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Lockheed Martin Backs Electra’s Hybrid-Electric eSTOL, Flight Tests to Begin This Year
Lockheed Martin Backs Electra’s Hybrid-Electric eSTOL, Flight Tests to Begin This Year

21 Jan 2022, 08:34 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / After the U.S. Air Force and NASA, Lockheed Martin also backs Electra's innovative hybrid-electric aircraft, set to kick off flight demonstrations soon

 
Military-Inspired Butterfly eVTOL Starts Testing Its Groundbreaking Propulsion System
Military-Inspired Butterfly eVTOL Starts Testing Its Groundbreaking Propulsion System

21 Jan 2022, 07:20 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Developed by the founding parent of the drone era, the revolutionary Butterfly boasts four big propellers, currently being tested in the California desert

 
Meet the World's First Flying Racing Car Pilots, Set to Be the First of Many
Meet the World's First Flying Racing Car Pilots, Set to Be the First of Many

18 Jan 2022, 17:14 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Airspeeder has announced its first three pilots for the upcoming EXA series. Their first task is to fly many hours in the VR simulator

 
AutoFlight Plans to Unlock European Skies for Its New Prosperity I Air Taxi
AutoFlight Plans to Unlock European Skies for Its New Prosperity I Air Taxi

18 Jan 2022, 15:35 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Chinese eVTOL manufacturer AutoFlight has revealed plans to achieve European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for its air taxi by 2025

 
Zeva's Flying Saucer Is Back, This Time With Video Proof That It Can Stay in the Air
Zeva's Flying Saucer Is Back, This Time With Video Proof That It Can Stay in the Air

17 Jan 2022, 10:14 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Zeva Aero shared video proof that its UFO-looking eVTOL can actually stay in the air. The company started untethered hover tests of its flying saucer

 
Swiss-Made Hybrid Tilt-Wing eVTOL With Eight Seats Boasts a 630-Mile Range
Swiss-Made Hybrid Tilt-Wing eVTOL With Eight Seats Boasts a 630-Mile Range

14 Jan 2022, 08:19 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / A Swiss-based startup is gearing up for the first flight tests of its eight-seat hybrid eVTOL that will operate across Scandinavia

 
There's a New eVTOL in Town. It's Called a Volar and It Nailed Its Test Flight in Dubai
There's a New eVTOL in Town. It's Called a Volar and It Nailed Its Test Flight in Dubai

12 Jan 2022, 16:23 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Another eVTOL prototype soars into the sky, aiming to revolutionize urban air mobility. It is called a volar and was developed by Bellwether Industries

 
Eve eVTOLs Gearing Up to Conquer the Regional Aviation Sector in the UK
Eve eVTOLs Gearing Up to Conquer the Regional Aviation Sector in the UK

12 Jan 2022, 08:39 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / This urban air mobility company is one of the most likely to become a global leader in this sector, with hundreds of eVTOL orders all across the globe

 
Joby Unveils Second Air Taxi Prototype, It Will Soon Begin Flight Testing
Joby Unveils Second Air Taxi Prototype, It Will Soon Begin Flight Testing

7 Jan 2022, 08:53 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Joby Aviation unveiled the second pre-production prototype of its air taxi and plans to begin test flights of the eVTOL later this month.

 
SkyDrive's Full-Scale Flying Car Leaves Japan for the First Time, Is on Display at the CES
SkyDrive's Full-Scale Flying Car Leaves Japan for the First Time, Is on Display at the CES

6 Jan 2022, 11:01 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Air mobility company SkyDrive unveiled a full-scale version of its SD-03 flying car for the first time outside Japan, at the CES in Las Vegas

 
Former NFL Player’s Startup to Launch a Hoverbike With Game-Changing Rotor Design
Former NFL Player’s Startup to Launch a Hoverbike With Game-Changing Rotor Design

6 Jan 2022, 10:53 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / TJ Wright's Horizon Aeronautics is developing a low-flying hybrid bike featuring a unique hemispherical rotor concept designed by Blainjett Aviation

 
XAG Announces New Agricultural Drone Models for Next Year, Including Its First-Ever eVTOL
XAG Announces New Agricultural Drone Models for Next Year, Including Its First-Ever eVTOL

31 Dec 2021, 09:39 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Chinese drone manufacturer XAG announces new models for 2022, including agricultural, remote sensing drones, and its first-ever eVTOL

 
ASKA Showcases a Full-Size Concept Model of Its eVTOL's Cockpit and Dashboard at the CES
ASKA Showcases a Full-Size Concept Model of Its eVTOL's Cockpit and Dashboard at the CES

30 Dec 2021, 17:01 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Silicon Valley startup ASKA brings its Drive and Fly eVTOL concept to this year's CES, promising a preview of the vehicle's cockpit and dashboard.

 
Republic Airways Bringing eVTOLs to the U.S., Wants to Also Train Future UAM Experts
Republic Airways Bringing eVTOLs to the U.S., Wants to Also Train Future UAM Experts

22 Dec 2021, 09:10 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Republic Airways will soon start operating 200 eVTOLs from Eve Air Mobility, in the areas of Boston, New York, and Washington D.C.

 
BAE Systems, Embraer to Explore Eve's eVTOL Potential in Military Applications
BAE Systems, Embraer to Explore Eve's eVTOL Potential in Military Applications

21 Dec 2021, 20:28 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / BAE Systems teamed up with Embraer's defense arm to jointly conduct a study that explores the potential of eVTOLs for the defense market

 
Archer's Ultra-Silent eVTOL Soars to the Skies for the First Time
Archer's Ultra-Silent eVTOL Soars to the Skies for the First Time

20 Dec 2021, 22:13 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / California-based Archer announced that its Maker eVTOL has successfully completed its first hover flight, in just six months since it was first introduced

 
The eVTOL Developer With the Largest Number of Pre-Orders Gets Closer to Certification
The eVTOL Developer With the Largest Number of Pre-Orders Gets Closer to Certification

20 Dec 2021, 08:25 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The company with an eVTOL pre-order book worth more than $5 billion has just been officially listed on the New York Stock Exchange

 
Overair's Revolutionary Butterfly eVTOL Is One Step Closer to Reality
Overair's Revolutionary Butterfly eVTOL Is One Step Closer to Reality

17 Dec 2021, 04:50 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Electric air taxi company Overair teamed up with Bristow, one of the world's largest helicopter operators, moving closer to making its Butterfly eVTOL a reality

 
The Ship-to-Shore Air Limo Is a Tender and a Helicopter’s eVTOL Baby
The Ship-to-Shore Air Limo Is a Tender and a Helicopter’s eVTOL Baby

13 Dec 2021, 12:27 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Designer Steve Kozloff proposes a very unique way to get to and from shore, to match his bold superyacht explorer creations

 
Bird-Shaped Flying Car Phractyl Macrobat Is a Bonkers, Idealistic Take on Air Mobility
Bird-Shaped Flying Car Phractyl Macrobat Is a Bonkers, Idealistic Take on Air Mobility

11 Dec 2021, 05:11 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Team from Africa proposes a very African solution to an African problem, an NVTOL (Near-Vertical Take Off and Landing aircraft) that sits on bird legs