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San Francisco-based Elroy Air has unveiled its pre-production aircraft model – the Chapparal – fitted with the autonomous aerial cargo system. The craft’s USP is its end-to-end autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial cargo system. Continue reading
AutoFlight, the Chinese eVTOL company, continues its global expansion and establishes its first location in Europe: A team led by former Airbus manager Mark R. Henning is now ramping up at Augsburg Airport in Germany. The team’s first task is to achieve European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for AutoFlight’s airtaxi ‘Prosperity I’, an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with a range of approximately 250 kilometers. Continue reading
On December 11, Los Angeles-based Talyn Air, creators of a 100% electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft system, inspired by the 2-stage rocket concept, successfully demonstrated in-flight deployment, a major milestone towards proving its concept for runway-free operations for the U.S. Air Force. Continue reading
To conclude the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of Renault 4, the car maker has decided to team up with motion design hub TheArsenale to create a futuristic showcar, reinterpretation of this iconic model. Continue reading
Skyports, a global designer, developer, and operator of vertiports (landing sites for eVTOL aircraft) is developing Europe’s first test vertiport in France, as a significant step towards launching commercial Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) services in time for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Continue reading
At a Seoul airport, South Korea’s transportation ministry demonstrated its future-generation flying urban transportation system. Continue reading
Swiss-based eVTOL development and production company Dufour Aerospace launched the Aero2 as its first commercially available product in their tilt-wing eVTOL family. Aero2 is designed as amulti-purpose small unmanned aircraft with an unmatched operational flexibility and low operating cost. Continue reading
Swedish startup Jetson Aero is turning to personal aerial vehicles that offer flight convenience similar to that of a private car. Its Jetson One aircraft is an octocopter with four arms stretching from its fuselage, each with a pair of rotors and a total output of 88 kW. Continue reading