Government contracts

Skyports, Ras Al Khaimah Transport Authority finalise plans for a four-vertiport AAM network

Ras Al Khaimah Transport Authority (RAKTA) and Skyports Infrastructure (Skyports) have today signed a binding agreement at RAKTA headquarters to develop and operate the infrastructure required for an AAM network across Ras Al Khaimah. The […]

Air taxis and personal transports

North Carolina ECU Health and partners to examine electric aircraft healthcare services

North Carolina’s ECU Health has announced a partnership with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) on the Electric Logistics and Integrated Flight Testing, or eLIFT-NC, initiative that will use next-generation […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Vertical Aerospace opens new eVTOL manufacturing centre – certification conforming aircraft in Q4 2027

Vertical Aerospace has opened its new Valo eVTOL manufacturing centre, which will manufacture production aircraft used for certification. The new centre adds 60,000 square feet of operational and aircraft assembly space to Vertical’s existing Cotswold […]

Air taxis and personal transports

SkyDrive publishes paper explaining rationale behind multi-rotor design choice

SkyDrive has published its Aircraft Design Concept paper “The eVTOL Safety Dilemma in Congested Urban Environments” which outlines the engineering rationale behind choosing a compact multi-rotor architecture specifically optimized for operating in space-constrained urban settings. […]

Cargo and logistics

Elroy Air increases PIPE investments to USD175 million with participation from Lockheed Martin Ventures

Elroy Air has announced that it has expanded its previously-disclosed private investment in public equity (PIPE) commitments, increasing the total to USD175 million. Existing investors including Lockheed Martin Ventures and Inflection Point participated and USD75 […]

Propulsion

Rolls-Royce to lead EU funded hybrid-electric gas turbine ELEVATED research programme

Rolls-Royce has been selected by the European Union’s Clean Aviation programme to lead the ELEVATED project, with the aim of demonstrating a hybrid-electric gas-turbine propulsion system for future ultra-efficient short- to medium-range aircraft. “ELEVATED is […]

Air taxis and personal transports

BETA, Metro Aviation trial all-electric ALIA CTOL aircraft emergency medical flights in Texas

Metro Aviation and BETA Technologies flew BETA’s all-electric ALIA conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) aircraft with Washington County Emergency Medical Services in Brenham this month. The demonstration tested how the aircraft could move disaster-response equipment […]