eVTOL

Uber-backed Joby Aviation has received a Part 135 air carrier certificate from the FAA, authorizing it for on-demand commercial air taxi operations with conventional aircraft.

Honeywell joins Japan-based automotive manufacturer Denso to develop a motor for Lilium’s electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi.

Marines are looking to unmanned vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to support logistics for distributed operations.

Uber-backed electric air taxi developer Joby Aviation told investors Thursday it expects no delays as a result of the FAA’s modified regulatory approach to type certification. In the company’s quarterly earnings conference call, Joby reported a $62.3 million net loss in Q1 2022, an increased loss of $20.8 million compared to the same period last year.

In a move that the FAA says will not “add delay” to completing type certification, the agency says it is “modifying its regulatory approach” to certificating electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

Following in the footsteps of several air taxi competitors, Brazil’s Embraer (NYSE: ERJ) announced Monday it has spun off its Eve Urban Air Mobility electric vertical takeoff and landing arm through a merger with a special purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC).

UK-based electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer Vertical Aerospace plans to begin a flight testing program for its VX4 full-scale prototype air taxi this summer.

California-based Archer Aviation and United Airlines is creating a joint advisory committee aimed at supporting Archer’s goals to operate an airline fleet of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxis.

International helicopter and fixed-wing lessor LCI has signed an agreement with Vermont-based Beta Technologies to acquire its Alia electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

Set to be the first of many, business leaders from Urban-Air Port and Supernal gathered Monday to open Air-One, the world’s first eVTOL vertiport, in Coventry, United Kingdom. Urban-Air Port, a U.K.-based ground infrastructure developer, demonstrated the world’s first fully operational eVTOL hub in cooperation with Hyundai Motor Group’s urban air mobility division, Supernal. Welcome […]