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TVF 2024 Reaches New Heights

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.

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Coming to Terms: UAM Maturity Level 5

Coming to Terms: UAM Maturity Level 5

  • 20 Feb 2024 01:26 AM
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This column addresses vertical flight terminology and proffers descriptions, definitions, or language to clarify and bridge divides.

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GoAERO Launches $2M+ VTOL Challenge

GoAERO Launches $2M+ VTOL Challenge

  • 12 Feb 2024 02:05 PM
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“GoAERO is a three-year global competition with over $2M in prizes to build emergency response flyers that will rescue people and perform critical response missions,” Lighter said. “We are catalyzing the creation of safe, portable, robust, autonomy-enabled flyers that respond to challenges posed by natural disasters, climate change, medical emergencies and humanitarian crises.”

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16 Teams Selected for Annual DBVF Competition

16 Teams Selected for Annual DBVF Competition

  • 16 Jan 2024 04:19 AM
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In October, VFS selected 16 universities to compete in the fourth annual Design–Build–Vertical Flight (DBVF) Student Competition.

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eVTOL Insights Recognizes Angelo Collins

eVTOL Insights Recognizes Angelo Collins

  • 15 Jan 2024 10:55 PM
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In December, eVTOL Insights published its latest special report into the highflyers of the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and advanced air mobility (AAM) industry.

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ICAAMS Is a Great Success!

ICAAMS Is a Great Success!

  • 06 Jan 2024 02:28 PM
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The First International Conference on Advanced Air Mobility Systems — organized by the Rotary Wing Society of India (RWSI) and the VFS Asia-Australia Region, with the support of the VFS Australia Chapter — was held in Bengaluru, India, on Dec. 4–6.

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VFS Leads the Future of Air Mobility at Airtec

VFS Leads the Future of Air Mobility at Airtec

  • 06 Jan 2024 06:40 AM
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Held in the high-tech city of Augsburg, Germany, Oct. 25– 27, 2023, Airtec is an annual European meeting place for suppliers and aircraft manufacturers to find each other and to establish new business relationships.

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eVTOL Aircraft Lab Opens in Japan

eVTOL Aircraft Lab Opens in Japan

  • 03 Jan 2024 03:18 PM
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In early November, an exhibition hall dedicated to electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft opened in Japan.

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Electro.Aero Seeks to Power Electric Aviation

Electro.Aero Seeks to Power Electric Aviation

  • 03 Jan 2024 01:09 PM
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Perth-based Electro.Aero Pty Ltd began developing a mobile charging unit for electric aircraft in part because several airframers partnering with the Australian company complained about the same problem: fixed car chargers cannot reach the aircraft, and moving aircraft close enough to recharge between flights was difficult or impossible.

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Horizon’s Subscale Cavorite

Horizon’s Subscale Cavorite

  • 29 Dec 2023 06:27 PM
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Horizon Aircraft publicly unveiled its half-scale model Cavorite X5 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft during the Downsview Aerospace Innovation & Research hub’s “DAIR to Innovate” Conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Oct. 24, 2024.

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