Air taxis and personal transports

Paris 2023: Supernal to fly with UMBRAGROUP actuators and motor control electronics

Supernal LLC and UMBRAGROUP have announced at the Paris Air Show a continued partnership to leverage technology that will enhance flight control operations in electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles. UMBRAGROUP will supply actuators and motor control […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

Paris 2023: AutoFlight and Group ADP plan 2024 Paris Olympic trial eVTOL flights

AutoFlight and Groupe ADP have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to experiment electric take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) “Prosperity I” flights from Pontoise Vertiport during the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games. Under the […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Paris 2023: Safran develops eVTOL partnerships with Archer and Volocopter

Safran has announced more eVTOL programme details. Its Electronics & Defense division is working with Archer Aviation testing Safran Electronics & Defense’s ultra-compact avionics platform (UCAP) flight control computer (FCC) and SkyNaute navigation system, which […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Paris 2023: Safran to develop turbogenerator for Electra’s hybrid-electric aircraft

Safran Helicopter Engines has signed an agreement with Electra.aero to develop the 600 kW electric turbogenerator propulsion system for the prototype of Electra’s nine-passenger hybrid-electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft. Electra says this turbogenerator […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Paris 2023: AURA AERO partner with EDF Group to charge electric aircraft

AURA AERO, an aircraft manufacturer in hybrid and electric aircraft, reports it has signed today with EDF (Electricité de France) a French multinational electric utility company, a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on future electric aviation and […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

Lilium and UrbanV to collaborate on vertiports in Italy, the French Riviera and beyond

Electric mobility is taking shape in Italy and the French Riviera according to Lilium, developer of the all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) jet, and UrbanV, a vertiport design and management company, which have announced their […]