Volz Servos contributes to Singapore’s first indigenous eVTOL

A skunkwork-like team of researchers and engineers led by Prof James Wang at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has flown the first eVTOL aircraft completely designed, engineered and built in Singapore.

On board of their two 8-meter wingspan Technology Demonstrators are actuators from Volz Servos. This lift-cruise eVTOL configuration designed for cargo, logistics and passenger have recently been flight tested in a month-long campaign in Summer 2026 in collaboration with DLR at the DLR National Experimental Test Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Germany.

A report released on miragenews.com states that NTU has flown the 8-metre wingspan demonstrator to heights above 90 metres, while another 3-metre wingspan demonstrator reached speeds of more than 120 km/h.

“We have chosen the DA 30-HT-D, DA 30-HT and DA 36-LP actuators from Volz Servos for all our flight control surfaces because I have known Volz Servos for over twenty years and they make reliable and robust electromechanical actuators with the German quality,” says Prof Wang.

“We’re very excited to be part of Prof James Wang‘s eVTOL program,” says Volz CCO Felix Thun. „James has been in leadership roles at Leonardo Helicopters and Sikorsky Aircraft and worked on many rotorcraft designs. He is an early eVTOL pioneer who led AgustaWestland’s Project Zero all-electric tiltrotor demonstrator, and has inspired and advised many eVTOL startups. We’re proud that he has chosen Volz Servos for the NTU project.“

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