Embention receives AESA POA certification for drone, eVTOL autopilot systems, advancing autonomous flight

Embention receives AESA POA certification for drone, eVTOL autopilot systems, advancing autonomous flight

Embention, a developer of autopilot systems and safety-critical avionics for autonomous aerial vehicles—both unmanned (UAS) and manned (eVTOLs)—has been officially approved by the Spanish Aviation Safety and Security Agency (AESA) as a Production Organization Approval (POA), under approval number ES.21G.0038. This certification is granted under European Regulation 748/2012, Annex I (Part 21), which governs initial airworthiness and environmental

Vertical Aerospace’s VX4 prototype completes world first public airport-to-airport flight, full-scale aircraft on display at RIAT - eVTOL Insights

The VX4 prototype flew 17 miles from Vertical's Flight Test Center at Cotswold Airport, to RAF Fairford, flying at 1,800ft at speeds of 115mph.

EASA pushes IAM development with specific AMOCs

*IAM = UAS, eVTOL, AAM, UAM On July 9, 2025, EASA released a sweeping regulatory framework, a comprehensive yet long document defining in some specificity its Innovative Air Mobility (IAM) — including manned VTOL-capable aircraft (VCA) like eVTOL air taxis. {see below AIN article}. This post is divided into two parts. Section one is a summary of the new EASA IAM rules; the second section is a higher level comparison of the European and the Ameri…