Air taxis and personal transports

UK CAA opens consultation on new types of VTOL

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has opened a new consultation regarding vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft. Sponsored by the Department for Transport, the CAA is identifying the proposed regulatory changes needed to accommodate […]

Emerging regulations

GAO report highlights eVTOL industry concerns around FAA certification staff expertise

According to US Government Accountability Office (GAO) report into the extent of infrastructure deployed at U.S. airports to support electric aircraft and the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) approach to certificating the airworthiness of electric aircraft […]

Defence

SYOS Aerospace SA200 autonomous cargo helicopter “close to serial production”

UK/New Zealand-based SYOS Aerospace reports its SA200 uncrewed autonomous helicopter has successfully completed a series of ‘fully autonomous mission’ trials, clearing the uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) for serial production. Designed for rapid deployment, the SA200 […]

Vertiports

Sweden’s STILFOLD launches folding vertiport platform for quick assembly/disassembly

Swedish design technology company STILFOLD has launched STILPOD – “the world’s first software-defined vertiport” according to a company press release. “Folded from recycled aluminum, shipped flat in a single standard container, and operational in hours […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Horizon Aircraft announces sale of Class A shares to raise USD25 million for Cavorite eVTOL development

Horizon Aircraft today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with certain institutional investors for the purchase and sale of an aggregate of 9,960,160 Class A Ordinary Shares (“Common Shares”) (or Common Share […]

Emerging regulations

Airspace World 2026 – GACA, KAUST, Boeing, Skygrid research AAM feasibility analysis in Saudi Arabia

SkyGrid, a Boeing company, today announced the activation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Boeing Saudi Arabia and the General Authority of Civil Aviation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (GACA) through the launch of an AAM Airspace […]

Air taxis and personal transports

AutoFlight tests communications links, flight coordination with eVTOL formation flights

China’s AutoFlight reports it has successfully completed a mixed-fleet formation flight of three aircraft, comprising one V5000 Matrix and two V2000 series aircraft. The mission conducted full-scale operational validation of critical interfaces between the 5-ton […]