Mar 8, 2025 · Ascendance to Power French Military Drones. 08 Mar 2025 05:26 AM; 0; On Feb. 10, French aircraft developer Ascendance announced a partnership to demonstrate its Sterna hybrid-electric propulsion system on a 55-lb (25-kg) Delair fixed-wing DT46 drone (shown) for France's defense procurement agency Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA).

Upcoming Vertical Flight Society Events: 4th H2-Aero Symposium takes place April 2–3, 2025, in Long Beach, California and virtually — register today!; 81st Annual Forum & Technology Display is taking place May 20–22, 2025, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA!This is the world's largest and longest-running VTOL technical conference, with dozens …

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Oct 20, 2021 · When Geely Group, one of the largest private automobile companies in China — and owner of multiple Western car brands, including Volvo, Lotus and The London Taxi Company — acquired the Woburn, Massachusetts-based Terrafugia flying car company in November 2017, it was big news in both the aviation and automobile industries.

Specifications: Aircraft: Hybrid-electric VTOL or eVTOL passenger air taxi; Capacity: 2 passengers; Expected cruise speed: 450-500 km/h (278-311 mph)

26 Aug 2024 12:58 PM; 0; ERC Emerges from Stealth. By Mike Hirschberg, VFS Director of Strategy Vertiflite September/October 2024. Featured Image: ERC’s unveiling ceremony in Ottobrunn for the fullscale, full-weight Romeo prototype.

Transwing PteroDynamics Inc. Moorpark, California, USA www.pterodynamics.com. PteroDynamics was founded in 2017 by its CEO, Dr. Val Petrov. The company says on their website, "Our business model includes licensing the Transwing design to other companies that are passionate about the potential of safe, reliable and ubiquitous distance VTOL applications."

30 Oct 2022 05:51 AM; 0; Navy Evaluates Transwing VTOL. The US Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) announced in September that it had taken delivery of its first PteroDynamics XP-4 Transwing, an eVTOL uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) with folding wings. NAWCAD awarded PteroDynamics a contract in August 2021 to supply Transwing drones for the Blue Water Maritime Logistics UAS ...

This year, vertical flight had a solid presence at EAA AirVenture with aerial performances by companies like Gravity Industries and Wisk in the airshow, and a surprising number of gyroplane, helicopter and eVTOL aircraft makers announcing new products, building on previous years (see “The EAA AirVenture VTOL Adventure,” Vertiflite, Sept/Oct 2018, “Oshkosh e-AirVenture” Vertiflite, Sept ...

Nov 18, 2024 · The 50th Annual European Rotorcraft Forum (ERF) took place in Marseille, France, with a record 360 in attendance from 19 countries, including 45 from the US. The event was held Sept. 10–12 by the Association Aéronautique et Astronautique de France (3AF), in cooperation with Airbus and ONERA, the French Aerospace Lab.