Date |
Title & Link |
Categories |
Source |
|
|
|
16/Nov/2019 |
Student eVTOL aircraft aiming to win Boeing’s personal flight GoFly prize |
Silverwing, UAM, eVTOL, TU Delft, GoFly |
Silverwing |
|
– |
– |
|
MagniX’s 750-hp electric motor turns its first propellor at full bore |
MagniX, propulsion |
New Atlas |
|
– |
– |
|
US & Australia rare earth minerals tie-up |
Magnetic Materials, Rare Earths, Magnets |
InnovationAus.com |
|
– |
– |
|
Siemens partners with Chinese TIES to develop new EV battry technologies |
Siemens, TIES, Batteries, Energy Storage |
Siemens |
|
– |
– |
|
Scylax announces island-hopping electric airliner |
Scylax, E10, RAM, aircraft |
Flyer.co.uk |
|
– |
– |
|
UPS gets FAA approval to oerate a drone delivery airline |
UAV, UPS, FAA, regulations |
TechCrunch |
|
-o- |
-o- |
26/Sep/2019 |
Tilt Wing Configuration for High Speed VSTOL Aircraft |
DuFour, Tilt-Wing, Configuration |
DuFour |
|
– |
– |
|
NEAT Tests Megawatt-Scale Electric Aircraft Power Systems |
NASA, NEAT, Powertrain |
NASA |
|
– |
– |
|
Thermal engines vs. Electric Motors
How new propulsion technologies are influencing the next generation of air vehicles |
Airbus, Powertrain, Hybrid, Energy Storage |
Airbus |
|
– |
– |
|
From the Oceans to the Skies – The Inspiration Behind the Lilium Jet Design |
Lilium Jet, Design |
Lilium |
|
– |
– |
|
First Ground Test of Safran’s Hybrid Electric Propulsion System |
SAFRAN, Powertrain, Hybrid, Propulsion |
AVITrader |
|
– |
– |
|
Solid Power Batteries – Headed for Production? |
Energy Storage, Batteries |
Sustainable Skies |
|
– |
– |
|
New Airbus Battery Lab to Push Battery Technology in Shenzhen |
Airbus China Innovation Centre, Energy Storage, Batteries |
Airbus |
|
– |
– |
|
A Journey Through the History of Electric Aircraft – It is almost half a century since the first manned, electrically propelled flight |
Configuration, MB-1E, Pipistrel, Airbus, Siemens |
ARTS.eu |
|
-o- |
-o- |
04/Sep/2019 |
Regulators Try to Catch Flying Cars |
CAA, FAA, Regulations, Governance |
Politico.eu |
|
-o- |
-o- |
29/Aug/2019 |
EASA First to Publish eVTOL Regulations; Creates New Category: SC-VTOL |
EASA, Regulations, Governance |
Electric VTOL News |
|
– |
– |
|
MagniX Retrofitting Harbour Air Beavers, Aiming for First Commercial EA Flights |
Harbour Air, Magnix, Seaplane, Propulsion, DHC-2 Beaver, magni500 |
Harbour Air |
|
-o- |
-o- |
18/Aug/2019 |
Uber and NASA sign second Space Act Agreement to use airspace management modelling and simulations to assess impact and safety issues of integrating UAM operations in urban environments |
NASA, Uber, UAM, ATC, Governance, Operations |
Electric VTOL News |
|
-o- |
-o- |
6/Aug/2019 |
B-N Islander Electrification may Lead to World’s First Scheduled Service in Orkney |
Loganair, Cranfield University, Cranfield Aerospace Solutions, Project Fresson, Operations, Islander |
Royal Aeronautical Society |
|
-o- |
-o- |
1/Aug/2019 |
First BVLOS drone Flight w/o Human Observers from Iris, Skyfront and Echodyne |
Iris Automation, SkyFront, Echodyne, BVLOS, Drone, Control |
Iris Automation |
