USA Archives - eVTOL Insights

Volocopter pushes forward with plans to secure FAA approval and bring its eVTOL aircraft service to US cities

Jason Pritchard18 January 2021

Volocopter is edging closer to bringing its commercial air taxi services to the USA, after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) accepted its application for concurrent Type Certificate validation. The German startup is seeking FAA approval ...

Head of Hyundai’s Urban Air Mobility Division appointed to FAA’s Drone Advisory Committee

Jason Pritchard7 January 2021

Dr Jaiwon Shin, Vice President and Head of Hyundai's Urban Air Mobility Division, has been appointed to the FAA's Drone Advisory Committee - which will help create a strategy for the safe integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the USA's...

Joby Aviation obtains first military airworthiness approval from the U.S. Air Force for its eVTOL aircraft

Jason Pritchard10 December 2020

Joby Aviation has received the first military airworthiness approval for eVTOL aircraft from the U.S. Air Force. The news was announced today (Thursday) during the fourth day of AFWERX Accelerate virtual event by Dr. Will Roper, the U.S. Air Forc...

Moonware showcases its autonomous vehicle platform, with plans for Urban Air Mobility

Jason Pritchard19 November 2020

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Southwest Research Institute in Texas receives $7.2 million contract to test AI in air taxi design project

Jason Pritchard18 November 2020

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has received a four-year contract worth more than $7.2 million from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), to develop air taxi technology and test the design capabilitie...

Wisk announces first-of-its-kind partnership with NASA to create new framework for autonomous passenger flight

Jason Pritchard16 November 2020

Wisk is teaming up with NASA to focus on the safe integration of autonomous aircraft systems into Urban Air Mobility applications at a national level, which will also include conducting flight demos. The partnership is the first of its kind and p...

World Economic Forum publishes seven key principles to help realise Urban Air Mobility in cities

Jason Pritchard18 September 2020

The World Economic Forum (WEF) and the City of Los Angeles have released a roadmap to support the roll-out of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) in cities, founded on seven key principles of implementation. They are Sustainability, Low Noise, Local Workfor...

Volansi to embark on new chapter in commercial drone delivery following new partnership

Jason Pritchard10 August 2020

VTOL drone developer Volansi has signed a teaming agreement with the N.C. Department of Transportation to begin commercial, middle-mile drone delivery projects in North Carolina, USA. Both will work together with the Federal Aviation Adminis...

NEXA Advisors and Vertical Flight Society set up partnership in UAM Geomatics

Jason Pritchard17 July 2020

NEXA Advisors and the Vertical Flight Society (VFS) have formed an equity partnership in UAM Geomatics, a company which is helping to promote the development and utilisation of eVTOL aircraft. UAM Geomatics released its groundbreaking study, Urba...