Tag: Stuart Simpson

Vertical Aerospace brings Valo to Miami

Vertical Aerospace, a global aerospace and technology company pioneering electric aviation, has announced that its next-generation electric aircraft, Valo, will be on public display in Miami on 24-25 February at the Bass Museum in Collins Park. Valo is being developed to bring the future of urban...

Vertical Aerospace signs strategic MoU with AHQ Group and Saudi National Industrial Development Centre

Vertical Aerospace, a global aerospace and technology company, today announced the signing of a strategic three-party Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) with Abdel Hadi Abdullah Al-Qahtani & Sons Group of Companies (Tariq Al-Qahtani & Brothers) (“AHQ Group”), a leading Saudi industr...

Vertical Aerospace signs new customer JetSetGo in India

JetSetGo and Vertical Aerospace, a global aerospace and technology company that is pioneering electric aviation, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the intended purchase of 50 Valo aircraft, alongside a strategic collaboration to develop Advanced Air Mobility (AAM...

Vertical Aerospace outlining plans for NY electric air taxi routes

Vertical Aerospace launches its U.S. tour in New York City this week, bringing its new commercial electric aircraft, Valo, to the U.S. for the first time alongside plans for electric air travel routes in New York with Bristow Group and Skyports Infrastructure. The U.S. tour builds on Valo’s unv...

Vertical Aerospace to launch UK’s first electric air taxi network with Skyports Infrastructure and Bristow

Vertical Aerospace, today announced plans with Skyports Infrastructure (Skyports) and Bristow Group, to launch the UK’s first electric air-taxi routes between Canary Wharf and major transport hubs. Proposed routes to and from Canary Wharf at launch would include Heathrow, Gatwick, Cambridge and...

Vertical Aerospace unveils Valo, their new eVTOL Aircraft

Vertical Aerospace, a global aerospace and technology company that is pioneering electric aviation, today revealed Valo, its new commercial eVTOL aircraft that will enter into service following regulatory approval. Valo is the aircraft that succeeds Vertical’s VX4 prototype - with a new, more a...

Vertical Aerospace signs new customer Héli Air Monaco to open up French Riviera routes

Vertical Aerospace, a global aerospace and technology company, and Héli Air Monaco, the founding helicopter operator in the French Riviera, today announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the pre-order of Vertical’s Valo aircraft, opening a new chapter for sustainable air mobility along t...

Vertical Aerospace expands leadership team with key executive appointments

Vertical Aerospace, a global aerospace and technology company that is pioneering electric aviation, today announced the addition of key executives to its leadership team as the Company accelerates through its Flightpath 2030 goals. Stuart Simpson, CEO of Vertical Aerospace, said: “These appoint...

Vertical and Bristow partner to deliver full service ‘Ready-to-Fly’ eVTOL operations for VX4 customers

Vertical Aerospace, a global aerospace and technology company, and Bristow Group Inc., today announced an expansion of their strategic partnership to bring advanced air mobility (AAM) into commercial operation. The companies will develop a scalable, capital-light eVTOL operations platform, design...

Vertical Aerospace makes history with piloted eVTOL flight in open airspace

Vertical Aerospace, a global aerospace and technology company that is pioneering electric aviation, today announced it has made European aviation history with the first-ever piloted wingborne flight of a winged electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in open airspace. The landmark...

Vertical Aerospace adopts universal fast-charging standard

Vertical Aerospace, a global aerospace and technology company, today announces it will adopt the Combined Charging Standard (CCS) for the VX4, joining BETA Technologies and Archer Aviation in driving a universal, fast-charging system for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Thi...

Honeywell and NXP expand partnership

Honeywell and NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced at CES 2025 an expanded partnership that will accelerate aviation product development and chart the path for autonomous flight. This builds on the companies' existing relationship, which is focused on helping optimize how building management systems...

VX4 launches phase 2 of piloted flight testing

Vertical Aerospace, a global aerospace and technology company pioneering zero-emissions aviation, has seen its latest full scale VX4 prototype achieve piloted, untethered vertical take-off and landing for the first time as Phase 2 of its flight test programme begins. The VX4 prototype, powered by...

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