Research

China’s first privately-funded low altitude aircraft test centre under development in Chongzhou

Chinese state news agency Xinhua said in a February 17 news report that the country’s first privately-funded next-generation aircraft test facility has begun construction in Chongzhou, Sichuan Province. The site is due to be completed […]

Air taxis and personal transports

EHang to trial EH216 eVTOL flights as part of EIT’s U-SAVE urban first responder research

EHang has announced it is participation in the Urban Supply Aerial Vehicles for Emergencies (U-SAVE) project, a European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) programme. The project aims to develop and demonstrate an innovative integrated aerial system capable of rapidly […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Wisk, Skygrid and FAA William J Hughes centre to research remotely piloted eVTOL NAS integration

Wisk Aero has announced in a Linkedin post at it is partnering with the US Federal Aviation Administration’s William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace to research safely integrating remotely supervised AAM operations in […]

Air taxis and personal transports

AutoFlight and Dassault Systèmes to partner on eVTOL product development and research

In a Linkedin post China’s eVTOL manufacturer AutoFlight has announced it has signed a strategic cooperative agreement with France’s Dassault Systèmes. “The two parties will build a collaborative R&D platform covering the entire process of […]