Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateApril 10, 2023The ballpark price for certifying an eVTOL is going upPurchase...
Jon Ostrower and Elan Head·
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateMay 31, 2023Boeing takes Wisk fully under its wingPurchase a PDF of...
Elan Head and Jon Ostrower·
For Wisk and its major backers, it’s all or nothing — and if the startup can win a fully-autonomous certification, it offers Boeing a bridge to adapt those technologies to its next-generation airliners, a goal it has eyed since at least 2017.
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Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Since 2016, when Uber Elevate launched electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft into...
When Embraer spinoff Eve on Dec. 21 confirmed plans to combine with Zanite Acquisition Corp., it became the sixth company in the urban air mobility space to link up with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Rather than speak to the continued strength of SPACs, however, the deal illustrates the funding vehicle’s decline as an ample source of outside capital — even as it cements Embraer’s strategy of using partnerships to expand into new markets.
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber How much juice do the key eVTOL entrants have left in their tanks?...
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Jon Ostrower and Elan Head·
Boeing rolls-out final 747 EVERETT — It was the one-thousand five-hundredth and seventy-fourth — and final — time a 747...
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While such deals across the rising eVTOL industry seemingly represent a new aerospace business model in which customers have a stake in the overall success of the product, a detailed review of securities filings and other fine print by The Air Current reveals a far more transactional arrangement. Airlines are lending their branding and credibility in exchange for a possibly lucrative piece of a buzzy market, regardless of whether or not an aircraft will be delivered or even formally ordered.
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateNovember 16, 2023Embraer enters ‘harvest season' after decades of unceasing developmentPurchase a...
