eVTOL: A number of passenger drone developers, backed by billions of dollars in investments, are making huge strides in rolling out next-generation electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, aka air taxi. The current certification process, however, shows the...

MightyFly, a developer of autonomous air cargo technology, announced Tuesday it has raised $10 million in new financing to advance its hybrid eVTOL aircraft for expedited commercial and defense logistics. The round included investments from Draper Associates, At One...

As much of Europe’s early air taxi hype cools, Munich-based ERC Systems is taking a different path. The company has begun flight testing its 2.7-tonne Romeo demonstrator, positioning a hybrid-electric successor for inter-hospital transfers and defence missions rather than...

SkyDrive, a leading eVTOL (*1) aircraft manufacturer, is pleased to announce that it has reached a general understanding with 7A Drones Co., Ltd. (“7A Drones”), a major Taiwanese drone system company, for the purchase of 10 “SKYDRIVE” (SkyDrive Model...

India’s aviation sector is pressing the country’s regulators to step up efforts to create a legal framework of new eVTOL aircraft. The process appears to be lagging despite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi having urged the industry to “leapfrog...