Aeroporti di Roma, Atlantia, UrbanV, and Volocopter have successfully completed the first crewed electric vertical take-off and landing test flights in Italian airspace.
Diehl Aerospace has been commissioned with the development and production of optical avionics communications to complement the flight control system and the platform necessary for Volocopter to develop their own battery management system.
Urban air mobility company Volocopter has achieved another milestone to bring UAM to life: its fixed-winged passenger aircraft, the VoloConnect, completed its first flight in May 2022.
Chris Long investigates the relationship between Germany-based Volocopter and EASA and assesses the start-up's bold plan of providing an air taxi service at the Paris Games.
CAT magazine has been closely monitoring developments in the electric aircraft and electric vertical take off and landing sectors since our coverage of the 2019 FAA-EASA Safety Conference.