The Electric VTOL News™, Vol 4, No 21, Dec 12, 2019
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Dec. 16 Early Bird & Hotel Deadline for
Transformative Vertical Flight 2020 Meeting
The Transformative Vertical Flight 2020 will take place in San Jose, California, Jan. 21-23, 2020. Overall, the event includes 60 technical paper authors and 60+ invited speakers will present the gamut of technologies, technical breakthroughs, key challenges and innovative solutions for transformative vertical flight aircraft. Keynote talks are being provided by leaders in government and industry, including NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), US Army Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program, the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Bell, Lockheed Martin and Uber. (Read press release)
Early bird registration deadline and hotel reservation deadlines are both this coming Monday, Dec. 16. Register early as this event will likely sell out!
TVF 2020 includes the following meetings:
- 7th Annual Electric VTOL Symposium: The latest plans and progress in electric and hybrid-electric VTOL, urban air mobility and disruptive electric aviation technologies. Preliminary agenda is now available!
- Aeromechanics For Advanced Vertical Flight Technical Meeting: A forum for discussions of emerging aeromechanics challenges and solution methods for future VTOL aircraft. Abstract topics are invited in all areas related to rotorcraft aeromechanics. Preliminary agenda is now available!
- International Powered Lift Conference (IPLC): The premier event for engineers, technologists and managers to discuss the developments in jet, prop and rotor-powered vertical and/or short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) aircraft research, concepts and programs. IPLC 2020 will focus on three primary areas: advanced rotorcraft, jet-lift concepts, and technologies and progress in propulsion applications such as electric VTOL. Preliminary agenda is now available!
In addition, the VFS Short Course on Electric VTOL Fundamentals will be given on Monday, Jan. 20. Download the course description and register for this insightful course.
A tour of NASA Ames Research Center will be held on Friday, Jan. 24. Sign ups are required before next Friday, Dec. 20!
Thank you to our sponsors and exhibitors! Only two more sponsorships remain!
- Platinum Sponsors (only 2 more available): Advanced Rotorcraft Technology (ART), BAE Systems and Hexcel
- Gold Sponsors (SOLD OUT): Black & Veatch, Continuum Dynamics Inc. (CDI), Honeywell, Karem Aircraft, Skydrive and Toray Advanced Composites
- Exhibitors (SOLD OUT): Advanced Rotorcraft Technology (ART), ATA Engineering, Calspan, Continuum Dynamics Inc. (CDI), eVTOL.com, Flightstream, Hexcel, Honeywell, HopFlyt, IAV, SAE International, Skydrive, Toray Advanced Composites and Victrex
This event will likely sell out for the third year in a row, so register today!
Don't miss the early bird and hotel deadlines on Dec. 16!
In addition to saving money, you guaranty your spot.
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- Volocopter Receives Design Org Approval from EASA, Avionics, Dec 11
- Harbour Air first eCTOL flight, VFS, Dec 11
- Lift Hexa update, Lift Aircraft, Dec 11
- Testing with NASA Multirotor Test Bed, NASA, Dec 9
- Karem Spin-Off is Overair (updated), eVTOL.news, Dec 9
- Stuttgart study of air taxi acceptance, Intelligent Transport, Dec 9
- Boeing worked with Disney on flying X-Wings for Star Wars park, The Drive, Dec 5
- BAE Systems & Jaunt Air Mobility to collaborate, press release, Dec 5
- Workhorse completes sale of SureFly to Moog, eVTOL.com, Dec 5
- Skyports raises £5.35M in Series A, press release, Dec 5
- Hyundai Invests $51B in Future Mobility, Media Post, Dec 4
- EHang plans sightseeing in Guangzhou, eVTOL.com, Dec 4
- Flying Car Leaders Talk Public Perception at Secret Summit (TexasUP), Wired, Dec 4
- Airbus shares glimpse of CityAirbus progress, eVTOL.com, Dec 3
- Boeing, Kitty Hawk to develop Cora under Wisk JV, eVTOL.com, Dec 3
- Boeing and Kitty Hawk Launch eVTOL Joint Venture Wisk, AIN, Dec 3
- Inside Larry Page’s Turbulent Kitty Hawk: Returned Deposits, Battery Fires And A Boeing Shakeup, Forbes, Dec 1
- Our Story Pt 4, Vahana, Nov 27
- Disney's Plan To Fly X-Wings Over Star Wars Park, The Drive, Nov 27
- Behind the scenes at TexasUP, secret conference for eVTOL elite, eVTOL.com, Nov 27
- Beta reveals new eVTOL at TexasUP, eVTOL.com, Nov 26
- Pipistrel shifts from air taxi to low-cost cargo drone, eVTOL.com, Nov 26
- Insights into TexasUP, Dallas Morning News, Nov 23
- Airbus Wayfinder Is Building Autonomy for UAM, Avionics, Nov 21
- Boeing Makes Progress on NeXt Big Things, AIN, Nov 18
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Mark Your Calendars!
