Air taxis and personal transports

Vertical announces opening of its Vertical Energy Centre advanced aerospace battery facility

UK eVTOL manufacturer Vertical Aerospace has announced the opening of the Vertical Energy Centre (VEC), believed to be the UK’s most advanced aerospace battery facility, based in Bristol, one of the only dedicated aerospace battery […]

Air taxis and personal transports

BETA “to produce CX-300 fixed wing electric aircraft in parallel with Alia 250 eVTOL”

Beta Technologies has announced on Linkedin that the company will be producing and certifying an electric fixed-wing airplane alongside its Alia 250 eVTOL. “Federal Aviation Administration test pilots recently performed a qualitative evaluation of the […]

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 […]