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Elroy Announces Launch Customers for Autonomous Chaparral VTOL Aircraft

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.

FutureFlight

January 26, 2022

Leonardo Launches Technology Start-up Accelerator Program

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

FutureFlight

January 25, 2022

USAF Captain Is First Military Pilot To Take the Controls of Remotely Piloted eVTOL

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.

FutureFlight On The Radar

January 24, 2022

Bye Reports Growing Backlog For eFlyer 800 Electric Business Aircraft

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.

FutureFlight

January 24, 2022

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Boeing Bets Big on eVTOLs, with $450 Million Funding for Wisk Aero

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.

FutureFlight

January 24, 2022

Overair Starts Ground Tests with Butterfly eVTOL's Propulsion System

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.

FutureFlight

January 21, 2022

Neuron and Hedera Step Up Plans To Digitize Airspace Management with Blockchain Data Distribution

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.

FutureFlight

January 21, 2022

Japanese Flight Booking Platform To Add EHang's Autonomous eVTOLs to Network

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

FutureFlight

January 20, 2022

Skyports Buys London's Falcon Heliport for eVTOL Operations

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.

FutureFlight

January 20, 2022

Leasing Group Explains Why It's Betting Big on eVTOLs To Transform Air Transport

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.

FutureFlight On The Radar

January 20, 2022

EASA's New Aviation Safety Plan Covers eVTOL Technology and Operations

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.

FutureFlight On The Radar

January 19, 2022

Lockheed Martin Backs Hybrid-electric eSTOL Aircraft Developer Electra

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

FutureFlight

January 18, 2022

China's AutoFlight Establishes European Subsidiary To Advance eVTOL Plans

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.

FutureFlight

January 18, 2022

Blainjett Says Its Variable Pitch System Gives eVTOL Developers New Propulsion Options

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.

FutureFlight

January 18, 2022

EAG Establishes Fuel Cell Developer for 90-seat Hydrogen Airliner

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.

FutureFlight

January 17, 2022

Embraer Seeks Trademarks For Energia Aircraft Family

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

FutureFlight

January 13, 2022

Agreement with Parking Lot Group Offers 400 Australian Vertiport Sites

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.

FutureFlight

January 13, 2022

How Electric Propulsion and Blown-wing Technology Have Liberated Aircraft Design

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.

FutureFlight

January 13, 2022

Pre-Series A Funding Round Boosts India's ePlane eVTOL

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.

FutureFlight

January 12, 2022

Leasing Group Falko To Develop eVTOL Operator Network with Embraer's Eve

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

FutureFlight

January 11, 2022

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Latest

Elroy Announces Launch Customers for Autonomous Chaparral VTOL Aircraft

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.

Leonardo Launches Technology Start-up Accelerator Program

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

USAF Captain Is First Military Pilot To Take the Controls of Remotely Piloted eVTOL

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 Reports Growing Backlog For eFlyer 800 Electric Business Aircraft

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.

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Boeing Bets Big on eVTOLs, with $450 Million Funding for Wisk Aero

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.

Overair Starts Ground Tests with Butterfly eVTOL's Propulsion System

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.

Neuron and Hedera Step Up Plans To Digitize Airspace Management with Blockchain Data Distribution

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.

Japanese Flight Booking Platform To Add EHang's Autonomous eVTOLs to Network

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

Skyports Buys London's Falcon Heliport for eVTOL Operations

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.

Leasing Group Explains Why It's Betting Big on eVTOLs To Transform Air Transport

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.

EASA's New Aviation Safety Plan Covers eVTOL Technology and Operations

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.

Lockheed Martin Backs Hybrid-electric eSTOL Aircraft Developer Electra

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

China's AutoFlight Establishes European Subsidiary To Advance eVTOL Plans

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.

Blainjett Says Its Variable Pitch System Gives eVTOL Developers New Propulsion Options

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.

EAG Establishes Fuel Cell Developer for 90-seat Hydrogen Airliner

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.

Embraer Seeks Trademarks For Energia Aircraft Family

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

Agreement with Parking Lot Group Offers 400 Australian Vertiport Sites

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.

How Electric Propulsion and Blown-wing Technology Have Liberated Aircraft Design

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.

Pre-Series A Funding Round Boosts India's ePlane eVTOL

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.

Leasing Group Falko To Develop eVTOL Operator Network with Embraer's Eve

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

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