Jan 21-23, 2020 @ San Jose, CA
VFS Transformative Vertical Flight 2020, including the 7th Annual Electric VTOL Symposium. Plan now to attend with 120+ speakers!
Feb 29, 2020 @ Ames Research Center, CA
GoFly Final Fly Off
The final fly off of the GoFly Prize competitors, preceded by two days of related activities. Save the date!
March 17-18, 2020 @ Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
Dedicated to identifying the foundational elements needed to support the development of infrastructure for UAM.
May 19-21, 2020 @ Montreal, Quebec
VFS 76th Annual Forum
The world's largest and longest-serving conference on rotorcraft and eVTOL technology!
July 18-19, 2020 @ Oshkosh, WI
CAFE Foundation 14th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium
Is an important eVTOL event missing? Let us know!
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The GoFly Final Fly Off will be held at NASA’s Ames Research Center with support by Boeing, Google’s Planetary Ventures and Pratt & Whitney on Saturday, Feb. 29th, 2020 – Leap Day!
The GoFly Prize is a community of Innovators finding solutions to mobility, sustainability, and other quality of life issues. To date, 854 teams representing over 3,800 competitors from 103 countries have accepted the challenge. Learn more HERE!
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eVTOL Workshop: Infrastructure for UAM
New dates and location!
Following on the Vertical Flight Society's very successful Workshop on eVTOL Defining Challenges in September, VFS is hosting a follow-on 2-day in-depth Workshop on Infrastructure for Urban Air Mobility on March 17-18, 2020, at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey (not far from the FAA Tech Center in Atlantic City or Philadelphia).
Presentation slides from September's eVTOL Defining Challenges are available for free for attendees and all current VFS members. (Note: if you have never downloaded anything from the VFS Vertical Flight Library, you must first create an account. Contact membership@vtol.org if you need help.)
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Save the Date for VFS Forum 76!
The Vertical Flight Society's 76th Annual Forum and Technology Display will be held May 19-21, 2020 at the Palais des Congres de Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, with the theme, “The Future of Vertical Flight.”
The VFS Annual Forum is the world's leading international conference on vertical flight technology. The three-day event will include more than 250 technical presentations on every discipline from Acoustics to Unmanned Systems. Featured this year will be in-depth eVTOL technical paper sessions, a series of invited expert panels and speakers, and a new Short Course on Electric VTOL Aircraft Design. Learn more and make your plans today to attend!
The Technology Display, running concurrent with the Forum, is the most extensive exposition of cutting edge vertical flight technologies in the world, and also includes other technologies more broadly applicable to aerospace in general. Submit your application to exhibit at the world's largest and longest-running vertical flight technology conference.
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In Case You Missed It:
In response to the Aug. 30 White House Memo that included electric VTOL in the Administration's Fiscal 2021 research and development priorities, the Vertical Flight Society collaborated with nine other leading associations and sent a letter to the Trump Administration. Read the letter, memo and more.VFS held its Propulsion & Power Technical Meeting in Hampton, Virginia, on Oct. 29-30, 2019. Presentations are available for purchase/download from the VFS Vertical Flight Library. Several briefings covered eVTOL applications from small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) to electric VTOL. Check them out!
VFS has 175+ videos on its YouTube Channel, including 65+ on electric VTOL? Our latest eVTOL video has exclusive interviews with Opener ounder/CEO Marcus Leng & President Ben Diachun. Other recent videos include executives from Airbus, Bell and XTI Aircraft. Check out all our videos at www.YouTube.com/VTOLsociety
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eVTOL.News™ Website
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Vertically yours,
Mike.
Mike Hirschberg, Executive Director
The Vertical Flight Society
www.vtol.org
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