NASA Crash-Tested An EVTOL Cabin Structure Which Failed In An Unexpected Way

An eVTOL cabin mock-up designed by NASA Langley engineers about to be released in a recent drop … [+] crash test. NASA As Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) concepts creep toward reality, NASA is devel...

The Pentagon, In A Tech War With China, Is On Track To Field Its First Electric Aircraft In 2023

Air Force Maj. Jonathan Appleby (left) and Beta Technologies test pilot Camron Guthrie sit in the cockpit of Beta’s electric aircraft, Alia, during a flight test March 14 over Plattsburgh, N.Y. ...

Delta Funds Electric Air Taxi Maker Joby To Quicken Travel To Airports

Joby Aviation CEO JoeBen Bevirt (left) and Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian pose with models of their aircraft. Rank Studios To travelers who are sick of getting stuck in traffic driving to the airport,...

Delta Buys Into Electric Air Taxi Maker Joby With Aim To Speed Travel To Airports

Joby Aviation CEO JoeBen Bevirt (left) and Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian pose with models of their aircraft. Rank Studios To travelers frustrated by getting stuck in traffic driving to the airport, D...

Vertical Aerospace Stock Soars. American Airlines Provides Cash for eVTOL Maker.

Text size There are many new players vying for eVTOL market share, including Vertical Aerospace. Courtesy Vertical Aerospace Vertical Aerospace , the eVTOL maker, secured some expected funding from Am...

Aircraft Startup Beta Raises $375 Million For Electric Cargo Copter, Charging Business

Beta Technologies’ Alia eVTOL aircraft during a test flight. Beta Technologies/Brian Jenkins Beta Technologies, an electric aircraft startup working with UPS and backed by Amazon AMZN , said it ...

Terra Drone Wins Major New Investments To Develop Air Traffic Control System For Unmanned Aircraft, Expansion

Japanese drone and air mobility technology company Terra Drone Corp. is working to develop an air … [+] traffic control system for unmanned aircraft. Terra Drone Corp. Before the middle of this ...

Textron’s Acquisition Of Pipistrel Lifts Electric Aviation Off The Tarmac

Investors deployed an estimated $7 billion of capital into the advanced aerial mobility (AAM) sector, riding a wave of excitement about small battery-electric aircraft, including electric flying cars,...