Air taxis and personal transports

Equipmake provides electric motors to Vertical Aerospace for first untethered flight test

Equipmake, the UK-based engineering specialist developing and producing electrification products across the automotive, aerospace, bus, coach, and marine industries, reports that it provided an advanced electric propulsion unit (EPU) for Vertical Aerospace’s prototype eVTOL aircraft. […]

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Galaxy lighter-than-air UAS test-bed advancing airspace integration with new funding

CityBiz news service reports that Fort Worth-based Galaxy Unmanned Systems LLC, a TechFW member company, has been awarded USD1.25 million grant to continue building on its airspace integration roadmap. “This Direct to Phase Two (D2P2) award will facilitate […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Diamond Aircraft eDA40 makes its maiden flight

Diamond Aircraft has announced that the all-electric eDA40 made its first flight at the company’s headquarters in Wiener Neustadt (Austria). The company said “This marks a significant milestone for the manufacturer and all project partners […]