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The Future Is Here: Florida Will Have Over 10 Vertiports for Passengers
The Future Is Here: Florida Will Have Over 10 Vertiports for Passengers

21 Feb 2021, 18:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Lilium has recently announced a partnership with Ferrovial that will lead to the creation of no less than 10 vertiports that will be used for VTOLs in Florida

 
V-BAT 128 Is an Upgraded VTOL Built with the U.S. Army in Mind
V-BAT 128 Is an Upgraded VTOL Built with the U.S. Army in Mind

20 Feb 2021, 08:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Martin UAV has recently presented an upgraded version of its original V-BAT VTOL, this time as part of the Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment

 
Atea Is an Aircraft Looking Like a Plane, Is Actually the Future in the Making
Atea Is an Aircraft Looking Like a Plane, Is Actually the Future in the Making

19 Feb 2021, 10:04 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / French company Ascendance has announced a hybrid VTOL whose purpose is to provide alternative means of flying with lower emissions

 
Unmanned Helicopter Can Fly for 4 Hours and Carry 65 Kilos No Matter the Weather
Unmanned Helicopter Can Fly for 4 Hours and Carry 65 Kilos No Matter the Weather

18 Feb 2021, 08:46 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / ANAVIA unveils the HT-100, a new VTOL which the company describes as the most advanced worldwide, offering a total flying time of 240 minutes

 
Pegasus Aircraft Promises VTOL Capabilities With Private Jet Convenience
Pegasus Aircraft Promises VTOL Capabilities With Private Jet Convenience

22 Nov 2020, 08:03 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The Vertical Business Jet (VBJ) is currently in development after successful proof of concept earlier this year. Civilian use estimated for 2025-2027

 
Copt-e Is a Hybrid Vehicle that Can Morph Into an E-Vtol with Helicopter Rotors
Copt-e Is a Hybrid Vehicle that Can Morph Into an E-Vtol with Helicopter Rotors

15 Nov 2020, 17:57 UTC · By: Cristian Curmei / This vehicle has the ability to function like a car and as a Vtol for short aerial trips. In case batteries are drained, windmills generate electricity.

 
A Super Yacht with a Transport Drone, Gardens, Submarines and Solar Power
A Super Yacht with a Transport Drone, Gardens, Submarines and Solar Power

11 Oct 2020, 12:56 UTC · By: Cristian Curmei / Feadship's newest launched superyacht includes gardens, spas, atriums, and even a personal transport drone instead of a helicopter. Designed for a rock star.

 
Here's Why We Don't Have Flying Cars Yet and Probably Never Will
Here's Why We Don't Have Flying Cars Yet and Probably Never Will

14 Mar 2020, 12:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The flying taxi business is expected to be worth $1.5 trillion in a few decades. However, those are just big drones with no car-like ability

 
Toyota Goes in Flying Taxi Mode
Toyota Goes in Flying Taxi Mode

16 Jan 2020, 10:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Toyota becomes largest investor in Series C financing for Joby Aviation, pumps $349 million in an electric VTOL that can carry four people

 
This Is the Hyundai You'll Be Soon Flying
This Is the Hyundai You'll Be Soon Flying

12 Jan 2020, 10:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Hyundai will be manufacturing a flying vertical take-off and landing machine for Uber, no exact date set yet for when it will be available

 
Future Urban Mobility Is Airborne and Biblical in Name
Future Urban Mobility Is Airborne and Biblical in Name

4 Nov 2019, 12:18 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / “Personal, on-demand, carbon-free,” the Seraph is the leading air taxi candidate in the UK, having been granted permission to fly

 
Boeing Ties the Knot with Kitty Hawk for Passenger Drone Development
Boeing Ties the Knot with Kitty Hawk for Passenger Drone Development

28 Jun 2019, 09:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boeing and Kitty Hawk sign “a strategic partnership to collaborate on future efforts to advance safe urban air mobility.”

 
Boeing Autonomous Passenger Drone Passes First Flight Test
Boeing Autonomous Passenger Drone Passes First Flight Test

24 Jan 2019, 15:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / PAV is a 30 feet (9.14 meters) long machine that uses an unspecified electric propulsion system and has a range of up to 50 miles

 
Hoversurf Hoverbike S3 - Drone Powered Individual Flying
Hoversurf Hoverbike S3 - Drone Powered Individual Flying

6 Jan 2019, 08:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Hoverbike is currently deployed in Dubai, where the local police are training to use it. Sales in the U.S. will start this year

 
Dubai Police to Ride on Flying Bikes
Dubai Police to Ride on Flying Bikes

9 Nov 2018, 09:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Dubai police are training two crews to operate the Hoversurf S3 VTOL aircraft for use as first responders in emergency situations

 
Aston Martin Volante Vision Concept Is the DB for the Skies
Aston Martin Volante Vision Concept Is the DB for the Skies

16 Jul 2018, 13:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aston Martin shows its own interpretation of a vertical take-off and landing vehicle at the Farnborough Airshow, the Volante Vision Concept.

 
Rolls-Royce Electric VTOL Unveiled at Farnborough Airshow
Rolls-Royce Electric VTOL Unveiled at Farnborough Airshow

16 Jul 2018, 11:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Rolls-Royce shows off first images of the electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle it created, previewing a future where people fly to and fro.

 
Uber and NASA Sign Agreement to Develop the Flying Cars We've Been Promised
Uber and NASA Sign Agreement to Develop the Flying Cars We've Been Promised

8 Nov 2017, 14:00 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Uber says it will kick off a pilot run of its uberAIR service - essentially air taxi using VTOLs - as soon as 2020 in three cities around the globe

 
There's a War Brewing Between Musk's Boring Company and Uber Air
There's a War Brewing Between Musk's Boring Company and Uber Air

19 Jun 2017, 11:38 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Elon Musk's Boring Company and Uber's division for airborne transport don't seem to see eye to eye on which way we should go to avoid traffic: up or down?

 
Agusta Westland AW609 Tilt Rotor Aircraft Is the Civilian Cousin of the V-22 Osprey
Agusta Westland AW609 Tilt Rotor Aircraft Is the Civilian Cousin of the V-22 Osprey

17 May 2015, 14:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Here is everything you need to know about the Agusta Westland AW609, which is the civilian version of the V-22 Osprey that the Navy uses