Heaviside Archives - eVTOL Insights

US Air Force awards airworthiness approval to Kitty Hawk’s Heaviside eVTOL through Agility Prime programme

Jason Pritchard20 July 2021

AFWERX Agility Prime partner Kitty Hawk has been awarded an airworthiness approval by the US Air Force, which allows Kitty Hawk's Heaviside eVTOL to enter its next phase of flight testing under air force direction. These flight tests will aim to ...

US Air Force uses Kitty Hawk’s Heaviside eVTOL in first medical evacuation exercise

Jason Pritchard8 June 2021

Kitty Hawk has joined the US Air Force's Agility Prime programme, with its Heaviside eVTOL becoming the first electric aircraft to be used in a medical evacuation exercise. A diverse group of industry and government operators, engineers and test...

Kitty Hawk and Falck to explore possibility of using Heaviside eVTOL aircraft for emergency response missions

Jason Pritchard26 February 2021

Falck - the Danish emergency response and healthcare company - is teaming up with Kitty Hawk to create a framework for Project Heaviside, which will see Kitty Hawk's eVTOL aircraft used for emergency medical missions. This will enable the aircra...

Kitty Hawk winds down Flyer Project to ‘double down’ on its Heaviside eVTOL aircraft

Jason Pritchard4 June 2020

Kitty Hawk is to winding down its Flyer personal VTOL Project and focus all its efforts on its main eVTOL aircraft, Heaviside. Flyer was designed to give individuals the ability to experience what it feels like to glide above the water. The singl...