MOSTAVIO Inc., a Toronto-based aerospace company developing next-generation electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) technology, announced that it has received a Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) from Transport Canada, marking a significant regulatory milestone in the company’s eVTOL development program.
The approval enables MOSTAVIO to advance toward its first outdoor, untethered flight testing, moving the program beyond controlled and tethered testing and into a new phase of real-world flight validation.
The milestone represents an important step in demonstrating that the aircraft, operational procedures, safety systems, and flight-testing approach can progress within Canada’s aviation regulatory framework.
“Getting an aircraft off the ground is one challenge. Building the technology, processes, and safety framework required to move into real-world flight testing is another,” said Nima Pourmostaghimi, founder and CEO of MOSTAVIO Inc.
“Receiving this SFOC is an important milestone for our team and allows us to take the next step in validating the technology we have been developing.”
Moving from development to outdoor flight validation MOSTAVIO has been developing its eVTOL platform through an iterative engineering and testing program focused on aircraft design, propulsion, controls, power systems, safety, and autonomous flight technologies.
The company’s MX1 serves as a foundational prototype for MOSTAVIO’s broader eVTOL development roadmap. Outdoor untethered testing represents an important transition. The upcoming test program will be conducted in accordance with the conditions and operational limitations established through the regulatory approval.
“eVTOL development is not only about designing an aircraft that can fly,” said Dr. Younes Sadat-Nejad, CTO and COO of MOSTAVIO Inc. “Every phase of development must build confidence in the system. Outdoor untethered testing gives us the opportunity to collect another level of real-world flight data and use those results to continue refining the aircraft.”
Building the foundation for MOSTAVIO’s next generation of aircraft
With the SFOC secured, MOSTAVIO is now preparing for the next stage of its flight-testing program.
The first outdoor untethered flights will focus on carefully defined test objectives designed to validate aircraft behavior and gather flight data under the approved operating conditions.
Results from these tests will be used to further refine the platform as MOSTAVIO continues progressing its eVTOL technology through successive stages of development and validation.
“This is one milestone in a much larger journey,” added Pourmostaghimi. “Our focus now is on executing the flight-testing campaigns safely, learning from the data, and continuing to move the technology forward one step at a time.”
This press release was prepared and distributed by MOSTAVIO Inc.
