Aircraft

Joby has flown a new record distance for a full-sized eVTOL aircraft on a single battery charge, covering 154.6 miles in a single 77-minute flight, complete with energy-gobbling vertical takeoff and landing phases.

As it aggressively pursues a future where flying taxis carry people and cargo between busy urban centers, German aviation startup Volocopter has ticked off an important milestone, making a public demo flight in the USA with a pilot on board.

Joby Aviation has released new video showing a "complete flight profile" of its eVTOL air taxi, and also announced its plans to create (and profit from) a new carbon credit trading system similar to the one that's kept Tesla profitable for some time.

Garmin International is aiming to take the pressure off of pilots caught in an engine shutdown emergency with its Smart Glide safety tool, which automatically engages the autopilot and steers the aircraft toward the nearest available airport.

Universal Hydrogen has signed letters of intent with three airlines to convert regional airliners to run on green hydrogen. The company is developing conversion kits that accept interchangeable hydrogen modules that work like recyclable coffee pods.

After spending 18 months building an entirely new form of flight control software, California's Jetpack Aviation has finished flight testing the odd-looking first prototype of the Speeder, a high-speed, jet turbine-powered flying motorcycle.

Electric VTOLs are shaping up as something you'll use as a service, rather than something you'd buy and keep in your garage for personal use. But Next UAS wants to re-open the conversation on personal ownership, with this single-seat iFly concept.

With a view to servicing regional routes, Swedish startup Heart Aerospace is developing an all-electric aircraft designed for short trips that simply aren't economically feasible for conventional planes – and United Airlines has got on board.

Although an airliner's engines may be very loud on takeoff, its wings also create a lot of wind noise when it's landing. According to a new study, the latter problem could be addressed with the addition of a shape-memory alloy filler within the wing.

The US Military has decided American dominance in the eVTOL market is a matter of national security, and has now accredited four eVTOL aircraft with military airworthiness to accelerate development. The latest is Kitty Kawk's Heaviside.

Last month, we reported on astonishing first flight footage from the Copterpack, an Australian electric personal flight device. Now, eagle-eyed pixel peepers have scrutinized the video and presented evidence that a tether wire has been edited out.

There's a billion-dollar elephant in the room; any startup that wants to bring an eVTOL air taxi into commercial service needs to structure its entire operation to meet the same aerospace standards Boeing does. Does anyone have the money?