Air taxis and personal transports

UK’s SkyAngels Air Ambulance to use PAL-V flying cars as new first responder vehicles

SkyAngels Air Ambulance, a UK-based provider of emergency medical transport services, has announced its partnership with PAL-V, a flying car manufacturer, to support the company’s emergency response needs. “The charity recognizes the need for fast […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Archer “closes local incentive transaction and starts work on new manufacturing plant”

Archer Aviation today announced that it has closed the local incentive transaction and begun construction on its high-volume manufacturing facility project in Covington, GA. “The planned approximately 350,000 square-foot facility is strategically located adjacent to […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Sekisui Chemical Company signs business and supply partnership with Volocopter

Sekisui Chemical Company has concluded a capital and business partnership agreement with Volocopter GmbH “to apply and jointly developing various materials and technologies cultivated through our business in the aircraft, automobile, and electronics fields to […]

Air taxis and personal transports

NASA applies ‘data & reasoning fabric’ research to understand challenges associated with urban flights

A Data & Reasoning Fabric (DRF) project by NASA is helping to address challenges encountered when flying in cities and urban areas. Tall buildings, local microclimates, high winds, and other factors present challenges – both […]

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CycloTech to start outdoor flight campaign of its CycloRotor eVTOL/drone propulsion technology

Drone and eVTOL engine pioneer CycloTech has received permission from the national aviation safety authority, Austro Control, to perform outdoor flights with its 85kg demonstrator starting March 2023. CycloTech will now start an outdoor flight […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Volant Aerotech’s full-scale eVTOL demonstrator “completes first untethered test flights”

According to a Linkedin post from Christophe Carrière Volant Aerotech’s full scale VE25 eVTOL demonstrator has completed multiple free and untethered test flights. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7036630275883167744/ The Shanghai company’s  eVTOL has been designed to accommodate five people […]