The Electric VTOL News™, Vol 5, No 1, Jan 3, 2020
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Transformative Vertical Flight 2020 Meeting
Is Close to Selling Out!
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, Joby, Lockheed Martin and Uber. (Read press release)
Register ASAP as this event will likely be SOLD OUT in the next few days! Only a few seats remain.
A limited number of discounted hotel rooms are available at the conference hotel until Jan. 8 or when they are also sold 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!
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 on the morning of Friday, Jan. 24. A handful of seats remain for a limited time (US citizens only due to security restrictions). Find out more and register for the tour before it's SOLD OUT!
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 in the next few days so register ASAP!
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Latest Vertiflite now online!
The Jan/Feb 2020 issue of Vertiflite is now online! Featured in This Issue:
VFS members read the full Vertiflite magazine plus all back-issues for free. (Not a member? Join today!)
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- The Top 10 Air Taxi Stories of 2019, Aviation Today, Jan 2
- The airborne commute - a flight of fancy?, BBC News, Jan 2
- Florian Reuter leads Volocopter to new heights, European CEO, Dec 30
- Our Top 10 eVTOL stories of 2019, EVTOLmag, Dec 30
- Ice Ice Baby, AeroCar Journal, Dec 30
- PitchBook predicts record investment in air taxi market in 2020, EVTOLmag, Dec 29
- From Electric Cars To Electric Airplanes, The End Of A Decade, CleanTechnica, Dec 28
- Last CleanTechnica Electric Air Mobility News Roundup Of The Year! CleanTechnica, Dec 28
- Avionics Momentum Building for Autonomous AirTaxis, Avionics, Dec 23
- Joby Joins Uber Elevate, eVTOL.news, Dec 23
- Working To Predict & Create The Future Of UAM Management, CleanTechnica, Dec 22
- Hyundai to reveal personal air vehicle concept at CES 2020, EVTOLmag, Dec 21
- Uber & Joby Aviation announce partnership, Uber, Dec 20
- Rolls-Royce eCTOL Ready To Race, CleanTechnica, Dec 20
- Skepticism: The Imaginary Future Of UAM, AVweb, Dec. 19
- Skyport: Most Recent Issue, Aviation Today, Dec 19
- Vahana has come to an end, Airbus, Dec 19
- Silverwing reveals full-scale S1 for GoFly, EVTOLmag, Dec 18
- Watch a complete Lilium Jet test flight, Lilium, Dec 18
- Jaunt Signs MOU with BAE Systems, Aviation Today, Dec 5
- Skyryse demonstrates tech that could power urban air taxis, The Verge, Dec 17
- Skyryse Unveils Autonomous Helicopter for UAM, Skyport, Dec 17
- Electric Air Mobility Roundup — December 2019, CleanTechnica, Dec 17
- Elroy Air cargo drone is ‘part warehouse robot’, EVTOLmag, Dec 16
- Air Force Research Challenge May Help Air Taxi Certification, Avionics, Dec 16
- Skyportz Partners with Parking Australia for Infrastructure, TransportUP, Dec 14
- To mass produce eVTOLs, aerospace rethinks manufacturing, EVTOLmag, Dec 13
- EHang Ends Trading Debut Down 1¢, Bloomberg, Dec 12
- Netherlands UAM Coalition, TransportUP, Dec 12
- Japan Aims For An Air Mobility Revolution With Flying Taxis & Mobility As A Service, Forbes, Dec 11
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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. Register ASAP before it is SOLD OUT!
Jan 29, 2020 @ Anaheim, CA
The ((Quiet)) Electric VTOL Revolution panel at HAI Heli-Expo. The VFS/Vertical Magazine 3rd Annual panel on eVTOL at Heli-Expo has a special focus on eVTOL acoustics, including experts from Uber, Volpe, Joby and more.
Feb 4-5, 2020 @ Ames Research Center, CA
NASA Sustainable Aerospace Supply Chain and Manufacturing Workshop, covering everything from UAS and UAM to hypersonic aircraft.
Feb 27-29, 2020 @ Ames Research Center, CA
GoFly Final Fly Off
The final competition of the GoFly Prize, preceded by two days of related activities. VFS is a sponsor.
March 17-18, 2020 @ Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
VFS Workshop on Infrastructure for Urban Air Mobility
Dedicated to identifying the foundational elements needed to support the development of infrastructure for UAM.
May 19-21, 2020 @ Montreal, QC
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. 29, 2020 – Leap Day!
Educational activities are planned for Thursday, Feb. 27 and Friday, Feb. 28. Request your invitation HERE!
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eVTOL Workshop: Infrastructure for UAM
Following 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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Plan to Attend 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 concurrently 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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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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