FutureFlight

Merlin Introduces Condor Autonomy Platform for Large Freighters

Boston start-up targets freighter conversion market with new offering

Boeing 747 freighter

Otto Aerospace Freezes Phantom 3500 Jet Design

Preliminary design review supports goal of super-midsize performance

Otto Aerospace Phantom 3500

Sarla's eVTOL Aircraft Plans Boosted By IndiGo Investment

Venture capital arm of Indian airline says it is not planning eVTOL air taxi services

Sarla Aviation Shunya VTOL aircraft

EU Rules Risk Energy-intensive SAF Production Strategies

Chalmers University of Technology urges expanded focus on gasification

Sustainability and Environment

Aircraft alongside wood-chip

Lilium Gives Travelers a Taste of Future Flight in the Lilium Jet eVTOL Aircraft

This is what Lilium's four-seat configuration will look like

rendering of Lilium Jet taking off vertically

Hyundai's Supernal Previews its eVTOL Air Taxi Experience

At the recent NBAA-BACE trade show, FutureFlight got a front row seat for a simulated flight of Supernal’s planned SA-1 eVTOL aircraft.

November 8, 2022

Wisk Aero Explains How Its New Four-Seat Autonomous eVTOL Air Taxi Will Work

Autonomous eVTOL developer Wisk Aero recently publicly revealed its new sixth-generation aircraft.

October 27, 2022

H2Fly Chases Hydrogen Propulsion Power Density Boost

Fuel cell systems need at least 2 kW/kg power-to-weight ratio to be competitive

Sustainability and Environment

H2Fly's HY4 test flight

Hamilton AI Adds Banking, Dispatch, and Broker Tools to Charter Platform

Joby, Uber Elevate veteran leads three launches in first quarter

Charter & Fractional

Matthew Schwegler

Cash Burn Shadows eVTOL Flight Test Gains

Developers tweak timelines as flight testing intensifies

Vertical VX4 flying with chase helicopter

Supernal Signals Revival with KAI Partnership, New CTO

The eVTOL firm still has no CEO after months of turmoil

Executives from Hyundai Motor Group and Korea Aerospace Industries held a signing ceremony in Seoul on May 8

SkyDrive Consortium Eyes Commercial eVTOL Services By 2028

Japanese companies say 100 air taxis could be operational around Osaka in 2035

SkyDrive’s SD-05 eVTOL flies over the Osakako Vertiport during Expo 2025 demonstrations in Osaka, Japan.

Modified R44 Flies Hydrogen-electric Helicopter Circuit

Unither Bioélectronique expands envelope of experimental aircraft

Sustainability and Environment

R44 Helicopter hovering

Updated DARPA Hybrid-Electric XRQ-73 Makes First Flight

Experimental aircraft to validate hybrid-electric propulsion technology

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

DARPA XRQ-73 in flight

UK’s FAAM Research Aircraft Formally Ceases Operations

Environmental research program had already used three quarters of previously agreed funding

Sustainability and Environment

FAAM BAe146 parked on the ground

Savback Helicopters, Dufour Partner on Drone Delivery

Service will use Dufour’s Aero-200 tiltwing aircraft

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Aero-200 drone flying over lake

Wisk Makes First Flight With Second Gen 6 eVTOL Prototype

Full-scale, autonomous aircraft pair will work towards transition milestone

Wisk Gen 6 eVTOL flying in California

Aeronautics Boosts Production as Drone Applications Grow

Orbiter, Dominator, Aerostar, and Octoper drones can be adapted for new uses

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Aeronautics Dominator UAS

Skyportz Presents Solutions to Key Vertiport Issues

Fractal panels deal with noise, downwash, and fire risks, says Australian manufacturer

Aeroberm panels

DLR Tests Experimental Vibrational Anti-Icing System

Technology to fly onboard clean-sheet, all-electric, ducted-fan gyrocopter

Sustainability and Environment

Future Vision S2TOL Jet Demonstrator at Aero Friedrichshafen stand

Horizon’s Cavorite X7 Hybrid-electric Aircraft Offers a Different VTOL Recipe

Fans inside the wings and a turboprop engine make this VTOL airplane stand out.

Rendering of Horizon Aircraft Cavorite X7 VTOL airplane

Aura Aero Eyes Military Training Contract For Integral S

Specific tender dependent on summer certification of tricycle-gear trainer

Training and Workforce

Red Integral S on ground

Electron Targets 2027 Flight For E5 Electric Prototype

Full-scale all-electric aircraft will feature recent design revisions

Electron E5 aircraft graphic