
eVTOL Leaders Go Global
- 21 Jan 2025 06:10 AM
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In the past few months, the leading developers of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft made progress in delivering on their vision for advanced air mobility (AAM).
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In the past few months, the leading developers of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft made progress in delivering on their vision for advanced air mobility (AAM).
Following the results of the 2024 US elections, the Republican Party will have small majorities in both the Senate and House of Representatives after being sworn in on Jan. 3, 2025.
In October, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published RIN 2120-AL72, “Integration of Powered-Lift: Pilot Certification and Operations; Miscellaneous Amendments Related to Rotorcraft and Airplanes,” which included the Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) for powered-lift aircraft, applicable to both tiltrotors and winged electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released the final Engineering Brief EB 105A on their website, with the publication date of Dec. 27, 2024.
On Nov. 13, SkyDrive agreed to a partnership with Miamibased F&E Aircraft Maintenance (FEAM Aero), a leading provider of aircraft line maintenance services in numerous countries.
On Oct. 29, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted an experimental special airworthiness certificate to Honda to begin test flights with a subscale model of its eVTOL aircraft.
Here’s the Nov/Dec 2024 roundup of recent news on battery-electric, hybrid-electric and hydrogen-electric conventional takeoff and landing (eCTOL) and short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft for advanced air mobility (AAM) applications.
LIFT Aircraft, on Oct. 1, announced a $1.65M contract from the US Army Applications Laboratory (AAL) to design a medical multi-mission modular payload (shown), a container that can carry blood and conduct casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) missions.
Aska, on Aug. 15, disclosed its ongoing tethered uncrewed flight tests with its full-scale A5 “roadable hybrid-electric VTOL” prototype (N901NF) at “a private airfield located in California.”
Japan-based SkyDrive announced on June 17 that the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had begun its process for type certification for its three-seat SD-05 eVTOL (shown) and will coordinate with Japan’s Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) to certificate the aircraft in both nations.