Aircraft

Despite an abrupt and unscheduled ending to its six-seater test program, hydrogen aviation pioneer ZeroAvia is ramping up development of the largest fuel cell-powered aircraft to date – a pair of 19-seaters – and is preparing for something much bigger.

Rotor X plans to break into the air taxi market with an aircraft that's "dramatically more efficient and less expensive than all other eVTOL concepts being proposed or developed today" – and it's also one of the few eVTOLs capable of autorotation.

The US Air Force's flying car program, Agility Prime, is hedging its bets on advanced air mobility, adding an ultra-short takeoff and landing aircraft from Electra.aero into the mix alongside a number of eVTOL projects.

Montreal's Alexandru Duru first flew his electric multirotor hoverboard back in 2015, and quickly set a Guinness World Record for distance. Now this levitating madman is working to commercialize it for sale, while performing stunt shows on the side.

Russia's Foundation for Advanced Research has already flown a 60-kg prototype of its Cyclocar VTOL aircraft, which uses a super-responsive cyclical propeller propulsion system. A full-size, long-range, six-seat Cyclocar is expected within a few years.

Over a year and half after its rollout, Boeing's 737 MAX 10 passenger jet has made its first flight. The largest member of the 737 MAX family, the MAX 10 is designed to compete with the Airbus A321neo.

Kelekona's colossal mass-transit eVTOL is one of the most unique and wildly ambitious proposals we've seen in this space, flying heavier and further than anyone else on its monster 2.3 MWh battery. We caught up with the founder for a fascinating chat.

Matt Pearson's Alauda Aeronautics has released footage of engineers remotely piloting its full-size Airspeeder Mk3 multirotor electric "flying car" ahead of international teams taking the controls for the first EXA racing series later in the year.

UK company Vertical Aerospace is going public through a SPAC, with backing from Microsoft, American Airlines, Avolon, Honeywell and Rolls-Royce and a bulging US$4 billion-dollar preorder book for as many as 1,000 of its VA-X4 eVTOL air taxis.

The Trifan 600 will fly up to eight passengers helipad to helipad at ranges up to 750 miles and speeds up to 345 mph – figures nothing in the eVTOL world can touch thanks to its hybrid powertrain. XTI and Xeriant have partnered to get it into production.

Palo Alto's Archer has unveiled a full-scale, two-seat, autonomous prototype of its Maker eVTOL aircraft. This striking machine will begin ground tests and flight tests later this year, with air taxi services slated to begin in LA and Miami in 2024.

California's Overair eVTOL is taking virtually the opposite approach to Germany's Lilium, with two of the biggest props you'll see anywhere in the class and individually pitch-controllable blades that'll unlock some unique capabilities.