Air taxis and personal transports

Mitsui, JAL and Lloyd’s Register to support REGENT Craft electric Seaglider certification in Japan

Mitsui OSK Lines, Ltd has entered into an agreement with Japan Airlines, Lloyd’s Register and REGENT Craft to jointly develop processes for vessel certification and operational approval, with the aim of commercializing REGENT’s fully electric […]

Air taxis and personal transports

YIVTOL S-ZERO single-person eVTOL “awarded European certificate of registration”

China’s Dikongjingji news agency reports that Shenzhen’s YIVTOL S-ZERO single-person eVTOL “has obtained the first European Certificate of Filing (Registeration), becoming the world’s first Chinese company to obtain European ultralight eVTOL manned low-altitude economy.” According […]

UAM infrastructure

GSMA’s JRC launches industry action call to develop e-conspicuity services for drones and eVTOLs

The global mobile phone network operator association the GSMA has today announced the launch of a new industry-first call to action “bringing together leaders from telecommunications, aviation, security and drone operations to help shape the […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Marshall Aerospace tests flight control characteristics of Horizon Aircraft’s Cavorite X7

Horizon Aircraft reports that global partner Marshall Aerospace has completed a flight dynamics and control model to support the development and certification of the company’s hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft, the Cavorite X7. […]

Fixed wing low/zero emissions

Electra contributes to NASA design for more electric 2050 airliner concept

Electra today unveiled a new conceptual aircraft design for next-generation airliners developed as part of NASA’s Advanced Aircraft Concepts for Environmental Sustainability (AACES) 2050 programme. “The study explores how targeted electrification, advanced aerodynamics, and integrated […]

UAM infrastructure

How many helipads can be used for eVTOL operations? AirIndex, Aeroberm partner to provide answers

AirIndex and Aeroberm™ (a Skyportz Australia company) have announced a strategic partnership combining AirIndex’s audit of U.S. vertical-lift infrastructure with Aeroberm™ — the patented modular vertipad system — to address one of the least-discussed but […]