South Korea Flies eVTOL Demo Under K-UAM Grand Challenge

The OPPAV single-seat eVTOL demonstrator made an uncrewed flight at KARI’s Goheung aviation test center.

Credit: Korea Aerospace Research Institute
The Korea Aerospace Research Institute has flown its electric- vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) technology demonstrator in public for the first time as part of the K-UAM Grand Challenge to commercialize urban air mobility (UAM) in South Korea by the end of 2025. The single-seat Optionally...
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