Chennai-based ePlane has raised almost $1 million in seed funding to advance its plans for an all-electric, two-seat eVTOL aircraft.

The U.S. company has adapted software that its founders developed for manned space vehicles for use on drones, satellites, and piloted light aircraft.

Wideroe says it will start operating the nine-passenger cSTOL aircraft on domestic services from 2026.

Airio has joined other technical-service providers and eVTOL developer Jaunt in supporting Varon Vehicles' plans to introduce urban air mobility to Latin America.

Experts are calling on the advanced air mobility sector to urgently address how it will meet its power needs at existing airports and new urban vertiports.

The company will use its JA1 sub-scale eVTOL technology demonstrator to calibrate navigation aids and instrument landing systems at airports.

S-4 form filed a month after the deal's announcement gives clues regarding the valuation of the eVTOL aircraft developer.

The eVTOL aircraft developer and autonomous flight technology pioneer respectively took the number six and eight slots in the transportation category.

Parachute developer Aviation Safety Resources used barrels of water to simulate the eFlyer's weight in drop tests from a helicopter.

The renamed model is expected to have increased range of 120 miles and faster speed of over 200 mph.

The eVTOL aircraft developer says urban air mobility services are set to launch in the South Florida city in 2024 with flights priced at rates comparable to those for ridesharing car service.

Meanwhile, the Chinese company is facing at least four class-action lawsuits in the U.S. from disgruntled investors.

The new system will be around two and a half times more powerful than a unit that the company rolled out in 2019.

Texas-based Astro Aerospace, which is already working on the Elroy and Alta designs, is acquiring Canada's Horizon Aircraft, which has the Cavorite X5 model in the works.

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez says he wants eVTOL aircraft providing flights across the South Florida city by 2024.

Funding cuts at parent company Boeing have slowed the pace of some work, but the technology continues to mature behind closed doors.

Varon Vehicles is partnering with Paladin AI to tap machine learning and artificial intelligence to train a new breed of flight crew for eVTOL aircraft.

Almost one-fifth of the 37 aircraft that the FAA is evaluating for type certification are eVTOL designs.

The Slovakian company says it is on track to achieve EASA CS-23 type certification by the end of 2023.

The company says an additional $240 million raised from new and existing investors is sufficient to complete type certification of its VoloCity eVTOL aircraft.