While Wisk has yet to unveil the full-scale eVTOL aircraft it has in development, it has logged more than 1,500 flights with vehicles such as its two-seat Cora. It is committed to fully autonomous operations when its aircraft enter service, and this has prompted it to partner with ground infrastructure specialist and drone operator Skyports to develop a concept of operations to map out how this would work.

At least some of the 100 EHang EH216 eVTOL aircraft that Prestige Aviation has agreed to purchase could be deployed on flights serving Indonesia's new capital city, Nusantara. The company also sees potential for the two-seat autonomous vehicle to provide air taxi services connecting communities across Indonesia's dispersed chain of islands.

Safran Electrical & Power will supply the propulsion system for Aura Aero’s Integral E flight demonstrator and collaborate on the power architecture for the planned 19-seat Electric Regional Aircraft (ERA). Studies on the ERA will center on the high direct voltage propulsive architecture needed to deliver the power for the electric engines.

Archer Aviation and composites specialist Hexcel have signed a letter of intent calling for Hexcel to provide carbon fiber material for use in Archer’s eVTOL production aircraft. California-based Archer later this year plans to unveil a full-size preproduction version of its planned four-passenger eVTOL aircraft, which remains in its preliminary design stage. Under the proposed relationship terms, Hexcel would provide Archer with carbon fiber and resin systems, also known as prepreg, needed to fabricate composite parts.

EASA is considering whether to accept Lilium's proposed means of compliance for the type certification of its seven-seat eVTOL aircraft. The manufacturer intends to build the first production-conforming example of the Lilium Jet in 2023, and this will have 30 ducted fans fitted in its wings. Type certification is now anticipated in 2025.

Former Air Canada president and CEO Calin Rovinescu and technology investor Mitch Gerber are making undisclosed investments in Jaunt Air Mobility and joining the eVTOL aircraft developer's group of advisors. The U.S.-headquartered start-up is establishing development and manufacturing facilities in the Montreal area.

Switzerland-based Dufour Aerospace will conduct some of the development work for its Aero family of hybrid-electric tilt-wing eVTOL aircraft in Montreal. The company is now recruiting software engineers to assist in multiple IT-related aspects of the program.

Earlier this month, Lilium’s fifth-generation eVTOL technology demonstrator resumed flight testing after a hiatus of more than two years since the first example of the aircraft was destroyed in a fire during maintenance on the ground back in February 2020. The German company is conducting the trials with what it calls its Phoenix 2 aircraft at the Atlas Flight Test Center at Villacarrillo in Spain and plans to add another vehicle to the test campaign in the next few months. The work is an important precursor to the completion of the first production-conforming example of its larger, seven-seat Lilium Jet, which is now not expected to be built until 2023. Based on the anticipated need for that aircraft to be tested for a further 15 to 18 months, the company has pushed back the projected type certification into 2025.

Archer is one of half a dozen or so start-ups leading the pack in seeking to bring its four-passenger eVTOL aircraft into commercial service in 2024. Later this year, California-based Archer plans to unveil a full-size pre-production version of its planned four-passenger eVTOL aircraft, which remains in its preliminary design stage. Under the proposed relationship terms, Hexcel would provide Archer with carbon fiber and resin systems, also known as prepreg, needed to fabricate composite parts.