Air taxis and personal transports

AIBOT receives USD15 million CalCompetes grant, boosting eVTOL industry and job creation in California

AIBOT, a California-based company developing an AI-defined electric vertical take-off and landing (aiEVTOL) aircraft and ecosystem, announced its recent award of a USD15 million grant from the California Competes Grant Program. This significant endorsement by […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Ascendance and Amedeo seal a strategic partnership agreement to “speed the decarbonisation of global aviation”

Ascendance, manufacturer of hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) airplanes and solutions to decarbonise flying, has teamed with Amedeo (Amedeo Capital Limited), a privately owned global Aircraft Lessor and Asset Manager, to accelerate the development […]

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South Korea to invest USD22.4 million to build future aviation technology centre for drones and flying taxis

South Korea will invest USD22.4 million to build a future aviation centre in the eastern city of Wonju for the development, demonstration, and technology evaluation of future aviation technologies according to the Aju Korea Daily […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Electra completes “world’s first hybrid-electric ‘blown-lift’ eSTOL aircraft flight”

Aircraft manufacturer Electra announced today that it has completed the first flights of its EL-2 Goldfinch, a hybrid-electric, ultra-short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft. “The Goldfinch completed its hybrid-electric flight on November 19, from the […]