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Infrastructure: Getting VTOLs off the ground
Infrastructure: Getting VTOLs off the ground

If VTOLs are going to be the new wave of citywide and short-haul air transport, the infrastructure needs to be there to support it.

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Volocopter will test its flying taxi in Singapore
Volocopter will test its flying taxi in Singapore

German VTOL manufacturer Volocopter will be performing test flights of its air taxi prototype in Singapore next year.

Terrafugia pre-sales start this month
Terrafugia pre-sales start this month

Pre-orders for the Terrafugia Transition will start this month.

Luxaviation and Flugauto set up joint VTOL services project
Luxaviation and Flugauto set up joint VTOL services project

Luxaviation Group has signed an MoU with autonomous VTOL start-up Flugauto to provide operation and maintenance services to the upcoming VTOL market.

Toyota patents flying-car concept
Toyota patents flying-car concept

A year after acquiring VTOL manufacturer Cartivator, Toyota has patented its first flying-car concept.

Astro Aerospace starts test-flights in Canada
Astro Aerospace starts test-flights in Canada

Astro Aerospace has been granted a special flight operations certificate (SFOC) by Transport Canada to conduct VTOL test-flights at Toronto Markham Airport.

Jetoptera partners with GE to demo fluidic propulsion system
Jetoptera partners with GE to demo fluidic propulsion system

Washington based start-up Jetoptera has chosen the GE H-Series turboprop engine to power the unique, patented fluidic propulsion system for its upcoming VTOL aircraft range.

 

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AeroMobil secures more funding
AeroMobil secures more funding

AeroMobil has netted more investment from UK venture capital firm IPM and Hungarian entrepreneur Zoltan Varga.

Xwing reveals project and funding details
Xwing reveals project and funding details

After two years of silence, San-Francisco based autonomous aviation start-up Xwing has revealed details on its operations and funding.

Larry Page backing BlackFly
Larry Page backing BlackFly

Larry Page has decided to invest in Opener, the company behind the recently revealed BlackFly VTOL.

Jetoptera completes VTOL propulsion tests, issues $1.5 million in equity
Jetoptera completes VTOL propulsion tests, issues $1.5 million in equity

VTOL manufacturer Jetoptera has completed flight tests on its new fluidic propulsion system and has followed up with an equity issue of $1.5 million.

Boeing HorizonX leads $16 million investment in Matternet
Boeing HorizonX leads $16 million investment in Matternet

Boeing’s venture capital fund, Boeing HorizonX Ventures, has led a $16 million investment in Californian drone firm Matternet.

Kitty Hawk raises $5 million capital to boost commercial drone services
Kitty Hawk raises $5 million capital to boost commercial drone services

Kitty Hawk has just raised $5 million from its recent capital funding run

XTI upping share-offering price
XTI upping share-offering price

XTI Aircraft is planning to increase the price at which it is offering new shares by 50%.

btov joins Volocopter investors
btov joins Volocopter investors

Volocopter adds btov to investor group

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Infrastructure: Getting VTOLs off the ground
Infrastructure: Getting VTOLs off the ground

If VTOLs are going to be the new wave of citywide and short-haul air transport, the infrastructure needs to be there to support it.

The UTM and why it is important
The UTM and why it is important

If drones and VTOLs are going to bring about a new form of urban transport, regulators need to rework air traffic management to usher in this new wave of aircraft.

When will you be able to fly in a VTOL aircraft (2018 predictions)?
When will you be able to fly in a VTOL aircraft (2018 predictions)?

How long until you can fly in a flying car? The view from 2018.

Florian Reuter on "Co-opetition" and who's investing in eVTOLs
Florian Reuter on "Co-opetition" and who's investing in eVTOLs
Derrick Xiong - The face of Ehang
Derrick Xiong - The face of Ehang
Almost 85% of people will not fly in an unmanned aircraft
Almost 85% of people will not fly in an unmanned aircraft

Despite a large influx of autonomous aircraft development in 2017, the vast majority of people are still unwilling to fly in an unmanned/pilotless aircraft.