Vehicle Concepts & Development News & Articles

Initial Testing Confirms Lift and Drag Projections for Blainjett’s Novel Hemi-rotor Aero Concept

Initial testing of Blainjett Aviation’s hemi-rotor aerodynamic concept has confirmed its potential to deliver faster, more efficient performance in VTOL...

Sep 29, 2022
UMILES Next’s eVTOL Air Taxi Prototype Completes European Flight Tests

UMILES Next’s Concept Integrity air taxi, equipped with TECNALIA’s FlyFree technology, has completed successful test flights in Toulouse, taking off...

Sep 29, 2022
Vertical Aerospace Completes First Airborne Test of VX4 eVTOL Aircraft

Vertical Aerospace has completed the first airborne test of its VX4 electrical vertical take-off and landing aircraft. It is believed...

Sep 28, 2022
SkyDrive Unveils Two-Seat SD-05 Compact eVTOL Aircraft 

eVTOL aircraft developer SkyDrive Inc. has unveiled the design of its commercial model eVTOL — the SkyDrive SD-05. The SD-05...

Sep 26, 2022
M3 Systems, Pipistrel, and Volocopter Complete Deconfliction Flight Tests in France

M3 Systems, Pipistrel and Volocopter have completed their first joint flight test campaign in France at Pontoise airfield. The week-long...

Sep 23, 2022
Doroni Aerospace Launches H1 eVTOL Pre-orders

Doroni Aerospace, Inc. has announced the launch of pre-orders for the Doroni H1 personal eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing...

Sep 08, 2022
Wisk Aero Continues Global Expansion with Launch of Montreal Hub

Wisk Aero, a leading Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company and developer of the first all-electric, self-flying air taxi in the...

Aug 23, 2022
Volkswagen Group China Unveils eVTOL Prototype

Volkswagen Group China has unveiled its first electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) passenger drone prototype, as part of its...

Aug 17, 2022
Lilium Engages Diehl Aviation for Lilium Jet’s Cabin Interior

Lilium N.V. has selected Diehl Aviation, a leading supplier of cabin interiors and systems for the aviation industry, to collaborate...

Jul 21, 2022
CAE Selected as Training Partner for Vertical VX4 eVTOL

Vertical Aerospace has selected CAE to design and develop the training program for its eVTOL aircraft VX4. Vertical and CAE...

Jul 20, 2022
Lilium and AAP to Develop eVTOL Network in Scandinavia

AAP Aviation Group has signed an agreement to work with eVTOL developer Lilium, as part of the agreement AAP will...

Jul 20, 2022
ASL and Lilium to Develop eVTOL Network in Benelux

ASL Group, a jet management and operator company, has signed an agreement with eVTOL developer Lilium to purchase an initial...

Jul 20, 2022
Vertical Aerospace VX4 Assembled and Delivered from GKN Aerospace’s Global Technology Centre

GKN Aerospace has reached an important milestone in its partnership with Vertical Aerospace, by delivering the electrical wiring interconnection system...

Jul 20, 2022
Skyfly Launch British-designed Axe 2-seat Vertical Take-off Aircraft

UK-based Skyfly Technologies has developed a 2 seat, side by side compact E-VTOL dubbed the “Axe by Skyfly”. The aircraft...

Jun 23, 2022
AutoFlight Releases Prosperity I Proof of Concept Full Test Flight Video

Global eVTOL pioneer AutoFlight has released the second, and latest, proof-of-concept (POC) video for its air taxi Prosperity I. The new video debuts less...

Jun 08, 2022
Vertiko and Jaunt Partner to Launch eVTOL Air Taxis in Québec

Vertiko Mobility has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Jaunt Air Mobility to purchase more than 70 all-electric Jaunt...

Jun 02, 2022
Electra-MIT Secures USAF STTR Contract for eSTOL Flight Controls Development

The United States Air Force has awarded Electra.aero, Inc., in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a Small...

Mar 10, 2022
Overair Butterfly EVTOL Propulsion Testing Commences

Overair, Inc. has started its full-scale propulsion system test program for the Butterfly eVTOL Vehicle, marking a significant milestone towards...

Jan 20, 2022
Bristow and Overair Partner to Introduce Zero Emission, Low-Noise Vertical Transport Vehicle

Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle developer Overair Inc. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Bristow Group...

Dec 16, 2021