Civil aerospace news and insights from Forecast International
One month after announcing that its flagship Cavorite X7 eVTOL would transition to full-scale prototype development by the close of the current year, Canadian startup Horizon Aircraft has continued to …
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The coming two years are poised to be fecund with major milestones for the burgeoning eVTOL segment, with numerous industry players poised to initiate flight testing for their flagship platforms …
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German eVTOL startup Lilium Jet has announced that the production model of its flagship platform has successfully cleared its first all systems power-on test, a critical threshold that opens the …
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On August 19th, the U.S Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System program office under the Naval Air Systems Command announced that it had concluded performance evaluations of …
UAM Snapshot – Elroy Air Chaparral C1 Read More
Alongside providing urban passenger services, the development of unmanned cargo transport solutions is a significant market niche within the wider eVTOL domain. During a period characterized by both high demand …
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Amidst the fanfare of the Paris Olympic Games, German eVTOL startup Volocopter announced on August 7th that the company had successfully launched crewed flights of its 2X series prototype platform …
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Leveraging the global spotlight of the Farnborough International Airshow, Brazilian advanced air mobility startup and Embraer subsidiary Eve Air Mobility released a raft of major announcements over the past week …
Eve Air Mobility Unveils Progress at Farnborough Read More
The United Kingdom based startup Vertical Aerospace has amassed one of the single largest pre-order pools of any nascent eVTOL manufacturer. To date, Vertical reports that a diverse range of …
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In April 2024, Vermont-based Beta Technologies announced that a piloted prototype model of its Alia eVTOL platform had successfully executed a piloted inflight transition from vertical lift to conventional forward …
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Based out of Shanghai but with facilities and personnel in Germany and plans for further corporate growth in the United Arab Arabs, eVTOL development firm AutoFlight is representative of the …
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