Air taxis and personal transports

TT Electronics has announced it will receive Innovate UK funding for advancing leading edge technologies in the nation’s civil aerospace industry, reports aircraftinteriorsinternational.com. These funds have been awarded to participants in the Aerospace Electric Propulsion Equipment, Controls & machines (AEPEC) project led by Safran. The project also brings together 3T PRD, MEP, Midland […]

The German all-electric air taxi company, Lilium, has announced plans to develop modular mini-airports which could be situated almost anywhere, reports springwise.com. The company has been working to develop their electric craft, with a plan […]

EHang announced this week via a press release that a new factory is to be built in the southern Guangdong province to manufacture their passenger-carrying drones. The facility will cost USD6 million with an initial […]

According to a press release, EHang, a leading world autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) company, announced this week that its EHang 216 has obtained a Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) from Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA). […]

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 […]

Embraer, the Brazilian aerospace conglomerate that produces commercial, military, executive and agricultural aircraft as well as providing aeronautical services, announced this week that its Embraer X has completed its first eVTOL simulator flight. This is an […]

The NASA Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI) – part of NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) – and the US Air Force”s Agility Prime initiative are collaborating to better understand and develop the AAM supply chain […]

The first public flight of Airbus’ CityAirbus four-seat all-electric multicopter demonstrator took place at the company’s Donauwörth, Bavaria, Germany, flight test facility on July 20, 2020. Its eight propellers are driven by electric motors at […]

UK-based BAE Systems is working to produce smaller, lighter engine control systems for new electric aircraft like Jaunt Air Mobility’s planned family of eVTOL models, reports ainonline.com. To achieve this BAE Systems is reducing the […]

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 […]