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Cranfield Aerospace Solutions (CAeS) has welcomed Evolito as the motor and inverter supplier onboard for its hydrogen-powered aircraft demonstrator Project Fresson, joining Reaction Engines and Ricardo as technology collaborators showcasing UK innov...

PLANA has today revamped its website to provide more information and insights on its ‘innovative technology and vision’. The new website features a user-friendly design and updated content on PLANA’s aircraft development status, media releases, mana...

SkyDrive today announced that Taiho engineering company has pre-ordered its SD-05 for commercial use. Taiho is a member of the Public-Private Council for Advanced Air Mobility in the Kagawa prefecture’s Shikoku region, newly established to address t...

ASL Airlines Ireland subsidiary ASL Future Flight has been awarded a Light UAS Aircraft Systems Operator Certificate (LUC) by the Irish Aviation Authority, an optional operational certificate which guarantees some privileges to start commercial dron...

South Korean hybrid AAM aircraft developer PLANA today announced that it has won the Professional Concept category of the highly esteemed iF Design Awards, which are held annually in Germany and are considered one of the top three design awards glob...

The 18th edition of EVER Monaco is opening up to clean air mobility and will be held on 11-12 May 2023 at the Espace Fontvieille. Since 2006, the date of its first edition, the future possibilities explored have turned into reality. The exhibition i...

EHang has been inducted as a member of Japan’s Public-Private Committee (PPC) for advanced air mobility (AAM), a platform for worldwide players in the public and private sectors adopting flying vehicles in Japan. As the only autonomous eVTOL prov...

SkyDrive today announced that it is now accepting pre-orders for its eVTOL aircraft SD-05 for personal use, with Kotaro Chiba, a licensed pilot and the first owner of a HondaJet in Japan, becoming the first private customer for the SkyDrive SD-05. ...

Skyports Drone Services has today announced the launch of the Orkney I-Port operation, a fully electric drone logistics project established in partnership with Royal Mail, Orkney Islands Council Harbour Authority and Loganair. The company is one ...

SkyDrive has secured additional funding in its Series C round, and its cumulative funding now exceeds 15 billion yen as of 6 April 2023. In September 2022, the company successfully raised 9.6 billion yen in Series C funding. Following this announ...

The Vertical Flight Society (VFS) reports today that the explosive growth of the world's eVTOL aircraft, plus significant developments in military and civil rotorcraft, have continued to expand its membership. As of 31 March 2023, a total of 186 ...

Staff at the Yufeng Future General Assembly trial manufacturing site located in Shanghai Jinshan UAV base have performed the last inspection preparing for the M1 series of two-ton eVTOL products. A large vehicle equipped with the fuselage, wings,...

Horizon Aircraft has successfully completed initial transition flight testing of its Cavorite X5 half-scale eVTOL prototype at Ontario Tech University’s ACE Climatic Wind Tunnel in Canada. Horizon Aircraft CEO Brandon Robinson said: “The aircraft...

EvFly, a Singapore-based fleet-management and air-transport company that manages and operates new-generation electric eVTOL aircraft and advanced air mobility (AAM) services, has signed a letter of intent with the German-based FAST Group to provide ...

Umiles Group has announced that it is expanding into Chile as a gateway to the Latin American market with its Drone Light Show business line, a Spanish pioneer in creating customised light shows with drones, and its Commercial Services division, whi...

Libra Group, whose subsidiaries operate assets in nearly 60 countries, has announced that Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing (SMFL) has agreed to acquire a 35% stake in its aviation subsidiary, LCI. LCI’s first partnership with SMFL began in 202...