Volocopter Urban Air Mobility in Japan, 03-Oct-20 : #Japan Japan Airlines and German Volocopter signed agreement to develop and launch air mobility services in Japan by exploring business opportunities utilizing electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft
Volocopter Received EASA Design Organisation Approval, 09-Jan-20 : Volocopter, a German urban air mobility startup developing an electric powered multicopter (eVTOL), was granted Design Organisation Approval (DOA) by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
John Deere and Volocopter Drone for Agriculture, 27-Nov-19 : John Deere, the world leader tractor manufacturer, and Volocopter presented the first large drone adapted for agricultural use at Agritechnica 2019, Hanover, November 10-16
Volocopter Air Taxi Testing in Singapore, 24-Oct-19 : #UrbanAirMobility Volocopter completed its first manned flight over Singapore’s Marina Bay as part of test series to validate urban air taxis over the area sponsored by the Ministry of Transport (MOT), the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), and the Economic Development Board (EDB)
Multicopter First Time Tested in Rescue Operation, 07-Oct-19 : #multicopter With the collaboration of the German Air Rescue, ADAC Luftrettung, a
multicopter was used for the first time in a staged rescue operation
Volocopter Demonstration at Helsinki Airport, 03-Sep-19 : #UrbanMobility The Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) completes the Gulf of Finland U-space project showing how both Air Traffic Management (ATM) and Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) systems successfully integrated into Urban Air Mobility (UAM)
First Air Taxi Volo-Port to be Ready by End 2019, 30-May-19 : #VoloPort Skyports and air taxi pioneer Volocopter unveiled plans for first Voloport, the physical landing pads for its eVTOL (electric take-off and landing) urban taxi mobility vehicle
Developing Future Airport Infrastructure, 13-Feb-19 : #FutureMobility Designing new ways for connecting airports with urban transport and the mobility of the future, Fraport airport operator and Volocopter are developing airport infrastructure and passenger processes for air taxi services
ADAC Testing Manned Volocopter for Medical Service, 02-Jan-19 : #MedicalMulticopter German Air Rescue ADAC is supporting a feasibility study with manned multicopters developed by Volocopter in Bruchsal with the objective to get emergency doctors to patients faster
Volocopter eVTOL Taxis in Singapore, 29-Oct-18 : #Volocopter Volocopter, German urban air mobility company, will perform a next set of inner urban flight tests in Singapore in the second half of 2019
Future of Taxi Drones at the FAI Conference, 28-Aug-18 : #TaxiDrone Future of air taxi drones to avoid urban traffic congestion with innovation and safety goals will be discuss at FAI International Drone Conference and Expo, Lausanne, Switzerland, Aug.31 to Sep.2
Volocopter 2X World Premiere, 06-Apr-17 : e-volo presenting the Volocopter 2X, powered purely by electricity and capable of carrying 2 passengers, at the general aviation trade fair AERO in Friedrichshafen, Germany, April 5-8
Volocopter VC200 First Manned Flight, 07-Apr-16 : The electric-powered VTOL e-volo Volocopter VC200 performed first manned flight after receiving a permit-to-fly as an ultralight aircraft in Germany. Sales shall start in 2018.
Volocopter VC200 First Flight, 20-Nov-15 : Two years after the first manned Volocopter VC1, e-volo presented the two-seater VC200. The first radio controlled flight tests took place on November, 17th 2013 in the dm-arena in Karlsruhe, Germany
#multicopter With the collaboration of the German Air Rescue, ADAC Luftrettung, a
multicopter was used for the first time in a staged rescue operation
