Air taxis and personal transports

CycloTech to start outdoor flight campaign of its CycloRotor eVTOL/drone propulsion technology

Drone and eVTOL engine pioneer CycloTech has received permission from the national aviation safety authority, Austro Control, to perform outdoor flights with its 85kg demonstrator starting March 2023. CycloTech will now start an outdoor flight […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Volant Aerotech’s full-scale eVTOL demonstrator “completes first untethered test flights”

According to a Linkedin post from Christophe Carrière Volant Aerotech’s full scale VE25 eVTOL demonstrator has completed multiple free and untethered test flights. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7036630275883167744/ The Shanghai company’s  eVTOL has been designed to accommodate five people […]

Emerging regulations

ASTM International “developing an uncrewed aircraft-to-anything communication standard”

ASTM International’s unmanned aircraft systems committee (F38) is developing a proposed standard that will help identify communications security principles and relevant frameworks for securing ad hoc uncrewed aircraft system communications. According to a press release […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

“Just six of the world’s 113 UAM/AAM city programmes prioritise air ambulance services”

In the first six weeks of 2023, 14 cities and regions around the world launched new and eVTOL and/or advanced air mobility (AAM) programmes, while seven countries and cities updated their urban/advanced air mobility plans […]