
UK-based Vertical Aerospace builds the VX4, a piloted four-passenger eVTOL, and its production successor Valo. In 2026 it became only the second company after Joby to complete a piloted two-way transition flight. Targeting CAA/EASA certification later this decade — not yet in passenger service.
Visit Vertical Aerospace →Vertical plans to build pre-production 'Valo' aircraft — a refined VX4 — toward simultaneous UK CAA and EASA passenger certification later this decade. Valo's first flight is expected in 2027.
Read at Scientific American →Vertical Aerospace completed a full piloted two-way transition with the VX4 prototype — taking off vertically, transitioning to wing-borne cruise and back — becoming only the second company after Joby to achieve the feat in a full-scale tiltrotor eVTOL.
Read at FlightGlobal →