The fully autonomous vehicle is set to be used in a variety of commercial cargo, military, and humanitarian applications, with Elroy now backed by both private and government funding.

The Italian aerospace, defense, and security group plans to support 30 start-ups over the next three years through its new Business Innovation Factory.

As part of the U.S. Air Force Afwerx Agility Prime program, Capt Terrence McKenna remotely piloted Kitty Hawk's uncrewed Heaviside vehicle, which is one of several eVTOL aircraft being evaluated for military service.

Bye Aerospace claims to have seen market enthusiasm over its recently announced twin-motor eFlyer 800 electric business/utility aircraft, which is pitched as an alternative to Textron's King Air twin turboprop.

The aerospace and defense group says it is taking a long-term approach to the advanced air mobility sector, opting to back Wisk's plan for fully autonomous eVTOL air taxi services.

The company is running a full-scale example of the electric aircraft's propulsion system on a truck-based test bed to evaluate its large-scale tilting propellers and other components.

The partners are working on ways to safely digitize air traffic management by gathering data from sensors in all aircraft types, and securely storing and distributing it via blockchain-based shared ledgers.

AirX—which offers charter and sightseeing flights in helicopters flown by commercial aircraft operators in Japan—expects to provide eVTOL flights by 2025.

The advanced air mobility ground infrastructure group will use the facility in the heart of the UK capital to develop operating procedures and technologies for eVTOL vertiports.

Avolon has set up a dedicated business unit to focus on what it views as massive opportunities with new eVTOL aircraft, which it plans to lease to major airlines and other air taxi operators.

The latest edition of EASA's European Plan for Aviation Safety covers the regulator's key strategic objectives over the period 2022-2026, when the first eVTOL aircraft are due to enter service.

The U.S. defense and aerospace group has not disclosed how much it invested in the start-up during a Series A funding round.

AutoFlight Europe is based in the southern German city of Augsburg, which has a rich aerospace heritage. The company is to be led by former Airbus executive Mark Henning.

The Delaware-based start-up's Dynamic Variable Pitch technology is being evaluated for Horizon Aeronautics' Hoverbike and for a drone being developed by Praxis Aerospace Concepts.

UK-based Electric Aviation Group now says its planned hydrogen hybrid-electric aircraft will be able to carry 90 passengers, thanks to a larger design than the one it announced in July 2020.

Newly published trademark and patent applications confirm plans for new aircraft from both Embraer and rival business aircraft manufacturer Gulfstream.

Skyportz says demand for car parking may not return to pre-pandemic levels, freeing up space for eVTOL air taxi services to use existing infrastructure.

Distributed electric propulsion can give aircraft designers greater flexibility over configurations that can make performance more efficient, and Airflow believes blown wing technology unlocks this potential.

The start-up was founded by an aerospace engineering professor and student from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, and has so far raised almost $6 million.

UK-based Falko Aviation has indicated that its strategy in the commercial aviation leasing market calls for the introduction of various electric aircraft.