18th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium Was a Great Success
- 10 Sep 2024 12:21 AM
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VFS hosted its annual EAS, featuring talks by leaders from across the global AAM community.
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Washington Report, Sept/Oct 2024
- 29 Aug 2024 01:41 PM
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This summer, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aircraft Certification Service’s Policy and Standards Division (AIR-600) released two documents for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Because the FAA changed course in May 2022 — turning away from its anticipated plan to certificate winged eVTOL aircraft as Part 23 airplanes with special conditions for vertical flight (see “FAA Changes Course on eVTOL Certification,” Vertiflite, July/Aug 2022) — the agency is working on creating the necessary regulations to certificate both winged and wingless eVTOL aircraft.
EASA and FAA Advance eVTOL Guidance
- 28 Jun 2024 11:29 AM
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On June 10, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) both announced progress in their efforts to streamline and standardize the certification of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and other new designs.
Washington Report, July/August 2024
- 25 Jun 2024 06:21 PM
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On May 16, US President Joe Biden signed legislation to provide the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with its latest five-year mandate and to fund the agency for fiscal years 2024–2028, with more than $105B for the FAA and $738M for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) during those years.
Forum 80: Ideas Earn Their Way
- 24 Jun 2024 11:45 AM
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The Vertical Flight Society Forum in Montréal considered promising technologies to improve safety, boost performance, cut operating costs and broaden markets.
Washington Report, May/June 2024
- 01 May 2024 07:40 PM
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On March 8, US President Joe Biden signed legislation that temporarily extended the operating authority for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) until May 10. The bill, HR.7454, the Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2024, is the third time Congress extended the FAA’s authority since September, the end of fiscal year 2023 (FY23), when the FAA’s operating authority expired.
eVTOL Leaders Continue to Advance
- 11 Mar 2024 08:45 PM
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Recent months have seen the leading developers of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft make big strides in their efforts to develop their advanced air mobility (AAM) vehicles.
TVF 2024 Reaches New Heights
- 29 Feb 2024 11:37 AM
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On Feb. 6–8, the Vertical Flight Society hosted its Transformative Vertical Flight (TVF) 2024 meeting in Santa Clara, California.
Washington Report, Mar/Apr 2024
- 20 Feb 2024 02:42 AM
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On Dec. 12, 2023, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) published interim noise standards guidance for the developers of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft with tilting rotors or propellers, a category that includes certain electric VTOL (eVTOL) aircraft designs.
Washington Report, Jan/Feb 2024
- 15 Jan 2024 05:51 PM
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On Dec. 11, the US House of Representatives passed legislation that would extend the deadline to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) until March 8, 2024.
