Phase 1 included tethered flights, ground taxi testing and high-powered ground runs, all with a pilot on board. Vertical is now preparing to progress to piloted untethered thrustborne testing, as soon ...

One of the most fascinating aircraft in the eVTOL space has moved into flight testing with a new large-scale prototype. Cyclotech's Blackbird airframe becomes the world's first aircraft to fly with ...

Radian Aerospace’s subscale prototype for its Radian One space plane sits on a runway in the United Arab Emirates. (Radian Aerospace Photo) Seattle-based Radian Aerospace has finished the first round ...

Sept 12 (Reuters) - UK-based Vertical Aerospace (M00.F), opens new tab has completed the first phase of piloted testing of a prototype of its air-taxi, VX4, it said on Thursday, sending the company's ...

Tesla has been spotted testing a Model 3 prototype with what appears to be a new camera setup. Is Tesla preparing a new vision rig for its next vehicles? While most other companies working on ...

To further test its high-altitude takeoff capability, the aircraft then departed from Kangding and flew to its final ...

Vertical Aerospace completed the first phase of crewed testing for its VX4 eVTOL aircraft, involving tethered hover flights and various simulated failure scenarios. The VX4 prototype demonstrated a 20 ...

Vertical’s most advanced full-scale prototype is key step towards certification of aircraft. 60% of this prototype’s technology is from Vertical’s strategic aerospace partners GKN Aerospace, Hanwha, ...

Joby’s two preproduction prototype air taxis together have flown more than 33,000 miles over the course of more than 1,500 test flights, the company says. [Courtesy: Joby Aviation] After announcing a ...

Tesla is gearing up for its October 10 Robotaxi unveiling, which will take place at Warner Bros. Studio, and it’s currently running a fleet of (normal) cars around the lot to map the area. But one of ...

Startup Dovetail Electric Aviation is testing a prototype hydrogen-electric powerplant at its facility in Seville, Spain. Except for the gaseous hydrogen storage tank, the complete system is packaged ...