SkyDrive Inc. (“SkyDrive”), a leading eVTOL (*1) aircraft manufacturer based in Japan, is pleased to announce the safe and successful completion of a demonstration flight of the SKYDRIVE (SkyDrive Model SD-05) at the Expo 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan. SkyDrive will continue to showcase the capabilities of the SKYDRIVE with a series of further demonstration flights through to August 24.

Crowds watch SkyDrive’s demonstration flight from the EXPO Vertiport at EXPO 2025. 
The flight reached a height of 4 meters and lasted for 3 minutes.
The aircraft is uncrewed, operated by remote control, and stabilized using automatic control technology.

Back in February 2023, SkyDrive was included in a select group of the advanced air mobility companies chosen to demonstrate their smart mobility technology at the Expo under the event’s theme of showcasing the technology that will shape the future of society. As a result of this opportunity, the successful demonstration of our aircraft at the Expo became one of SkyDrive’s key development milestones. Following extensive development activity and an accident-free flight test campaign that confirmed the aircraft’s safety, SkyDrive is excited to show our aircraft to the public as per the demonstration flight schedule below.