Air taxis and personal transports

First UAM/AAM flight tests and infrastructure purchases “within a year”- FIA Connect

NASA plans to start its National Campaign-Developmental Testing (NC-DT) flights (https://nari.arc.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/attachments/NC%20Breakout%20Overview%20EcoWorkshop_v2_III_3_27.pdf  as part of its Advanced Air Mobility infrastructure research with Bell APT-70 (Autonomous Pod Transport) https://www.bellflight.com/products/bell-apt vehicles later this year, followed by flights of […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Lilium opts for carbon fibre composite produced by Toray

Japan’s Toray is to supply carbon fibre composite materials for Lilium’s all-electric air vehicle, reports plasticstoday.com. Toray Industries has concluded an agreement with the Munich-based company who aims to have all-electric, vertical take-off and landing […]

Air taxis and personal transports

VoltAero electric Cassio aircraft to be option on app-based air taxi service

Hybrid-electric aircraft developer VoltAero’s impending Cassio aircraft is to be one of the options available to users of an app-based on-demand air taxi network being developed in the US called KinectAir, reports aerospacetestinginternational.com. French firm […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and Bell announce partnership to test the Bell Nexus and other larger vehicle platforms

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) and Bell, a Textron Inc. company, have partnered to begin testing Bell’s mobility systems, like the Autonomous Pod Transport and the Nexus on the CNO test site in south eastern Oklahoma. […]

Air taxis and personal transports

U.S. hydrogen-powered eVTOL company Alakai create second generation Skai craft with manned flight targeted for 2021

US eVTOL company Alakai have created a second generation hydrogen-powered Skai air taxi with manned flight targeted for 2021, reports newatlas.com. The company made a big splash last year after claiming hydrogen was the way […]