Autonomous flight pioneer Xwing brought FutureFlight reporter Hanneke Weitering along for a demonstration flight on the company's modified Cessna 208B Grand Caravan.

Volocopter is demonstrating its 2X test aircraft as part of advanced air mobility operational trials with partners Aeroporti di Roma, Atlantia, and UrbanV.

The mobile facility will be used to determine how to optimize the experience of passengers traveling in eVTOL aircraft, as well as to demonstrate the operating concept to stakeholders around the U.S., including members of the public.

The latest letters of intent from nine prospective operators of the hybrid-electric aircraft include the first for VIP and cargo versions of the design.

Omer Bar-Yohay, founder and former CEO of Eviation Aircraft, has become AutoFlight's president, and Joby's head of business development, Chad Cashin, is joining as chief commercial officer.

The emerging advanced air mobility sector expects to need thousands of pilots to operate new eVTOL aircraft and faces a recruitment and training challenge at a time when flight crew are already in short supply.

The Australian start-up says its material retains energy 10 times more effectively than current alternatives and will support smaller, lighter, and more efficient electric power sources for aircraft.

Wisk Aero has revealed the design of its sixth-generation eVTOL air taxi, a fully autonomous and all-electric aircraft that can transport four passengers up to 90 miles.

The company says that Chinese aviation safety regulators have now approved the Project Specific Certification Plan and that compliance testing will be stepped up in October.

The agreement with the Austrian company is more evidence of growing interest in eVTOL aircraft in the business aviation industry.

EP Systems expects its Epic energy storage system to be in use on around 14 aircraft types in 2023, including Ampaire's EcoCaravan hybrid-electric conversion model.

The companies see a market to retrofit some of the 2,400 turboprop utility aircraft already delivered worldwide under a supplemental type certificate for the 600-kW ZA600 powertrain.

The start-up outlines its path to developing self-flying aircraft.

The first RH-1-B production aircraft is now expected to be delivered in December 2023, with the first customer set to be the UN's World Food/World Health program.

Its Phoenix 2 test aircraft achieved full transitions between vertical and horizontal flight at speeds of around 100 kt during testing in Spain.

The new operator says the model's short-takeoff-and-landing capability and range of 800 miles will mean it can reach anywhere in Korea from its base at Seongnam City, near the capital, Seoul.

The battery-electric model is intended to carry up to nine passengers on flights of around 500 miles, and the manufacturer now aims for it to enter commercial service in 2026.

An initial tethered takeoff marks the start of extensive flight testing for the four-passenger vehicle, which is expected to enter service with several major international airlines.

Michael Cervenka, president of UK-based eVTOL aircraft developer Vertical Aerospace told Honeywell's Air Mobility Summit that there must be alignment on policy, regulation and global collaboration.

Working with helicopter charter flight group Blade, Eve conducted a simulation of what its eVTOL aircraft could do for travelers in the sprawling U.S. city and its suburbs. Blade plans to add eVTOL vehicles to its network in America and India.