about us
Founded in 2016 by Stephen Fitzpatrick to create the most advanced eVTOL in the world. Hear how we are making this a reality.
PARTNER ECOSYSTEM

VERTICAL AEROSPACE
Bristol
Rolls-Royce
London
solvay
Brussels
avolon
Dublin
Microsoft
Seattle
Honeywell
North Carolina
American Airlines
Dallas
GKN
Birmingham
Virgin Atlantic
Crawley

our journey
Timeline to First Operations
2016
2017
- Vertical Aerospace is launched by Stephen Fitzpatrick, Founder of OVO Energy, with the vision of decarbonising air travel using the best technology from the aviation, energy and automotive industries
2018
- A team of engineers design and build our first demonstrator aircraft, VA-X1, working closely with regulators
- First tethered flight

2019
- Our first eVTOL aircraft, VA-X1, was granted flight permission by the Civil Aviation Authority

2020
- First flight of our second aircraft, VA-X2
- Partnered with Honeywell

2021
- VX4 is unveiled
- Joined the Future Flight Challenge to make UAM a reality in the UK
- UK Government grant to develop a smart charger

2022
- Partnered with Rolls-Royce and Solvay
- Joined Choose Paris Region to work towards demonstrating at the 2024 Olympics and establishing a commercial service in Paris
- Partnered with GKN Aerospace
- Announced SPAC merger with Broadstone Acquisition Corp
- Announced conditional pre-orders for up to 1,350 aircraft from American Airlines, Avolon, Virgin Atlantic, Marubeni Corp, Iberojet and Bristow Group for estimated $5.4bn

2023
- VX4 test flight and continued flight test programme
- Further conditional pre-orders for over 1,400 aircraft
- Partnered with Leonardo and Molicel
- Build of VX4

2025
- Production Organisation Approval (POA)
- Finalising design phase and rig and bench testing of certifiable aircraft
- Design Organisation Approval (DOA
- SESAR Demonstration
- Future Flight Challenge Demonstration

- Delivery of VX4

COMPETITIVE
ADVANTAGE
ADVANTAGE
Leadership in sustainable aviation
The most advanced eVTOL Design
Superior wing vectored design, the only 5 pax aircraft under CAA/EASA certification to have successfully flown multiple prototypes
TALENT ADVANTAGE
Best in class management and technical team hand picked from aerospace and advanced automotive, with 300+ in house engineers
clear path to certification
Focusing on CAA/EASA certification to unlock global reach and the largest addressable market. World class team has already certified and supported 30+ aircraft and propulsion systems
FLEXIBLE DESIGN ARCHITECTURE
Scalability of existing VX4 architecture minimises certification process in order to bring new variants to market
SOPHISTICATED EVTOL ECOSYSTEM
Key strategic partnerships with leading aerospace, technology and engineering firms maximises performance and de-risks production, certification and rapid ability to scale