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Vertical Aerospace Ltd. develops electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft for the advanced air mobility market. Company news centers on Valo, its piloted four-passenger eVTOL aircraft, including prototype flight testing, transition-flight milestones, certification-focused development, manufacturing preparations, customer demand and supplier agreements for aircraft systems such as transparencies and electric propulsion units.
Updates also cover Vertical's financing activity, including equity raises, convertible financing facilities and liquidity measures used to fund aircraft development, testing, manufacturing capacity and certification work. Recurring disclosures describe its proprietary battery and propeller technology, aerospace supplier network and work with aviation regulators including the UK Civil Aviation Authority and European Union Aviation Safety Agency.
Vertical Aerospace (NYSE: EVTL) and Portuguese developer VIC Properties have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding to explore introducing electric air mobility services in Portugal, initially focused on Pinheirinho, a 400-hectare luxury estate in Comporta that includes Six Senses Comporta.
Under the MoU, the companies and Vertical’s infrastructure and operating partners will assess Pinheirinho as a potential first electric air mobility resort destination in Portugal, including site and infrastructure planning for future Valo eVTOL operations. The partnership follows Vertical’s collaboration with Héli Air Monaco in the French Riviera and could later extend to other VIC developments.
Vertical Aerospace (NYSE: EVTL) capped the Farnborough International Airshow with the first public eVTOL transition flight there, repeatedly demonstrating piloted vertical take-off, wing-borne cruise and vertical landing operations in front of tens of thousands of visitors, underscoring progress toward real‑world electric aviation use cases.
Vertical is in advanced discussions with the UK Government on a support package worth up to £10 million to anchor its first full‑scale production facilities and is leading a £3.4 million UK‑backed ECLiPSE programme for next‑generation charging and thermal management. The company expanded defence work with Near Earth Autonomy, joined Honeywell’s EU Project VERTI‑GO, announced new customer agreements with Sigma Air Mobility and VIC Properties, and signed regulatory and airport MoUs in Saudi Arabia. Vertical is progressing Valo’s certification with a Type Certification target of 2029 and continues to invest in UK manufacturing and battery capabilities.
Vertical Aerospace (NYSE: EVTL) will lead the UK Government-backed ECLiPSE programme to develop next-generation high-power charging and liquid-cooling technologies for electric aircraft. The project, run with the University of Bath and InnCat, represents about £3.4 million of total investment, including up to £1.75 million in UK government funding, subject to completion of a grant agreement.
According to Vertical Aerospace, ECLiPSE aims to cut infrastructure costs, simplify installation and enable faster aircraft turnaround, with potential applications across wider transport. The company is also in advanced talks on a UK package including a further grant of up to £10 million, bringing total direct UK Government support to about £48 million.
Vertical Aerospace (NYSE: EVTL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) to support the regulatory and operational groundwork for Advanced Air Mobility in the Kingdom. The collaboration will explore validation pathways for type certification of Vertical’s Valo eVTOL aircraft, contribute to regulatory frameworks for future electric aircraft operations, and prepare Saudi Arabia’s aviation ecosystem for safe eVTOL introduction.
The parties plan to exchange technical knowledge and certification best practices with leading international aviation authorities to help advance globally coordinated approaches to electric aviation certification. Separately, Vertical signed an MoU with Cluster2 Airports Company to explore and assess potential eVTOL operations and possible deployment of Vertical aircraft across its Saudi airport network.
Vertical Aerospace (NYSE:EVTL) announced it has joined Project VERTI-GO, an EU-funded European collaboration aiming to accelerate the safe integration of electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft into everyday airspace. The program brings together manufacturers, regulators, air navigation service providers and infrastructure partners, similar in role to the FAA's eVTOL Integration Pilot Program in the U.S.
Project activities will include simulations and flight demonstrations, featuring Vertical's eVTOL operations between Malaga and Marbella in Spain. Vertical highlights its Valo eVTOL, a piloted four-passenger aircraft with zero operating emissions, and notes it has approximately 1,500 pre-orders from customers across four continents, supported by partnerships with companies such as Honeywell, Syensqo and Sonaca.
Vertical Aerospace (NYSE:EVTL) announced it is in advanced discussions with the UK Government on a broad support package to anchor the first of its planned global full-production sites for Valo eVTOL aircraft assembly and battery manufacturing in the UK. The package includes a new grant of up to £10 million, which would raise total direct UK Government grant support to approximately £48 million, subject to completion of legal, subsidy control, due diligence and ministerial approvals.
The package also covers cross-government engagement spanning defence, export finance, future flight and dual-use innovation, including a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with UK Export Finance for export-linked and customer financing cooperation, and confirmed Ministry of Defence interest in defence applications. Vertical expects UK facilities to support about 700 direct jobs by 2030, with Frontier Economics estimating up to 2,200 jobs and £3 billion in annual GVA by 2035.
Vertical Aerospace (NYSE: EVTL) completed the first public electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) transition flight at Farnborough International Airshow, with Chief Test Pilot Simon Davies flying a full-scale prototype from vertical take-off to wingborne cruise and back to vertical landing.
The demonstration, described by UK aerospace leaders as a major milestone for advanced air mobility, follows a new autonomous-flight partnership with Near Earth Autonomy and the addition of Sigma Air Mobility as a customer. Vertical is showcasing flight demos during the show and displaying its full-scale commercial Valo model in Hall 4.
Vertical Aerospace (NYSE: EVTL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sigma Air Mobility, a Luxaviation Group member, covering the intended purchase and future operation of Vertical’s Valo electric eVTOL aircraft. The MoU frames collaboration from aircraft acquisition and operational testing through to commercial electric air mobility services.
The agreement also sets a structure for joint work on aircraft operations, commercial readiness and customer requirements, expanding Vertical’s operator ecosystem. Vertical reports approximately 1,500 Valo pre-orders across four continents and is progressing toward Critical Design Review while deepening supplier partnerships with companies including Honeywell, Sonaca, Evolito, Hyundai WIA, Astronics, Syensqo and Isoclima.
Vertical Aerospace (NYSE: EVTL) plans to conduct the first public eVTOL demonstration flights at the Farnborough International Airshow from 20–24 July 2026, following an expanded UK Civil Aviation Authority Permit to Fly that allows public demonstrations away from its Cotswold Airport Flight Test Centre.
Vertical will fly its full-scale prototype and display a full-scale commercial model of its Valo eVTOL in Hall 4, alongside technology partners including Honeywell Aerospace, Aciturri, Evolito, Hyundai WIA, Syensqo, Sonaca and Isoclima. The company reports around 1,500 conditional pre-orders from customers such as American Airlines, Avolon, Bristow, GOL and Japan Airlines, and a new strategic partnership with Near Earth Autonomy to integrate autonomous capabilities into Valo.
Looking ahead, Vertical targets completion of Critical Design Review by end-2026, bringing an early production assembly facility online in Q3 2026, expanding its Vertical Energy Centre in Q4 2026, and selecting a turbogenerator supplier in 2026 ahead of hybrid-electric flight testing in the first half of 2027.
Vertical Aerospace (NYSE: EVTL) and Near Earth Autonomy signed a Memorandum of Understanding to form a strategic partnership that will integrate Near Earth’s autonomous flight products with Honeywell Aerospace’s Anthem digital cockpit on Vertical’s Valo aircraft, enabling uncrewed defense operations and a roadmap for increasingly automated commercial services.
According to Vertical, the partnership targets near-term defense missions and long-term commercial autonomy. Valo includes an all-electric tiltrotor and a planned hybrid-electric variant designed for up to 1,000 miles of range and payloads of up to 1,100 kg over shorter distances.