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Volant Aerotech Rolls Out VE25 eVTOL Technology Demonstrator
The Chinese company rolled out the first full-scale example of the lift-and-cruise design on September 2, at an airfield in Yixin, a city near Shanghai.
Volant Aerotech's VE25 eVTOL
Volant Aerotech has unveiled a full-scale technology demonstrator of the four-passenger eVTOL aircraft VE25. (Credit: Volant Aerotech)

Volant Aerotech has unveiled a full-scale technology demonstrator of the four-passenger eVTOL aircraft VE25, for which it aims to achieve type certification in 2026. The Chinese company rolled out the first full-scale example of the lift-and-cruise design on September 2 at an airfield in Yixin, a city near Shanghai.

To accelerate the system development process, the Volant engineering team has also built a full-scale aircraft integration platform, which the team refers to as a frame aircraft consisting of the main components and early-stage systems. Last week, this frame aircraft made its first lift off.