eVTOL

Company plans to have FAA certification by late 2024 and launch service the next year.

Archer says its all-electric Midnight air taxis will cover the distance between the airport and a Manhattan heliport in less than 10 minutes.

The FAA’s action gives the public and industry 30 days to comment and is a significant step in Joby earning certification for its eVTOL. Last week, Joby announced that it would delay the commercial service launch until 2025 because of regulatory hurdles.

Agreement includes the purchase of up to 140 tilt-wing Aero2 unmanned aircraft.

Spanish company says vehicles like its Concept Integrity prototype could be operational by 2028.

Joby Aviation is delaying the commercial service launch of its electric vertical take-off and landing services until 2025, in part because of regulatory hurdles, the company’s founder and CEO JoeBen Bevirt said Thursday.

Textron’s CEO told investors on his earnings call that despite supply chain challenges still affecting the company, its manufacturing segments generated higher operating profits than last year.

The ambitious timeline for eVTOL development is based on certification in 2024.

Xwing will share flight and ground operations data, algorithms, and pertinent autonomous subject matter expertise with NASA. In turn, NASA researchers will use the information to develop a safety management system (SMS) where regular pilot-less flights can be integrated into the national airspace system.

Flights by Volocopter and XPeng are part of a broad move toward certification of electric air taxis.