|
-o- |
-o- |
17/Jul/2019 |
Hybrid Electric Retrofits will lead the way in Decarbonizing Aviation |
Ampaire, Market, Public Acceptance, Medium |
Ampaire |
|
– |
– |
|
Vertical Aerospace becomes Honeywell’s First Partner for their Fly-By-Wire eVTOL Control System |
Vertical Aerospace, Honeywell, eVTOL, fly-by-wire |
Vertical Aerospace |
|
-o- |
-o- |
8/Jul/2019 |
Airspeeder Racing takes off |
Airspeeder, Air Racing, Public Acceptance |
Flyer |
|
-o- |
-o- |
26/Jun/2019 |
Boeing partners with Kitty Hawk for eVTOLs |
Boeing, Kitty Hawk, Public Acceptance, eVTOL |
Flyer |
|
– |
– |
|
Daher, Airbus and Safran to develop EcoPulse, distributed hybrid demonstrator |
EcoPulse, Airbus, Safran, Daher, Hybrid |
Safran |
|
-o- |
-o- |
18/Jun/2019 |
Rolls-Royce accelerates electrification strategy with acquisition of Siemens’ electric and hybrid-electric aerospace propulsion business |
Propulsion, Rolls-Royce, Siemens |
Rolls-Royce |
|
– |
– |
|
Pipistrel Unveils 801 eVTOL at Uber’s Elevate Summit |
Pipistrel, 801, eVTOL, Public Acceptance |
Pipistrel |
|
– |
– |
|
Personal Airline Exchange Announces Order for Ampaire Electric Aircraft |
Ampaire, Personal Airline Exchange, PAX, Electric EEL |
Ampaire |
|
– |
– |
|
Vogi 1 eVTOL Passively Coupled Tiltrotor Successfully Flown |
Vogi, eVTOL, Multi-Rotor, Tilt Rotor, Drone, Coriolis g Corporation |
Sustainable Skies |
|
– |
– |
|
Eviation Completes Prototype of Alice Electric Aircraft |
Eviation, Alice |
AINonline |
|
-o- |
-o- |
12/Jun/2019 |
What Flying Taxis Could Really be Like |
Public Acceptance, Operations |
Independent |
|
– |
– |
|
Flying Cars: Automating the Skies means Playing with our Lives |
Public Acceptance, Operations |
The Conversation |
|
– |
– |
|
First Teams Declare Entry for Inaugural Electric Air Race |
Public Acceptance, Air Race E, AllWays Air Racing, Condor, Team NL, Blue-BETA Racing, BETA Technologies |
Air Race E |
|
-o- |
-o- |
11/Jun/2019 |
Flying Taxis Will Bring Traffic Jams to the Sky |
Public Acceptance, Operations |
FT.com |
|
– |
– |
|
Ampaire Flies Hybrid Test Bed |
Ampaire 337, Hybrid Propulsion |
Sustainable Skies |
|
– |
– |
|
Lilium Selects London as Base to Develop World-Class Software Engineering Team, |
Lilium, Control |
Lilium |
|
-o- |
-o- |
29/May/2019 |
Embraer and WEG Sign an Agreement for Technological Cooperation in Electric Aeronautical Propulsion Systems |
Embraer, WEG, Propulsion |
Embraer |
|
– |
– |
|
Embraer outlines air traffic control infrastructure vision for urban air mobility in Flight Plan 2030 white paper |
ATC, UTM, Operations, EmbraerX, ATech |
FINN |
|
-o- |
-o- |
22/May/2019 |
DOCOMO Develops Wingless, Blade-free Drone Propelled with Ultrasonic Vibrations |
Drone, Propulsion |
FINN |
|
– |
– |
|
Airbus and SAS Scandinavian Airlines Sign Hybrid and Electric Aircraft Research Agreement |
Airbus, Scandinavian, Operations, Ground Support |
Airbus |
|
-o- |
-o- |
16/May/2019 |
Lilium Reveals Air Taxi with Maiden Flight |
Lilium, Lilium Jet, Flight Operations |
Lilium |
|
-o- |
-o- |
03/May/2019 |
Could High-flying Drones Power your Home One Day? |
