RegulationFAA Publishes Proposed Airworthiness Criteria for Archer’s Midnight eVTOL The Airworthiness Criteria for the electric aircraft designed by Archer Aviation have been published by the Federal Aviation Administration. This is an important achievement for the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL)…
Air TaxiAIR ONE eVTOL Achieves Full Transition Flight The AIR ONE full-scale electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft performed its first full transition flight this week. The eVTOL successfully transitioned from hover to cruise flight during multiple test flights…
Air TaxiDevelopments in eVTOL Aircraft: Highlights from 2022 It has been an eventful year for leading eVTOL developers. Now that 2022 is coming to a close, we’re taking a look back at the progress some of the major players have…
Electrification and SustainabilityFADEC Alliance to Provide Electronic Control System for Sustainable Engine Demo FADEC Alliance, a joint venture that includes GE Aerospace, BAE Systems, and Safran Electronics & Defense, recently announced that it will develop the electronic control system for CFM International’s demonstrator engine. The…
UnmannedZipline Partners With Government of Rwanda for Autonomous Drone Delivery Services Zipline shared today that it is partnering with the Government of Rwanda to add new drone delivery sites throughout the country. The Government of Rwanda plans to complete close to 2 million…
CommercialWeSky Launches Lightweight 60W In-Seat Power System WeSky, an avionics company based in Lithuania, announced the launch of a new lightweight in-seat power system this week. The WeSky 60W USB power supply solution is called “recharge” and it can…
UnmannedAirbus Leads Large-Scale Manned-Unmanned Teaming Flight Demo Two fighter jets, a helicopter, and five drones participated in a large-scale flight demonstration of manned-unmanned teaming. Experts from Airbus led the multi-domain demonstration in partnership with the Bundeswehr, the Finnish Defence…
Air TaxiEve and Volatus Partner On A Vertiport Automation Solution Eve Air Mobility and Volatus Infrastructure have signed a Letter of Intent to supply a vertiport automation solution in support of traffic management for electric vertical take-off and landing, or eVTOL, aircraft.…