Air taxis and personal transports

Aero-Dienst and VÆRIDION to develop eCTOL ambulance operational concepts

VÆRIDION, a Munich based manufacturer of battery-electric aircraft, and Aero-Dienst, the Nuremberg-based full-service provider for business aviation and air ambulance services, have announced they will join forces to develop the “first-in-class electric conventional take-off and […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Textron eAviation’s Nexus eVTOL demonstrator achieves fuselage assembly milestone

Textron eAviation, a Textron Inc. company, today announced that it has successfully connected the two halves of the fuselage of its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL), Nexus, full-scale technology demonstrator. This significant milestone involves […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Electra’s hybrid-electric test aircraft achieves first ultra-short eSTOL takeoff and landing in piloted test flights

Electra has announced that it has successfully achieved the first high-performance ultra-short flight operations of its piloted blown-lift hybrid-electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) demonstrator aircraft (EL-2 Goldfinch). “Today’s milestone is an incredible achievement as […]

Fixed wing low/zero emissions

VoltAero initiates certification testing for the electric-hybrid powertrain to equip its Cassio 330 aircraft

VoltAero has announced that development of its Cassio e-aircraft family, the company’s parallel electric-hybrid powertrain has begun certification testing for the five-seat Cassio 330 version. “Installed on a ground-based test bench, this powertrain integrates the […]