UPDATE – Embraer is establishing a new joint venture company with Japan’s Nidec Corporation to develop electric propulsion systems for urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles. This includes the eVTOL designed by Eve Air Mobility, a company spun off from Embraer…
Archer Aviation has unveiled the production version of its eVTOL vehicle, which it hopes to get certified in the second half of 2024 and enter service in 2025. The Midnight is the successor of the Maker demonstrator that has been…
UPDATE – United Airlines intends to launch operations with Archer Aviation eVTOL vehicles between New York City and Newark Airport in 2025, the airline and start-up airframer announced in a joint media statement today. This makes United the second US airline…
German start-up Lilium Air Mobility plans to start production of the first type-conforming Lilium Jet in 2023 and achieve manned flight with the eVTOL vehicle in 2024. The company says it is making good progress on the path towards certification, with…
Vertical Aerospace says it completed the first hover flight of its VX4 eVTOL vehicle over the past weekend. This is the first step of the full flight test program that should lead toward certification in 2025. Vertical Aerospace VX-4 makes…
Vertical Aerospace has completed final assembly of the first full-scale prototype of the VX4 eVTOL. The vehicle will now start its multi-month flight test program, CEO Stephen Fitzpatrick said on August 8 in its HY1 2022 results release. Vertical prepares first…