Pivotal, the market leader in light electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft, announced it earned the 2024 World Future Award for innovation and market leadership. This recognition celebrates Pivotal’s groundbreaking achievements in the design, development, manufacturing and delivery of the Helix, its feature-rich light eVTOL aircraft.

“Receiving the 2024 World Future Award, with Helix at the forefront of our achievements, is exciting and gratifying,” said Ken Karklin, CEO of Pivotal. “We are proud of our leadership in the emerging eVTOL market and of our major innovations in the design, development, and delivery of light eVTOL aircraft.”

Now available for purchase, the Helix has powerful capabilities guided by intuitive controls through a simple user interface and a joystick. A 270-degree view and quiet operation allow pilots to become immersed in their natural surroundings, fostering a deep connection to the land and the aircraft itself. At the heart of this single-seat vehicle lies a robust fault-tolerant design, bolstered by triple modular redundant systems for safety and reliability.

Pivotal Light eVTOL Aircraft Innovation
Unlike a multicopter or a tilt-wing aircraft with complex tilting rotors or wings, Pivotal’s aircraft are based on a novel architecture, in which the entire vehicle tilts while transitioning between vertical flight and efficient, winged forward flight. This means that Pivotal aircraft offer significantly reduced mechanical complexity, lower weight, and far fewer points of potential failure compared to. all other eVTOL designs. The result is increased reliability and operator safety.

The Helix builds on the foundation laid by Pivotal’s inventive prototype eVTOL, the BlackFly, which was unveiled to the public in 2018. The BlackFly, the first commercially available eVTOL aircraft in the United States, dazzled audiences with its vertical takeoffs, aerial maneuvers, and precise landings.