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FAA nominates Phil Washington as Next Administrator

eVTOL Insights Editorial8 July 2022

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has nominated Phillip Washington as its next administrator, noting the value of having a confirmed administrator for providing consistent leadership at the agency. Washington has served as CEO of Denver I...

Skyfly’s Axe EVTOL aircraft operates both as a conventional fixed-wing aircraft and a helicopter

eVTOL Insights Editorial7 July 2022

Skyfly’s two-seat Axe EVTOL aircraft can take off and land conventionally in just 50 metres, but it can also take off and land vertically without a runway, like the top deck of a yacht. Axe has a speed of 100mph and a range of 100 miles, which in...

Vertical Aerospace and Molicel partner to power VX4 eVTOL aircraft

eVTOL Insights Editorial6 July 2022

Vertical Aerospace has selected E-One Moli Energy Corp (Molicel), a leader in high-power lithium-ion cells, to provide high-performance battery cells for the VX4 eVTOL aircraft. The partnership will combine Molicel’s leading cell technology in hi...

Evolito Acquires Aerospace Battery Company Electroflight to Create Full Powertrain Solutions Capability

eVTOL Insights Editorial5 July 2022

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Australia’s only air taxi vertiport infrastructure provider welcomes roadmap by Civil Aviation Safety Authority

eVTOL Insights Editorial4 July 2022

Today, Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) released the remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) and advanced air mobility (AAM) strategic regulatory roadmap with strong policy support at Federal Government level. Australia was the...

EU approves Future Mobility Campus Ireland to develop aerial Unmanned Traffic Management systems

eVTOL Insights Editorial4 July 2022

The EU has approved a European consortium coordinated by Future Mobility Campus Ireland (FMCI) in Shannon to develop aerial Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) systems. FMCI and its consortium partners will develop Europe’s unmanned flight ecosyste...

EVTOL NEWS SUMMARY

eVTOL Insights Editorial27 June 2022

Airmour launches extensive training package for stakeholders to learn about Urban Air Mobility Airmour online courses and in-person masterclasses will educate stakeholders on how to utilise Urban Air Mobility (UAM) to support Emergency Medical Se...

Vertical Flight Society’s 16th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium Returns to Oshkosh 23-24 July 2022

eVTOL Insights Editorial27 June 2022

More than 40 of the world’s leading electric aircraft developers will speak at the 16th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium (EAS) hosted by the Vertical Flight Society (VFS), to be held in person and online in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on July 23-24, 2022,...

Vantis Opens Mission and Network Operations Center for Statewide UAS System

eVTOL Insights Editorial17 June 2022

Vantis has opened its Mission and Network Operations Centre (MNOC) at GrandSky Business and Aviation Park, in what it claims is the first statewide unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to coordinate beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flight. Northern ...

Archer Appoints Tom Anderson as urban air mobility chief operating officer

eVTOL Insights Editorial17 June 2022

Archer Aviation has appointed Tom Anderson as urban air mobility (UAM) chief operating officer to oversee its planned UAM operations, primarily focused on establishing its commercial operating service. Anderson has experience in airline managemen...

Hanwha Group invests $145 million in Overair to Develop eVTOL Aircraft

eVTOL Insights Editorial15 June 2022

Overair has announced an investment of $145 million from Hanwha Systems and Hanwha Aerospace to fly its Butterfly all-electric experimental prototype in the second half of 2023. Hanwha will also provide electric motors and battery packs for Overa...

Skyports selects Westcott Space Cluster as centre of excellence for drone operations

eVTOL Insights Editorial14 June 2022

Skyports has selected Westcott Space Cluster’s south of England site as its European headquarters in partnership with the Satellite Applications Catapult to remotely operate its Beyond Visual Line Sight (BVLOS) drone flights. Skyports will develo...

Beyond flights of fantasy: Disassembling the complexities of Advanced Air Mobility

eVTOL Insights Editorial10 June 2022

By Yun Yuan Tay, Head of APAC, Skyports Big figures surrounding the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) industry have increasingly dominated headlines over the last year, painting a picture that is bound to impress. Yet many complexities regarding the r...

