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The United Kingdom is gearing up for the future of transportation with the announcement of its first vertiport testbed dedicated to electric air taxis. This collaborative project between Skyports, a …
UK Takes Off with First Electric Air Taxi Vertiport Testbed Read More
Aiming to leverage the advantages provided by its position as the world’s third-largest civil aircraft manufacturer and the regional hegemon of Latin American aviation, in 2020 Brazilian multinational Embraer established …
UAM Snaphost – Eve-100 Read More
In the emerging race to capture the burgeoning Urban Air Mobility (UAM) market, small startups and aviation industry titans are competing side by side to develop and offer innovative flight …
UAM Snapshot – CityAirbus NextGen Read More
Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky has unveiled its plans to develop a pioneering family of large, next-generation Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft. The program spearheads with the Hybrid-Electric eXperimental (HEX) …
Sikorsky Unveils Plans for Next-Generation Hybrid-Electric VTOL Aircraft Family Read More
MUNICH — Lilium N.V has appointed Senior Lilium Executive Dominique Decard to head Lilium’s Customer Service organization, named Lilium POWER-ON. At the Singapore Air Show, the company announced its newly …
Lilium Launches POWER-ON for Customer eVTOL Support Read More
Lilium N.V. announced that the future Orlando International Airport (MCO) vertiport will serve as a central Florida hub for its Lilium Jet network. The company also expressed its support for …
Lilium Designates Future Orlando Vertiport as Key Network Hub Read More
EHang Holdings Limited revealed the official price for its innovative EH216-S passenger drone in China. EHang has set the retail price at RMB2.39 million (approximately $338,000) per unit, effective April …
EHang Prices its EH216-S eVTOL at RMB2.4 million in China Read More
BY AUDREY DECKER, Staff Writer Defense One A three-month test of the battery-powered ALIA has the service looking to move ahead. The U.S. Air Force wants to buy battery-powered planes …
USAF tried an electric plane. Now it wants to buy Read More
Chinese eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) maker EHang has completed its first “commercial demonstration” flight using the pilotless EH216-S air taxi in a pair of cities. The company delivered …
EHang Demonstrates Pilotless Air Taxi in China After First Delivery Read More
Eve Air Mobility announced three new suppliers for its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Garmin will supply the aircraft’s G3000 Integrated Flight Deck. This system includes a full range …
Eve Air Mobility Names More Suppliers for its eVTOL Program Read More