Unmanned Defining the Technical Challenges for eVTOLs and On-Demand Air Mobility At a three-day workshop hosted by the Vertical Flight Society (VFS) in Washington, D.C., stakeholders in the broader electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) community…
Unmanned White House Supports eVTOL Aircraft, Autonomy in R&D Priorities Memo The White House gave a nod to the rapid development of electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) in an executive memo discussing the administration’s…
Unmanned Automakers Geely, Daimler Invest in Volocopter for Piece of ‘Future Transit’ Pie Air taxi maker Volocopter closed a $55 million Series C fundraising round, placing the company’s valuation roughly between $220 and $275 million as it looks…
Unmanned U.K. Moving to Certify General Atomics Protector Drone for Civil Airspace The United Kingdom is moving toward certifying the General Atomics Protector RG Mk1 drone to fly in civil airspace to perform security-related and disaster response…
Unmanned Flirtey Wants to Enable Ten Minute Commercial Drone Deliveries WASHINGTON, D.C. — Drone delivery startup Flirtey is enabling rapid point-to-point drone delivery using a new commercial drone, a portable drone launch point and autonomous…