September 2026

What does it take to turn a week­end pas­sion project into an aero­space busi­ness with glob­al ambi­tions?

In the Sep­tem­ber edi­tion of eVTOL Insights’ dig­i­tal mag­a­zine, Sky­Drive CEO Tomo­hi­ro Fukuza­wa offers a can­did look at the deci­sions, chal­lenges and lead­er­ship lessons shap­ing the Japan­ese eVTOL devel­op­er.

Our in-depth CEO fea­ture explores his jour­ney from Toy­ota to Sky­Drive, bring­ing togeth­er teams with very dif­fer­ent engi­neer­ing back­grounds and mak­ing dif­fi­cult deci­sions with the company’s com­mer­cial future at stake. From its part­ner­ship with Suzu­ki to its approach to enter­ing the mar­ket, Fukuza­wa shares the think­ing behind SkyDrive’s ambi­tions — and what it takes to keep a team mov­ing for­ward when the pres­sure builds.

How does Sky­Drive intend to carve out its place in a com­pet­i­tive glob­al indus­try? And what has its CEO learned about turn­ing bold ideas into a sus­tain­able busi­ness?

Else­where in the issue, we explore Heart Aerospace’s X1 flight mile­stone, BETA Tech­nolo­gies’ man­u­fac­tur­ing ambi­tions and Wisk’s ver­ti­port devel­op­ment in Cal­i­for­nia. Our inter­na­tion­al cov­er­age also exam­ines poten­tial med­ical logis­tics appli­ca­tions for Sky­Drive in India, EHang’s pub­lic flight in Hong Kong and emerg­ing AAM infra­struc­ture plans in Kuwait.

Plus, dis­cov­er our Women in AAM com­mu­ni­ty and oppor­tu­ni­ties to get involved in eVTOL Insights’ Glob­al AAM Awards 2027.

Down­load the Sep­tem­ber edi­tion here, to read the full Sky­Drive CEO fea­ture and explore the sto­ries shap­ing Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty world­wide.