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Ferrovial and Eve Air Mobility team up on urban air traffic in the US and Europe

Boris Sedacca24 March 2023

Ferrovial Vertiports, a division of Ferrovial Airports, and Eve Air Mobility have agreed to partner to develop safe and reliable operation of vertiports and eVTOLs. Eve Air Mobility is a developer of eVTOL aircraft, services and support, and urban a...

United Airlines and Archer announce first commercial electric air taxi route in Chicago

Boris Sedacca23 March 2023

Archer Aviation and United Airlines today announced plans to launch the first air taxi route in Chicago between O’Hare International Airport and Vertiport Chicago, North America’s largest VTOL facility at the Illinois Medical District. The site w...

ZeroAvia and Fortum Explore Hydrogen Airport Refueling Infrastructure Across the Nordics

Boris Sedacca23 March 2023

ZeroAvia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Nordic energy company Fortum to explore developing hydrogen production and refuelling infrastructure at airports in the region with a view to building a network of zero-emission flight route...

Pearland Police expands drone as first responder operations without visual observers

Boris Sedacca22 March 2023

Pearland Police Department has been awarded a certificate of authorisation to operate its drone as first responder (DFR) programme for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operation, eliminating the need for human visual observers by using Iris Autom...

Doroni Aerospace Raises $3.5M+ from investors, achieves milestone eVTOL flight tests

Boris Sedacca22 March 2023

Doroni Aerospace has successfully closed its second crowdfunding round on the equity crowdfunding platform StartEngine.com after raising $2.4M from 1,042 investors and having to date raised a total of over $3.5M from 1,956 investors. “Our mission...

Vertical Flight Society announces the 2023 Winners of its Individual Awards

Boris Sedacca21 March 2023

The Vertical Flight Society (VFS) has today announced the individual recipients of its 2023 awards, which has served as a catalyst for stimulating technological advances for nearly 80 years. This year’s winners will be recognised at the 79th Annu...

Overair names Tom Whayne as chief financial officer

Boris Sedacca21 March 2023

Overair has appointed Tom Whayne as chief financial officer to oversee all financial operations and provide strategic guidance to the company as it continues its path toward commercialisation. Whayne was previously chief financial officer of OneW...

Propeller research advance paves way for quiet electric aviation

Boris Sedacca20 March 2023

Electrification plays an important role in fossil-free aviation but the more energy-efficient an electric aircraft is, the noisier it gets, so researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden claim to have now optimised propeller design to...

Heron AirBridge and Inmarsat partner on unmanned aviation

Boris Sedacca20 March 2023

Heron AirBridge is to join Inmarsat's Velaris Partner Network to develop regulatory and operational frameworks and technologies for safely managing drones in urban environments and complex airspaces. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed...

SkyDrive collaborates with VPorts to promote international AAM industry from Dubai

Boris Sedacca17 March 2023

SkyDrive of Toyota City in Japan and VPorts have agreed to collaborate on the technical and business aspect to leverage the world’s first advanced air mobility (AAM) Integrator World Centre in Dubai for business development and market expansion for ...

Skyports Drone Services completes successful drone delivery proof of concept with Japan’s Kaga City Council

Boris Sedacca16 March 2023

Skyports Drone Services has successfully completed a drone delivery proof of concept (PoC) in partnership with Kaga City and Kanematsu Corporation, which has partnered with Kaga City since 2021 for promoting regional revitalisation through the use o...

BETA to certify fixed-wing electric airplane alongside its eVTOL

Boris Sedacca16 March 2023

BETA Technologies is to certify the CX300, a eCTOL model of its all-electric aircraft, marking the company’s second all-electric aircraft offering in parallel with its existing ALIA-250 eVTOL. New and existing customers have placed orders for the...

Volocopter partners with SITA on IT infrastructure for vertiports

Boris Sedacca15 March 2023

Volocopter and SITA, the world’s leading IT provider to the air transport industry, have entered a partnership, with SITA selected as Volocopter’s preferred digital and IT systems partner for vertiports. SITA has become the latest investor to joi...

Blade Air Mobility Q4 Highlights and Financial Results “To Close a Monumental Year”

Chris Stonor15 March 2023

Blade Air Mobility released its Q4 financial results and highlights this week which are described by Rob Wiesenthal, CEO of the company as, “a strong fourth quarter to close our a monumental year for Blade”, reports a press release. He continues,...

‘Airspeeder: Above the Asphalt’ to premier on Fox Australia and Kayo Sports this week

Boris Sedacca15 March 2023

Airspeeder has announced the premiere of its highlights show, ‘Airspeeder: Above The Asphalt,’ on Fox Sports Australia and Kayo Sports this week. The event is supported by the South Australian Government, with Airspeeder saying it is 'a testament...

Research predicts first commercial urban air mobility passenger routes and main initial uses for eVTOLs

Boris Sedacca14 March 2023

A new survey of private equity and venture capital professionals commissioned by Horizon Aircraft reveals that 41 percent believe the first urban air mobility passenger routes will be operational within the next two years. Twenty seven percent of...

Flying Lion and Iris Automation add airspace awareness capabilities to Drone as First Responder programmes

Boris Sedacca14 March 2023

Flying Lion and safety avionics technology innovator Iris Automation will provide Drone as First Responder (DFR) programmes with enhanced airspace awareness, adding Iris Automation’s Casia G ground-based detect and alert system to Flying Lion servic...

ZeroAvia high temperature fuel cell testing shows potential for hydrogen-electric propulsion

Boris Sedacca13 March 2023

ZeroAvia claims it has achieved record-breaking performance in testing its 20kW high temperature proton exchange membrane (HTPEM) stack power module, early testing of which demonstrated a record 2.5 kW/kg specific power at the cell level at the comp...

Inmarsat and Reliable Robotics collaborate on remotely piloted aircraft satcoms

eVTOL Insights Editorial13 March 2023

Inmarsat will collaborate with Reliable Robotics, a leader in safety-enhancing aircraft automation systems, to support the safe, secure and efficient integration of remotely piloted aircraft systems into the US National Airspace System and airspace ...

BETA Technologies opens engineering hub in Montreal

eVTOL Insights Editorial9 March 2023

BETA Technologies is opening an engineering hub in Montreal, Canada, to focus on structural engineering and materials processing. The new location has over 50 Montreal-based employees as the Company advances toward certification to work primarily...

Vertical Flight Society selects Angelo Collins as new executive director