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Joby Aviation Signs Expanded Contract With Department of Defense

Reed — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 18:45:44 +0000

Joby Aviation recently expanded its existing contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The U.S. Marine Corps now joins the Army, Navy, and Air Force in testing and exploring […]

USAF Pilots Conduct First-Ever Crewed eVTOL Flight with BETA Aircraft

Reed — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 20:06:42 +0000

On March 9 two U.S. Air Force pilots became the first Airmen to fly an electric aircraft with military airworthiness approval—the ALIA, an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]