AAM/UAM route and programme news

Salinas City, California, agrees Archer manufacturing facility – new four city flight test corridor announced

The City of Salinas, in its meeting of June 30, has approved a 10-year “Through-the-Fence” agreement for Archer Aviation to turning the form Coca-Cola 500,000sq ft facility into its new manufacturing and testing hub. Council […]

Defence

Robinson integrates SkyOS automated flight control system in its R66 and Group 4 drones

Robinson Helicopter Company, through its UAS subsidiary Robinson Unmanned, is integrating SkyOS™ flight operating system from Skyryse® into the Robinson R66 and develop a Group 4 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for defence applications. “The collaboration […]

Air taxis and personal transports

India’s Sarla Aviation completes flight test campaign of its Sylla 1.0 half-scale eVTOL

Sarla Aviation has announced the completion of the flight-test campaign for Sylla, its half-scale electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) technology demonstrator. “Across six months of field testing, Sylla logged more than 500 tests and […]

Cargo and logistics

UAE’s LODD Autonomous starts certification programme of its Hili hybrid cargo aircraft

LODD Autonomous has initiated the certification programme for its Hili hybrid cargo aircraft with the UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), transitioning from development and flight testing into formal certification. “Hili is a hybrid-powered vertical […]