Wisk Aero Partners with Queensland Local Government on Australian Air Mobility

eVTOL Insights Editorial9 June 2022

Wisk Aero has partnered with the Council of Mayors of South East Queensland to introduce a safe, sustainable, and scalable, autonomous air taxi service, and will hire additional Australian-based personnel. Wisk CEO Gary Gysin said: “We are proud ...

Vertical Flight Society announces winners of its second eVTOL Drone student competition

eVTOL Insights Editorial6 June 2022

The Vertical Flight Society (VFS) has announced the winners of its second annual Design-Build-Vertical Flight (DBVF) Student Competition, supported by ARL, and sponsored by Survice Engineering and Wisk Aero as Gold and Bronze sponsors. The Ohio S...

Lilium achieves main wing transition and deep dives on battery technology

eVTOL Insights Editorial1 June 2022

Lilium has announced that its technology demonstrator Phoenix 2 is the first ever full-size electric jet aircraft to transition from hover to wing-borne flight, a landmark moment for Lilium and for electric aviation as a whole. From a flight phys...

Lilium and Livent to Advance R&D for High-Performance Lithium Batteries

eVTOL Insights Editorial31 May 2022

Lilium and Livent, one of the world’s leading producers of high-performance lithium battery cells, have announced a research and development (R&D) collaboration agreement. Collaborating with Livent, a pioneer in lithium technology innovation ...

Skyports partners with Park24, Aioi Nissay Dowa, and Kanematsu to develop vertiport infrastructure in Japan

eVTOL Insights Editorial30 May 2022

Skyports and Park24, a Japanese parking lot and car sharing operator, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop and integrate a vertiport infrastructure network in Japan. The MoU also includes Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance, which ai...

Lilium Engages Aernnova to Design Lilium Jet’s Propulsion Mounting System

eVTOL Insights Editorial27 May 2022

Lilium has selected leading aerospace component manufacturer Aernnova to collaborate on the design of its propulsion mounting system. A propulsion mounting system or flap structure that forms the rear part of the wings and front aerofoils is one ...

Jetex and Volocopter sign agreement to define safe model for UAM

eVTOL Insights Editorial26 May 2022

Private aviation leader Jetex and eVTOL pioneer Volocopter have signed a strategic partnership agreement to deploy and operate permanent, economically sustainable, and integrated urban air mobility (UAM) taxi take-off and landing infrastructure and ...

Skyports signs with Jurong Port to develop maritime drone delivery infrastructure

eVTOL Insights Editorial25 May 2022

Skyports and Jurong Port, operator of Singapore’s multi-purpose cargo port, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop ship-to-shore infrastructure for large-scale drone delivery operations and expand the country's bustling maritime ...

Lilium partners with Honeywell Aerospace and Denso to develop and manufacture electric motor for Lilium Jet

eVTOL Insights Editorial24 May 2022

Lilium has partnered with Honeywell Aerospace and Denso to develop and manufacture the Lilium Jet’s electric motor (e-motor) that will power the Lilium Jet’s engines. Honeywell, an aerospace technology leader with over 100 years of experience, in...

Urban-Air Port selects Osprey as preferred EV charging provider for its AAM network

eVTOL Insights Editorial23 May 2022

Urban-Air Port (UAP) will provide onsite electric vehicle (EV) charging as part of its non-aeronautical revenue, having selected Osprey, one of the UK’s leading charge point operators, to provide charging for vehicles at its vertiport sites. Duri...

Blade Acquires three UAM Companies to Create Europe’s largest Helicopter Passenger Service

eVTOL Insights Editorial20 May 2022

Blade Air Mobility is to acquire three urban air mobility operators in Europe - Monacair, Héli Sécurité and another helicopter operator in the South of France - which generated an aggregate of €30 million in revenues while flying approximately 125,0...