How Joby Aviation plans to certify safety-critical additive parts
Joby Aviation has teamed up with Dassault Systèmes on a solution for guaranteeing the digital integrity of its additive manufacturing.
Posts by: Elan Head
Vertical Aerospace’s Tim Williams on the VA-1X
We spoke with Vertical Aerospace chief engineer Tim Williams about the VA-1X, the new winged eVTOL air taxi unveiled by the company this week.
Q-and-A with BAE Systems’ Yeshwanth Premkumar
We spoke with Yeshwanth Premkumar of BAE Systems about electrification across aviation and other domains, and the importance of supporting infrastructure.
BAE Systems continues push into electric aviation
BAE Systems is making a three-pronged push into electric aviation, leveraging its experience across diverse domains to enable eVTOL and other new aircraft types.
Wisk pursues larger air taxi as it plots U.S. launch
Wisk is pursuing development of a larger eVTOL air taxi to succeed its two-seat Cora, and has identified a city for the launch of its operations in the U.S.
Talking about race in aerospace with Elroy Air’s Kofi Asante
We spoke with Kofi Asante of Elroy Air about race, legacies of inequality, and the eVTOL industry’s opportunity to effect positive change.
Q-and-A with Archer Aviation’s Ben Goldman
Will eVTOL aircraft be able to win community acceptance where helicopters have failed? Archer Aviation’s acoustics lead, Ben Goldman, shares his insights.
Already flying in New Zealand, Pyka makes a case for electric STOL
Pyka co-founder Michael Norcia is betting on electric short take-off and landing airplanes, not eVTOLs, for the near-term future of urban air mobility.
Q-and-A on eVTOL crash safety
We spoke with NASA’s Justin Littell and the FAA’s Joseph Pellettiere about some of the key concepts related to eVTOL crash safety.
Japan’s SkyDrive advances ‘compact air mobility’
Japan’s SkyDrive is betting that its compact, two-person eVTOL will be an ideal fit for air taxi operations within dense urban environments.
