Air taxis and personal transports

by Michael Willoughby EHang, the autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) technology platform company, today announced it had delivered the second batch of passenger-grade EHang 216 AAVs to customers, just three months after delivery of the same aircraft at […]

by Michael Willoughby The first all-electric configuration of NASA’s X-57 Maxwell now is at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, the Agency announced Thursday. The X-57, NASA’s first all-electric experimental aircraft, or […]

by Michael Willoughby The New Zealand Government is establishing an airspace integration trials programme to support the safe testing and development of advanced unmanned aircraft and accelerate their integration into the aviation system, the country’s […]

by Michael Willoughby EVTOL-maker, Kitty Hawk, has released a video showing off its new high-performance EVTOL called Project Heaviside. There are, as yet, few details about the vehicle but the manufacturer says it is designed to […]

by Michael Willoughby Flying car developer SkyDrive, established by the members of CARTIVATOR, a group of aircraft, drones, and automotive engineers, has secured 14m USD through third-party share issuance funding and subsidies, the company announced. […]

Airbus Helicopters and EASA have signed a joint Memorandum of Cooperation aiming to bring together their respective experiences and know-how to bring the next generation of VTOL platforms to life, along with the necessary regulatory […]

by Michael Willoughby Hyundai Motor Group has appointed Dr. Jaiwon Shin as Executive Vice President and Head of its newly established Urban Air Mobility Division, the company said on Sunday. An internationally renowned aeronautics engineer, […]

by Michael Willoughby Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic is considering expanding from its original (and much-delayed) goal of taking tourists into space into aerial mobility, according to London’s Daily Telegraph. “Shareholder documents filed ahead of […]

by Michael Willoughby EHang, one of China’s largest drone makers, has made a confidential application for an initial public offering (IPO) with Nasdaq, according to people with knowledge of the matter, according to the South […]

by Michael Willoughby Frisco Mayor, Jeff Cheney says Uber has chosen the North Texas city as the first test site for its verti-port, reports the Dallas Business Journal. The paper points out that a helipad was […]