Drone, Flight Operations |
BBC |
|
-o- |
-o- |
26/Apr/2019 |
Iris Automation Announces Casia, First Turnkey Collision-Avoidance Solution for Commercial Drones |
Casia, Iris Automation, Drone, Control, BVLOS |
Iris Automation |
|
– |
– |
|
Airlander takes Step toward Electric Propulsion |
Aircraft, E-HAV1, Airlander, Propulsion, University of Nottingham, Collins Aerospace |
Hybrid Air Vehicles |
|
-o- |
-o- |
11/Apr/2019 |
Flying Cars Could Cut Emissions, Replace Planes, and Free Up Roads – but Not Soon Enough |
Environment, Public Acceptance, Operations, Journey Style |
The Conversation |
|
-o- |
-o- |
5/Apr/2019 |
After More Than a Century, the Cyclocopter is Making a Comeback |
Cyclocopter, Advanced Research Foundation, Rotating Wings |
Popular Mechanics |
|
– |
– |
|
PAL-V and NLR start Development of their eVTOL FlyingCar |
PAL-V, NLR, FlyingCar, Personal, Autonomous, UAM |
PAL-V |
|
-o- |
-o- |
12/Mar/2019 |
Cracking the Devilish Aerodynamics of Newfangled Flying Cars |
Aircraft, BETA Technologies, Ava, Aerodynamics |
Wired |
|
– |
– |
|
Making Electric Vehicles Profitable |
McKinsey, Economics, Energy Storage |
McKinsey |
|
-o- |
-o- |
17/Feb/2019 |
Beta Technologies Pops out of Stealth, is Gearing up to be more than an eVTOL Startup |
Aircraft, BETA Technologies, UAM |
Clean Technica |
|
-o- |
-o- |
09/Feb/2019 |
‘Refillable’ battery technology could provide enough energy to drive an electric car up to 3,000 miles |
Energy Storage |
Phys.org |
|
– |
– |
|
Fantastic eVTOL Forecasts in Berger report “Urban air mobility — The rise of a new mode of transportation” |
Market |
Roland Berger |
|
– |
– |
|
NASA’s UAM Grand Challenge launched |
Research, NASA |
NASA |
|
-o- |
-o- |
07/Feb/2019 |
University of Florida held the world’s first brain-controlled drone race |
Drones, Control |
TechCrunch |
|
– |
– |
|
The Pentagon’s Wild Plan for Mind-Controlled Drones |
Drones, Control |
The Daily Beast |
|
– |
– |
|
US military successfully tests brain implants that allow users to control drones with their minds |
Drones, Control |
WeTalkUAV |
|
-o- |
-o- |
23/Jan/2019 |
NASA Selects Three Ideas to Pursue that Could Help Transform Aviation |
Energy Storage, Propulsion, Configuration |
NASA |
|
– |
– |
|
Boeing Autonomous Passenger Air Vehicle Completes First Flight |
Drone, eVTOL, Boeing NeXt, Aurora Flight Sciences |
Boeing |
|
-o- |
-o- |
10/Dec/2018 |
Technological, Economic and Environmental Prospects of All-Electric Aircraft |
Energy Generation, Market |
Nature |
|
-o- |
-o- |
20/Nov/2018 |
Boeing and SparkCognition to Launch Joint Venture SkyGrid, airspace management software |
ATC, Control, Boeing, SparkCognition, SkyGrid |
Boeing |
|
-o- |
-o- |
14/Nov/2018 |
GAMA Accelerates Dialogue with European Regulators on eVTOL Aircraft |
Regulations, Governance |
GAMA |
|
-o- |
-o- |
12/Dec/2017 |
Power Sources: Discussion of Battery Technologies for Aircraft |
Energy Storage, Batteries, Configuration, Powertrain, True Blue Power, Saft Batteries, RECHARGE |
AeroSociety |
|
-o- |
-o- |
|
|
|
|
|
– |
– |
|
|
|
|
|
-o- |
-o- |