The FAA has issued an Experimental Airworthiness Certificate for AIR’s Air One eVTOL prototype, clearing the way for expanded flight testing in U.S. airspace. AIR says the approval enables it to accelerate operations from its Florida facility after shipping the prototype from Israel for U.S. trials.
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The certificate authorizes expanded U.S. flight testing from AIR’s Florida base, a necessary step toward full certification and commercialisation; it follows recent U.S. test milestones such as the first piloted eVTOL flight between two U.S. public airports that validated ATC integration.
Experimental approval is a regulatory milestone but not type certification — the sector continues to face protracted certification hurdles, as outlined in analysis of slowed eVTOL certification progress.
The FAA pathway is increasingly being used for incremental approvals of eAM systems and prototypes, complementing component-level milestones like the FAA certification of an electric propeller for advanced air mobility, which signals regulatory engagement across the supply chain.
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