valo model. At the same time, it is also retrofitting one of its flying prototypes with an alternative hybrid-electric propulsion system that it intends to bring to market for applications such as military missions.

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