eVTOL

The eVTOL aircraft manufacturer also has a purchase agreement from the U.S. Air Force.

We try to answer that question and more in this week’s Future of FLYING newsletter.

The company calls the aircraft a turbogenerator-hyrbid electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft—hVTOL, for short—and claims it’s the first of its kind to fly.

Known more for its work with traditional aviation manufacturers and airlines, Honeywell is also heavily invested in the advanced air mobility space—and vice versa.

ArcosJet, Lilium’s exclusive authorized dealer in the United Arab Emirates, Israel, and Cyprus, will sell the four-seat eVTOL to private customers in the UAE.

We examine that question and plenty more in this week’s Future of FLYING newsletter.

The eVTOL manufacturer and new partner InterGlobe will initially offer air taxi services in the Indian cities of Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru.

The manufacturer selected Garmin, Liebherr-Aerospace, and Intergalactic to provide the flight controls, avionics, and thermal management system for its electric air taxi.

Beta is developing two variants of its all-electric Alia, but the manufacturer hopes to install charging infrastructure for all aircraft to use.

We round up news from Helijet, Beta Technologies, SpaceX, Zipline, and plenty more in this week’s Future of FLYING newsletter.