Air taxis and personal transports

Malaysia’s CAA launches AAM sandbox programme to boost drone/eVTOL industry

Earlier today the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) announced its UAS certification and manned electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft national regulatory sandbox programme. According to the Business Today news source: “Announced during […]

Defence

RT Aerostats launches back-pack-based automated search and rescue aerostat service

RT Aerostat Systems – developer, and manufacturer of the SkyStar™ family of aerostats for use in intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and communications applications –  has launched the SkyStar 140, a cellular geo-location-mounted mini-aerostat at DSEI Japan. […]

Air taxis and personal transports

SITA to invest in Volocopter and supply vertiport IT/digital communications services

Volocopter and SITA have entered a partnership, with SITA selected as Volocopter’s preferred digital and IT systems partner for vertiports. According to a joint press release: “Under the agreement, SITA has become the latest investor […]

Market analysis

Aircraft electrification market “to reach USD 20 billion by 2030” – new report

The “Aircraft Electrification Market by Technology (More Electric, Hybrid Electric, Fully Electric), Component, Application, System, Platform (Commercial, Military, Business & General Aviation, UAV, AAM) and Region – Forecast to 2030“, is estimated to be USD 6.0 […]

Air taxis and personal transports

“eVTOLs, rotorcraft and airliners will benefit from new hydrogen fuel cell performance record” – ZeroAvia  

ZeroAvia has announced that it has achieved “record-breaking performance in testing of its High Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane (HTPEM) systems”. Early testing of the pressurized 20kW HTPEM stack power module in ZeroAvia’s UK R&D location […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Sikorsky and GE “developing long-range hybrid electric eVTOL demonstrator”

Sikorsky is producing a Hybrid-Electric Demonstrator (HEX), a fully-autonomous hybrid-electric vertical-take-off-and-landing (eVTOL) prototype. With a maximum gross weight of more than 7,000-pounds, the uncrewed aircraft will serve as a flying test-bed to evaluate large aircraft […]