Bell reveals the ‘Nexus’ VTOL
Bell has unveiled the final design of its air taxi – the Bell Nexus. Bell Flight took the stage at CES 2019 today to reveal the configuration and a full-scale model of its VTOL...
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CES 2019: VTOL Preview
Starting tomorrow, January 8, all eyes will be on Las Vegas to find out the latest in all things tech – including VTOLs. In 2018, Volocopter made headlines by flying ex-computer hardware giant Intel’s...
The world’s first Hoverbike: Q&A with Hoversurf’s Joseph Segura-Conn
The world’s first hoverbike, Hoversurf’s Scorpion 3, did not have the smoothest of landings when it entered the industry at GITEX 2017, Dubai’s annual tech expo. The model came under instant scrutiny for its...
Yamaha certifies new UAV helicopter
Yamaha Motor Corp has been granted permission by the FAA to start flying its new UAV helicopter on agricultural-spraying operations. The Yamaha FAZER helicopter is a remotely piloted UAV drone and the successor to...
Cormorant completes autonomous MedeVac demo flight
UrbanAero’s prototype Vtol has completed a fully autonomous flight demonstration in Yavne, Israel The ‘Cormorant’ Vtol prototype took on cargo an Megiddo airfield in Galilee and then performed a pre-planned flight to a delivery...
Workhorse flies SureFly
Electric transport company Workhorse has flown its personal vtol aircraft for the first time. Workhorse’s SureFly vtol took off on its first untethered flight just outside of Cincinnati, Ohio last week. The aircraft hovered...
Frank Stephenson will design the Lilium Jet.
eVtol start-up Lilium has hired famed car designer, Frank Stephenson, as its new head of product design. This is Mr Stephenson’s first foray into the world of aviation, having spent much of his professional...
DARPA cans X-Plane
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has pulled the plug on the Aurora Flight Sciences experimental defence Vtol, the X-Plane. But Aurora’s air taxi is there to pick up the pieces. The Boeing-owned...
AHS re-brands as ‘Vertical Flight Society’
American Helicopter Society (AHS) International is rebranding itself as the Vertical Flight Society, to better represent an increasing number of non-helicopter vertical flight companies joining its ranks. Only two months after helicopter manufacturer Bell...
Xcel becomes first US operator to be granted BVLOS exemption
One of the most-pernickety regulations hampering the commercial drone market from taking off right now are the beyond visual line-of-sight regulations, or BVLOS for short. Companies such as Amazon have been promising a future...
