Today AIR, creator of eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft for the consumer market, announced that its inaugural vehicle, AIR ONE, has successfully completed its first hover test after receiving its airworthiness certificate. At approximately 7am Israel time on June 21st, the full-scale AIR ONE prototype (868kg) took flight in the green fields of […]
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Volocopter’s 4-Seater Aircraft Takes First Flight
Photo above – Volocopter 4-Seater VoloConnect – Test Flight Image © Volocopter Urban air mobility (UAM) pioneer Volocopter announced that it has achieved another milestone to bring UAM to life: its fixed-winged passenger aircraft, the VoloConnect, completed its first flight in May 2022. This accomplishment makes Volocopter the only eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing […]
Mayman Aerospace debuts Speeder Air Utility Vehicle (AUV) at Draper Venture Network CEO Summit
Mayman Aerospace unveiled a flight-ready prototype of its Speeder Air Utility Vehicle (AUV) at this year’s annual Draper Venture Network CEO Summit in northern California. The debut appearance of the P2 Speeder, an aviation disrupting aircraft, represents a significant milestone for the compact, multi-use vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicle. Boasting eight jet engines, the […]
Lilium Achieves Main Wing Transition
Lilium N.V., developer of the first all-electric vertical take-off and landing (“eVTOL”) jet, has announced that its technology demonstrator Phoenix 2 has achieved main wing transition. This means it is the first ever full-size electric jet aircraft to transition from hover to wing-borne flight. This is a landmark moment for Lilium and for electric aviation […]
Volocopter Collaborates with Microsoft on VoloIQ Aerospace Cloud Project
Volocopter has announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft to develop an aerospace cloud system in Microsoft Azure that will address the nascent cloud computing requirements for eVTOLs, UAM, and autonomous aviation. Once primed for commercial use, Azure will support the digital platform VoloIQ, the operating system for Volocopter’s UAM services, and its subsequent transition to […]
Urban Movement Labs Announces Partnership with Overair to Bolster eVTOL Infrastructure in Los Angeles
Urban Movement Labs (UML) has announced a new partnership with Overair, an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) company, to bring urban air mobility to the greater Los Angeles metro area. Overair joins a growing Urban Air Mobility Partnership led by UML. The partnership will focus on community, government, and industry engagement to ensure a […]
AIR Unveils Full-Scale eVTOL Prototype at the Kentucky Derby
Photo above – Rani Plaut, CEO and Co-founder of AIR, and Sean Borman, CEO of Aeroauto, at the Kentucky Derby. AIR unveiled the full-scale prototype of its inaugural vehicle, AIR ONE, at the Kentucky Derby. AIR hosted celebrities and VIPs at the AIR ONE kickoff event in the exclusive Green Room reception area on-site. Guests […]
Supernal and Urban-Air Port Debut World’s First Functional Advanced Air Mobility Vertiport
Supernal and Urban-Air Port today announced the debut of Air-One® – Urban-Air Port’s proprietary deployable operations hub for manned and unmanned vehicles – marking the first functional multi-modal infrastructure hub equipped to handle future electric air travel. The vertiport is open for public visitation in Coventry, U.K., and will be redeployed in additional cities worldwide […]
DIFCO, Inc.® Commences Construction on America’s first Aero-Medical VTOL and eVTOL Vertiport Facility
DIFCO, Inc.® of Davenport, IA, initiated construction on America’s first electric Vertical Take Off and Landing (eVTOL) vertiport facility in Rock Island, Illinois. Officially named; The Corporal Jason G. Pautsch Vertiport, the site is located centrally within the four Quad Cities metropolitan area and will include corporate hangar facilities for lease, refueling services, an executive […]
Lilium Begins Flight Testing at ATLAS Flight Test Center in Spain
Lilium N.V., developer of the first all-electric vertical take-off and landing (“eVTOL”) jet, today announced that it has begun the next phase of flight testing in Spain with its 5th generation technology demonstrator, Phoenix 2. Over the coming months at the ATLAS Flight Test Center, Lilium plans to extend the flight envelope through full transition […]
