Falck Aims to Reconfigure Kitty Hawk's Heaviside eVTOL for Emergency Medical Support

Other eVTOL aircraft developers are targeting emergency medical support services, including Jump Aero, Jaunt Air Mobility, Urban Aeronautics, EHang, and Volocopter.

Kitty Hawk Heaviside — Kitty Hawk says it has flown its multiple Heaviside eVTOL prototypes more than 700 times, but it remains unclear when the aircraft will achieve type certification. (Photo: Kitty Hawk)

By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor

March 2, 2021

Emergency response and healthcare group Falck has begun working with Kitty Hawk to develop a medical support version of the Heaviside eVTOL aircraft. Denmark-based Falck aims to evaluate how the single-seat aircraft could be adapted to allow its teams to respond to emergencies more quickly, while also reducing the cost of medical flights.

California-based Kitty Hawk has built 13 Heaviside prototypes and has made more than 700 test flights, with one of the aircraft being badly damaged in an October 2019 crash caused by software errors. The company remains secretive about the development timeline for the long-running program and when the aircraft might be ready to enter service.

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