eVTOL News

(Photo credit: EHang) VT35 (production model) EHang Guangzhou, China www.ehang.com The information provided here is as accurate as possible; however, eVTOL information from China is sometimes sparse, incomplete or conflicting. China is promoting what they call the "low-altitude economy" — a new push for general aviation — which includes both crewed and uncrewed passenger and air cargo eVTOL aircraft.

(Photo credit: Joby Aviation) S4-T (technology demonstrator) Joby Aviation Santa Cruz, California, USA www.jobyaviation.com Founded in 2009 by JoeBen Bevirt, CEO, Joby Aviation is a venture-backed startup aerospace company is located in Santa Cruz and San Carlos, California (USA), that is developing and will manufacture piloted all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) passenger aircraft for fast, quiet, and affordable on-demand air taxi services for the advanced air mobility (AAM)...

(Image credit: AMSL Aero) Vertiia Tilt-Prop (concept design) AMSL Aero Pty Ltd Bankstown Aerodrome, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia www.amslaero.com AMSL Aero was founded in June 2017 by Andrew Moore and Siobhan Lyndon in Australia to design and manufacture autonomous passenger and air cargo hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft for advanced air mobility (AAM). The name of the company is derived from Andrew Moore (AM) and Sibhan Lyndon (SL) which formes AMSL Aero.

(Photo credit: Zhejiang University City College) Extended Range eVTOL (prototype) Zhejiang University City College Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China www.isct.zucc.edu.cn The information provided here is as accurate as possible; however, eVTOL information from China is sometimes sparse, incomplete or conflicting. China is promoting what they call the "low-altitude economy" — a new push for general aviation — which includes both crewed and uncrewed passenger and air cargo eVTOL aircraft.

22 Jul 2025 10:04 AM 0 News from Oshkosh: EAS and EAA AirVenture 2025 By Kenneth I. Swartz The Vertical Flight Society's 19th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium (EAS 2025) was a great success, with 150 in-person and virtual attendees ahead of AirVenture Wisconsin, Oshkosh! Video recordings will be available soon. EAS 2025 featured 40 speakers from across the advanced air mobility landscape from North America, Europe and Australia.

18 Jul 2025 11:20 AM 0 Q&A with Ascendance CEO Jean-Christophe Lambert By Alex Scerri This article is a supplement to the July/August 2025 issue of Vertiflite magazine. In a bumpy start to 2025, the European electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) industry was hit by high-profile insolvencies of the continent’s front-runners in advanced air mobility (AAM) — Volocopter, rescued by Chinese-owned Diamond Aircraft, and Lilium, which met its untimely demise.

13 Jul 2025 12:29 AM 0 Electric VTOL News, July/August 2025 Here’s our roundup of news on battery-electric, hybrid-electric and hydrogen-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft from our Electric VTOL Newsletter. More than 1,100 eVTOL aircraft have been catalogued to date in the VFS World eVTOL Aircraft Directory (www.eVTOL.news/aircraft), with new aircraft added after every unveiling.

07 Jul 2025 01:31 AM 0 MightyFly Demos Autonomous Flight and Cargo Ops MightyFly Demonstrates Autonomous Flight and Cargo Operations for the US Air Force By VFS Staff On June 27, San Leandro, California-based MightyFly announced that it had conducted a live flight demonstration for the US Air Force as part of its Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase II contract with the Air Force’s AFWERX program.

30 Jun 2025 11:30 AM 0 Ascent AeroSystems: Big Value, Small Package By Robert W. Moorman Vertiflite, Jul/Aug 2025 Robinson’s new subsidiary reveals breakthrough microdrone, Helius. Ascent AeroSystems was acquired in April 2024 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Torrance, California-based Robinson Helicopter Company (RHC), but retains its influence and autonomy in producing uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) of varying size, according to Peter Fuchs, cofounder and CEO of Ascent AeroSystems.

29 Jun 2025 07:04 AM 0 VFS Downwash and Outwash Workshop By Mike Hirschberg (VFS) and Dr. Tony Gardner (DLR) Vertiflite, July/August 2025 The Vertical Flight Society held a two-hour Downwash and Outwash (DWOW) workshop on May 19 as part of Forum 81 (see “Forum 81 — Ideas Awaiting Orders,” Vertiflite, Jul/Aug 2025), organized by VFS Director of Strategy Mike Hirschberg.