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Wisk’s Gary Gysin to retire next month, with Boeing’s Dr. Brian Yutko to take over as CEO

Jason Pritchard18 January 2023

Wisk CEO Gary Gysin has announced he will retire from his position at the start of next month, with the company selecting Dr. Brian Yutko to lead operations. Yutko currently serves as Vice President and Chief Engineer of Sustainability & Futu...

VIDEO: A closer look inside Wisk’s Gen 6 eVTOL aircraft

Jason Pritchard3 October 2022

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GALLERY: Wisk unveils the four-seater, Gen 6 aircraft it intends to certify for the AAM market

Jason Pritchard3 October 2022

Wisk has revealed its Gen 6 eVTOL aircraft - the world’s first self-flying, all-electric, four-passenger vertical takeoff and landing air taxi. The model will be the company's go-to-market aircraft and represents the first-ever candidate for type...

Tyler Painter joins Wisk’s leadership team as company’s new Chief Financial Officer

Jason Pritchard4 May 2022

Wisk has announced Tyler Painter as the company's new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), bringing a strong history of developing, launching, and commercialising new technologies. Painter will lead Wisk’s finance, accounting, corporate developme...

Wisk and Skyports to release first-of-its-kind concept of operations for autonomous advanced air mobility

Jason Pritchard12 April 2022

Wisk Aero and Skyports are partnering to integrate autonomous eVTOL aircraft operations at vertiports, in what is said to mark the first collaboration between a vertiport developer and an autonomous eVTOL developer in the USA. The partnersh...

Wisk to create working group with Long Beach in California and help prepare city for advanced air mobility

Jason Pritchard24 February 2022

Wisk has partnered with the city of Long Beach in California through its Long Beach Economic Partnership (LBEP) to make advanced air mobility (AAM) a reality in Southern California. Through this partnership, the two organisations will w...

Catherine MacGowan joins Wisk as its new Asia-Pacific Region Director, with plans to expand company’s presence

Jason Pritchard4 February 2022

Wisk has appointed Catherine MacGowan as its new Asia Pacific Region Director, where she will oversee all operations in Australasia and expand the company's presence in the wider Asia-Pacific region. As well as serving on Wisk's Executive Leaders...

Wisk receives $450 million in funding from The Boeing Company, supporting market plans for its autonomous eVTOL aircraft

Jason Pritchard24 January 2022

Wisk has secured $450 million in funding from The Boeing Company, helping to reinforce the self-flying air taxi developer's position as a privately-backed company and advance the progress of its sixth generation eVTOL aircraft.The funding will also ...

Wisk brings additional industry expertise to its leadership team with double appointment

Jason Pritchard3 December 2021

Wisk Aero has expanded its Executive leadership team with the addition of Sebastien Vigneron as Senior Vice President of Engineering and Programs and Ricky Robinson as Chief People Officer. Sebastien brings more than 18 years of experience to hi...

Wisk releases new white paper which outlines safe and conscious approach to launching advanced air mobility services

Jason Pritchard24 September 2021

Wisk has released a new white paper which focuses on infrastructure for advanced air mobility and the critical role small to mid-size airports will play in the launch and long-term success of the industry. With more than 5,000 public-use airports...

Wisk brings in wealth of aviation expertise with two new hires as Head of Autonomy and Head of Software

Jason Pritchard30 July 2021

Autonomous eVTOL aircraft developer Wisk has expanded its technical expertise by appointing Jonathan Lovegren and Sumita Tandon as Head of Autonomy and Head of Software respectively. Since 2010, the company has been successfully designing, develo...

Court denies Wisk’s request for a preliminary injunction against Archer ahead of upcoming lawsuit trial

Jason Pritchard27 July 2021

A federal judge in San Francisco has denied Wisk’s request for a preliminary injunction against rival eVTOL OEM Archer. Wisk filed the motion earlier this year to stop Archer from using its confidential trade secrets ahead of a trial. The company...

Archer hits back and alleges Wisk copied its eVTOL design in latest update to ongoing lawsuit

Jason Pritchard25 June 2021

In the latest update surrounding its ongoing lawsuit with Wisk Aero, Archer Aviation has claimed Wisk filed its aircraft design patent application just weeks after learning of Archer's own design. A filing submission submitted last week by Arche...

eVTOL Insights Podcast: Anna Kominik of Wisk talks more about its work in New Zealand

Jason Pritchard3 June 2021

In this week's podcast episode, we were delighted to be joined by Anna Kominik, Wisk's Asia Pacific Region Director. Before joining Wisk, she held senior management roles in the public and private sectors working across Australasia and served as ...

Archer files response to US court in ongoing lawsuit with Wisk and brings new counterclaims to case

Jason Pritchard2 June 2021

Archer has filed its Answer to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and a Motion to Dismiss the ongoing lawsuit with Wisk, which alleges Archer stole trade secrets and patent infringements of its eVTOL aircraft design. ...

Wisk submits injunction to US federal judge to stop Archer from using confidential trade secrets

Jason Pritchard21 May 2021

Wisk has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to stop eVTOL aircraft developer Archer from using its confidential trade secrets ahead of a trial. The company began legal action against Archer last month, and alleges its business is ‘built...

Strong panels of leading industry experts to discuss next steps needed for advanced air mobility in online event

Jason Pritchard11 May 2021

eVTOL aircraft developer Wisk, the Canadian Advanced Air Mobility Consortium (CAAM) and Women and Drones will lead an online discussion about the steps needed to make advanced air mobility a success. Taking place on May 20th from 9am PT/12noon ET...

eVTOL aircraft OEMs set up NBAA Advanced Air Mobility roundtable to integrate technologies into US airspace

Jason Pritchard7 May 2021

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has formed a new Advanced Air Mobility roundtable, with founding members including eVTOL aircraft developers Eve Air Mobility, Joby Aviation, Lilium and Wisk. It will act as a forum for high-level...

Wisk to supply Blade with up to 30 eVTOL aircraft, to be used on short-distance routes across USA terminals

Jason Pritchard5 May 2021

Wisk will provide, operate and maintain up to 30 eVTOL aircraft for Blade Urban Air Mobility, as part of a new agreement between the two companies. They will be used on short-distance routes between Blade's network of terminals throughout the USA, f...

Wisk suing Archer Aviation for theft of trade secrets and patent infringement of its eVTOL aircraft designs

Jason Pritchard8 April 2021

Wisk is taking legal action against eVTOL aircraft developer Archer Aviation, alleging Archer’s business is 'built on intellectual property that is not its own' and brings claims for trade secret misappropriation and patent infringement. Ac...

Wisk publishes first white paper which showcases opinions of autonomous eVTOL aircraft services

Jason Pritchard2 April 2021

Wisk has released its first white paper which looked to determine the opinions of autonomous eVTOL air taxi services, with more than 90 per cent of respondents saying they would likely travel using this method. The company - which is currently de...

Wisk to launch first-of-its-kind transport trial for autonomous eVTOL aircraft in New Zealand, set to begin later this year

Jason Pritchard31 March 2021

Wisk is making final preparations for its transport trial in New Zealand, which will help advance autonomous eVTOL passenger transport under the Government’s broader Airspace Integration Trial Programme (AITP). In February 2020, Wisk signed a mem...

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...

Wisk continues flight testing of its all-electric, self flying eVTOL air taxi, Cora

Jason Pritchard9 November 2020

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