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Joby Aviation Goes Public

Kelsey Reichmann — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 16:23:45 +0000

The electric air taxi company Joby Aviation completed a merger with Reinvent Technology Partners (RTP) on Aug. 10 making it the first publicly traded electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) […]

Air Force Could Be Using Air Taxis in 2023

Kelsey Reichmann — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 19:42:44 +0000

The Air Force’s Agility Prime program has been investing in the development of electric air taxis and could have one of these aircraft in use by 2023, Col. Nathan Diller, […]

Agility Prime Invests $1.5M in eSTOL Aircraft from Electra

Kelsey Reichmann — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 19:23:55 +0000

The Agility Prime program from the U.S. Air Force has invested in multiple electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and now it is investing in a new type of […]

BETA’s eVTOL Receives First Air Force Airworthiness Approval for Human Flight in Electric Aircraft

Kelsey Reichmann — Fri, 07 May 2021 15:50:41 +0000

After a year of testing, BETA Technologies‘ electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, ALIA, has received the first airworthiness approval for manned flight in an electric aircraft from the […]

Air Force Completes First Military Transport of eVTOL Aircraft Inside C-130

Kelsey Reichmann — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 20:47:53 +0000

The Air Force transported an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft from Springfield, Ohio to Austin, Texas on March 23 and 24 inside an HC-130J Combat King II as […]

Former Air Force Acquisition Secretary Roper Joins Volansi

Kelsey Reichmann — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 22:28:56 +0000

Will Roper, the former assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology, and logistics, is joining drone maker Volansi’s board of directors, the company said on March 3. Roper […]

Air Force Looks to Hybrid Electric Solution for eVTOL and UAS Energy Concerns

Kelsey Reichmann — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 20:45:00 +0000

The Air Force is investing in LiquidPiston’s X-Engine technology to create a hybrid-electric propulsion system to power emerging technologies like unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and orbs, the company said on […]

Orbs Find Potential Use in Contingency Response & CSAR Missions

Kelsey Reichmann — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 21:17:07 +0000

Orbs, which are essentially electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, are novel in how they operate and the technology they use presents the military with new potential use for […]

First Military Airworthiness for eVTOL Awarded to Joby Aviation

Kelsey Reichmann — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 22:14:41 +0000

Joby Aviation received the first military airworthiness for an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle from the AFWERX Agility Prime program, Will Roper, Air Force and Space Force acquisition […]

Agility Prime ‘Air Race to Certification’ Moves Ahead, Air Force Examines eVTOL Supply Chains

Brian Garrett-Glaser — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 21:13:14 +0000

Air Force leaders working to support the development of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in the U.S. acknowledge that this new segment of aerospace will require a robust […]

Air Force May Spend Hundreds of Millions on Electric VTOL Aircraft By 2025

Brian Garrett-Glaser — Wed, 13 May 2020 21:01:28 +0000

The Air Force may spend hundreds of millions on development and procurement of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft before 2025, according to officials behind Agility Prime. That project, […]

Sabrewing Unveils Prototype ‘Rhaegal-A’ Unmanned VTOL Cargo Aircraft

Brian Garrett-Glaser — Fri, 01 May 2020 21:37:37 +0000

At the conclusion of the Air Force’s Agility Prime event on revolutionary VTOL aircraft, California-based Sabrewing Aircraft revealed their ‘Rhaegal-A’ prototype, an unmanned heavy-lift cargo aircraft that the company says […]

Agility Prime: Air Force Commits to Winning Innovation War over Electric VTOL Aircraft

Brian Garrett-Glaser — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 21:39:16 +0000

Leaders from across the U.S. Air Force, joined by Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, underlined the importance of revolutionary VTOL aircraft —and an associated U.S. industrial base — to the […]

Air Force Announces Virtual Kickoff for Agility Prime’s ‘Air Race to Certification’

Brian Garrett-Glaser — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 19:24:43 +0000

The Air Force will host a digital launch of Agility Prime, its ‘flying car’ development and acquisition effort, April 27-May 1, a week-long “immersive virtual experience” kicked off by service […]

Marine Corps Partners with Air Force Agility Prime on eVTOL Aircraft for Logistics

Brian Garrett-Glaser — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 21:30:04 +0000

The Pentagon’s interest in electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft continues to grow, with the Marine Corps’ Warfighting Lab now partnering with the Air Force’s Agility Prime program to […]

Air Force Launches Prototype Test-Flight Campaign for Transformative Vertical Flight

Brian Garrett-Glaser — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 22:07:00 +0000

Agility Prime, the Air Force’s exploratory transformative vertical flight program, released an Area of Interest (AOI) effort to work with commercial developers of VTOL aircraft, resulting in a prototype test […]

Air Force to Begin Fly-Off, Certification Campaign for Electric VTOL Aircraft

Brian Garrett-Glaser — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 22:01:49 +0000

The U.S. Air Force is expanding its engagement with transformative VTOL aircraft developers, seeking to analyze, certify and eventually procure electric and hybrid-electric aircraft that are currently under development primarily […]

NASA Aeronautics Budget Sees 4.5 Percent Boost, Funding Aircraft Electrification Research

Brian Garrett-Glaser — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 22:44:52 +0000

NASA might see a 12 percent increase in its budget per the White House’s request for fiscal year 2021, mostly for a push to return humans to the moon by […]

Upcoming Air Force Research Challenge May Help Air Taxi Certification

Frank Wolfe — Mon, 16 Dec 2019 19:13:11 +0000

An upcoming United States Air Force research challenge may help the certification of air taxis by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a top Air Force official said last week. “One […]