A roundup of the week’s news from the world of Advanced Air Mobility, including vertiport automation and wind tunnel tests.
EHang & CATEC Complete ICEX’s BAUD Project in Spain
EHang has collaborated with Spain’s Advanced Center for Aerospace Technologies (CATEC) to successfully complete the BAUD project in Spain. Read more…
UK CAA Issues First eVTOL DOA to Vertical Aerospace
Vertical Aerospace has made further progress on its path to certification for the VX4 and secured the first ever Design Organization Approval (DOA) issued to an eVTOL manufacturer by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Read more…
Intel Joins Airspeeder as Intelligence Partner
Airspeeder has formed a new collaboration with Intel that brings its computing technologies to flying car racing. Read more…
Archer Midnight eVTOL Aircraft Completes Wind Tunnel Tests
Archer has completed a six-week long wind tunnel test campaign of its Midnight aircraft configuration at the RUAG Large Subsonic Wind Tunnel in Emmen, Switzerland. Read more…
Altaport’s New Partnerships for Vertiport Automation
Altaport has formed new partnerships that are expected to be key to the ongoing development of an advanced vertiport automation system (VAS). Read more…
Jetson Welcomes Diamandis as Senior Advisor
Space entrepreneur and innovation pioneer Peter Diamandis has been appointed as senior advisor at eVTOL company Jetson. Read more…
Ascendance Raises €21 Million to Accelerate Work on eVTOL Aircraft
Ascendance Flight Technologies will continue progress on its hybrid electric VTOL aircraft ATEA following new investment totalling €21 million. Read more…
Swiss Helicopter Purchases Dufour Aero2 & Aero3 Aircraft
Dufour Aerospace and Swiss Helicopter have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) for the purchase of two Aero2 and one Aero3 tilt-wing aircraft. Read more…
