Ensuring the Lilium Jet and operations will be compliant with regulation. — The Lilium Jet and its operations are designed to comply with existing regulations, policies, and procedures of the relevant aviation rulebooks. In the first years of service, the aircraft will operate under the traditional rules of the air using conventional means of navigation and communication, facilitated by the onboard pilot.

There are many ways to design an eVTOL aircraft, here is how we are thinking about the key design principles and why our team at Lilium is striving for a different architecture. — Revolutions are rare — particularly in the aerospace industry. Take the example of the Boeing 707. Introduced in 1957, it was the company’s first jetliner and was originally hailed as the ‘airliner of tomorrow’. In many ways it was exactly that, delivering range, speed and efficiency that had never been…

Taking the sci-fi vision of landing pads and turning it into a realistic and affordable transit option —

This film shows a complete test flight, performed on 1st October 2019 as part of our first phase of testing with the Lilium Jet. …

Flight testing is a discipline that develops, gathers and analyzes data from an aircraft in the air to validate its design and to prove it is able to meet the safety standards set by aircraft regulators. Why is flight testing important? While we’re able to simulate almost everything about the…

At Lilium, we believe in delivering high speed connectivity for everyone, which is why we’re focused on making regional air mobility a reality. Urban air mobility — the aim to connect people and places within a single city — is a term which is becoming increasingly recognized today. But with…

With a series of exciting announcements behind the company — and ahead — it’s been a big year for Lilium. Earlier this month we celebrated being placed second in LinkedIn’s ‘Top Startups 2019’ in Germany. The LinkedIn data analysis team evaluated actions by more than 645 million LinkedIn members to…

When designer Mathis Cosson sat down to sketch the Lilium Jet for the first time, his inspiration came not from the skies, but the oceans. The then 23-year old designer, fresh from completing his studies at the Institut Supérieur de Design (a grande école of design management in Valenciennes, France)…

Nothing like the Lilium Jet has ever existed before. It’s a five-seater, all-electric, vertical take-off and landing tilt jet. Some people refer to aircraft like these as eVTOL (electric Vertical Take Off and Landing). What are its main features? The Lilium Jet features two fixed wings, one main wing at…