Tag: eVTOL aircraft

IFS Cloud selected by Joby Aviation to shape the future of eVTOL aircraft

IFS, the global cloud enterprise software company, today announced that Joby Aviation, the manufacturer of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for commercial air taxi services, has selected the IFS Cloud for Aviation Maintenance solution for its eVTOL aircraft maintenance process...

PLANA Won the iF Design Award

PLANA, a South Korean hybrid AAM aircraft developer, announced on April 17th, 2023, that it had won the Professional Concept category of the highly esteemed iF Design Awards. The iF Design Awards, which are held annually in Germany, are considered one of the top three design awards globally, alon...

SkyDrive Receives Pre-order for SD-05 eVTOL Aircraft from TAIHO Co.,Ltd.

SkyDrive is currently developing the SD-05 eVTOL aircraft to create a future where everyone has access to air mobility as their daily transportation. The company successfully completed in the first flight test in Japan in 2019, and its SD-05 is in the process of acquiring its Japan Civil Aviation...

Archer assembles best-in-class flight control and software team

Archer Aviation Inc., a leading developer of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, has constructed a best-in-class Flight Control and Software team as the company ramps up to its first flight later this year recently appointing Sergio Ferreira to lead the company’s fly-by-wire f...

Airbus reaffirms commitment to CityAirbus eVTOL program

Airbus plans to continue development of its CityAirbus eVTOL despite the global impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the industry. “Airbus considers new forms of air transport such as UAM [urban air mobility] an opportunity to develop key technologies for the future of VTOL platforms, including ...

Volocopter raises fresh investment to fund VoloCity air taxi project

German eVTOL aircraft manufacturer Volocopter has announced $55 million in fresh investment it has raised for its VoloCity air taxi project. It raised the money from its Series C funding round, which closed with an amount that the company said would enable it to bring its VoloCity aircraft to co...

Volocopter and Skyports collaborate on Singapore vertiport

Aircraft manufacturer Volocopter has teamed up with landing infrastructure company Skyports to open what they are calling the world’s first ‘vertiport’ for eVTOL aircraft. The German manufacturer will assemble the self-dubbed Volo-Port in Singapore at the end of September from parts manufa...

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