Air vehicles

  • January 24, 2022

Boeing and Wisk Aero USD 450 Million Partnership

Wisk Aero, Google’s co-founder Larry Page eVTOL company, announced a USD 450 million funding from Boeing to continue the development of its sixth-generation autonomous eVTOL, named Cora and its type-certification with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)…
  • December 16, 2021

EASA Proposal for U-space Implementation in Europe

https://www.easa.europa.eu/document-library/notices-of-proposed-amendment/npa-2021-14 . The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) published a proposal for Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material (AMC & GM) that enable harmonized implementation of U-space airspace and U-space services together with…
  • November 3, 2021

SAFIR-Med October 2021 Newsletter

Safe and Flexible Integration of Advanced U-Space Services Focusing on Medical Air Mobility October 2021 | E-newsletter Newsletter #3 | SAFIR-Med Dear readers, In this issue you will read about the very anticipated SESAR JU Spotlight event in November…
  • July 29, 2021

Volocopter debuts at AirVenture 2021 Oshkosh, US

Volocopter, German eVTOL company performed its first FAA-approved flight of a manned, eVTOL aircraft in a public environment during the AirVenture 2021 show in Oshkosh, US on July 27, 2021. Its appearance showed its inevitable…
  • July 9, 2021

Volocopter gains Production Organisation Approval

Through the acquisition of German light aircraft manufacturer DG Flugzeugbau, Volocopter is on the verge of obtaining EASA’s Part 21G Production Organization Approval (POA). According to the company, once the deal is completed, it will…
  • July 9, 2021

NASA starts Advanced Air Mobility tests

NC-1 is the first complete phase of testing NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign. NASA officially revealed who will participate in this campaign. NC-1 will comprise several months of flying demonstrations and simulations at…
  • May 28, 2021

eHang introduced new long-range VT-30 eVTOL

eHang officially introduced the new VT-30 Autonomous Aerial Vehicle – a longer-range eVTOL plane. The Chinese company shared only small part of the information about the technology underpinning the lift-plus-cruise concept or the timescale for…