Air TaxiSiemens to Provide Software for Regent’s Electric Seaglider Aircraft Siemens Digital Industries Software recently announced that it will provide its Xcelerator portfolio of software and services to Regent for its all-electric seaglider. The launch customers for Regent’s aircraft range from aviation…
AI & AutonomyA2Z Launches New Cargo Drone and Second-Generation Delivery Winch System Los Angeles-based commercial drone developer A2Z Drone Delivery recently announced the launch of a new integrated cargo drone and a second-generation delivery winch system. “We’ve been working on this delivery winch as…
Air TaxiJoby Signs Expanded Contract with Department of Defense Joby Aviation recently expanded its existing contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The U.S. Marine Corps now joins the Army, Navy, and Air Force in testing and exploring applications for…
Air TaxiArcher Receives $10M Pre-Delivery Payment from United Airlines for 100 eVTOLs, Shares Q2 Financial Results On August 10, Archer Aviation announced that it received a $10 million pre-delivery payment from United Airlines for 100 of Archer’s production aircraft, an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle. The…
Air TaxiBoeing's Aurora Flight Sciences Joins UC San Diego in NASA eVTOL Design Initiative Aurora Flight Sciences, a subsidiary of Boeing, joined a NASA project that aims to optimize the engineering process of eVTOL vehicles. Aurora is now collaborating with the University of California San Diego in…
AI & AutonomyUS Air Force Awards eVTOL Pilot Training Requirements Contract to Aptima This week, it was announced that the U.S. Air Force has awarded a new contract to a company called Aptima. The contract will support development of pilot training specifically for electric vertical…
Air TaxiVertical Aerospace Releases Q2 Financial Results, Plans for Hover Testing Vertical Aerospace, designer and manufacturer of the VX4 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, provided company updates in a letter to shareholders this week, including plans to perform a series of…
Air TaxiNASA and FAA Administrators Discuss Advanced Air Mobility at White House Summit According to Billy Nolen, Acting Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, two companies developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft expect to earn FAA certification of their vehicles as early as…