Newest Helicopters and VTOL Aircraft Taking to the Skies in 2022 (Latest NEWS UPDATE) HD

With only a handful of active players the helicopters industry can be called rather static, but with the arrival of new electric VTOL startups our news feed is looking rather exciting. In this episode we will cover the latest announcements of the world of vertical lift aircraft including upcoming helicopters, quadcopters, tilt rotors and other progressive transportation solutions for the future generations. Other #AutomotiveTerritory videos where we ventured into the skies: Newest aircraft inventions you have to check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gNOFrT833A Luxury helicopters features the latest tech in the industry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U33O2ANcoU Rundown of all models shown in this #ATAircraft video: 00:00 Introduction 00:39 Lillium Aircraft lilium.com Lillium Jet is an electric VTOL that uses Ducted Electric Vectored Thrust. In 2021 they are seeking certification from the US authorities and enter the U.S. stock market via a reverse merger with Qell Acquisition Corp, who valued them at 3.3 billion dollars. 01:50 Bell 525 Relentless bellflight.com/products/bell-525 Under development since 2012, Bell 525 Relentless will be finishing this 10-year-long process and receiving certification later this year. The 525 is also expected to make first deliveries to an unnamed oil and gas operator in early 2022. 03:00 Joby Aviation S4 jobyaviation.com In its 12 years of existence, Joby Aviation has grown from a garage incubated startup with 7 employees to a formidable company with 700. This year, the company went public, while the full-scale prototype of their all-electric S4 aircraft completed a successful 130 nautical mile flight on a single charge spending 77 minutes in the air. 04:03 CityAirbus airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2021/09/Airbus-reveals-the-next-generation-of-CityAirbus.html The Next Generation of the CityAirbus will combine two designs of the former prototypes: a CityAirbus passenger Quadcopter and a Vahana tilt rotor electric VTOL. 05:12 Leonardo AW609 AC4 leonardocompany.com/en/products/aw609 Nearly three decades since the start of development and almost twenty years since first test flight, Leonardo Helicopters is on the brink of aircraft revolution, as their pre-production model aims to finish US certification by 2022. The AW609 will be the first commercial tiltrotor aircraft, combining vertical take-off and landing versatility of a helicopter, as well as range and speed of a fixed-wing turboprop airplane. 06:25 Hill HX50 hillhelicopters.com Despite being expected no earlier than in 2023, a futuristic and glamorous-looking Hill HX50 has more than two hundred pre-orders already in the bag. Part of the reason of such hype is a one-piece carbon fiber fuselage reminiscent of modern hypercars. 07:38 Sikorsky Boeing Raider and Defiant lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/sb1-defiant-technology-demonstrator.html The United States Army’s program labeled Future Vertical Lift has brought together Boeing