The vehicles are real. The investment is real. The infrastructure that makes those vehicles commercially viable does not yet exist at the scale any business model requires. Twenty-four vertiports broke ground in 2024 against a planned pipeline of 1,504. The honest state of AAM in April 2026.
SkyDrive Clears Certification Hurdles & Announces US Strategic Alliance
Japan’s SkyDrive has secured agreement with the JCAB on its General Certification Plan for the SD-05 eVTOL, marking one of the most significant milestones yet on the road to type certification and a planned 2028 commercial launch in Japan and the U.S.

