AAM_Tech_Developments

Odys Aviation is developing an uncrewed cargo aircraft using a scaled-down version of its blown-lift hybrid-electric eVTOL propulsion system.

U.S. startup Rotor Technologies is producing the first two R550X autonomous rotorcraft, which are uncrewed modifications of the Robinson R44 light helicopter.

France’s EcoPulse distributed electric propulsion demonstrator—developed by Daher, Safran and Airbus—has conducted its first flight in hybrid-electric mode.

Startup Evolito has received Design Organization Approval from the UK Civil Aviation Authority, giving it the ability to type-certify its electric engines.

Here are news items from assorted companies in the business of Advanced Air Mobility.

Brazilian startup Moya Aero has begun flight testing its prototype electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) uncrewed cargo aircraft.

With the largest scheduled helicopter operation in North America, Vancouver-based Helijet is planning a leap into the advanced air mobility sector.

The latest news about Advanced Air Mobility projects.

U.S. startup Electra.aero has completed its first pair of piloted test flights with its full-scale hybrid-electric eSTOL technology demonstrator,

Lilium Jet CCO Sebastien Borel caught up with the AAM Report to provide an update on the company’s progress and share some thoughts on its path to market.

Short articles reporting on developments in the Advanced Air Mobility industry.

Online retailer Amazon says it plans to begin deliveries of goods by UAS in Italy, the UK and to a third U.S. city starting in late 2024.

Regent has signed a $4.75 million contract with the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Lab to demonstrate its Viceroy prototype for logistics missions in 2025.

Skyryse has begun certification work on its second rotorcraft platform and is Iooking ahead to its first fixed-wing application.

Lilium has partnered with aircraft brokerage EMCJET to offer its Lilium Jet for sale to private customers.

China’s government has issued an outline to guide development of a green-aviation manufacturing industry by 2035.

U.S. eVTOL vehicle developer Overair has signed a MOU with Hanwha Systems and the South Korean province of Jeju to develop an AAM ecosystem.

Volatus Infrastructure & Energy Solutions is a startup company developing modular, scalable vertiports for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles.

Short announcements of developments within the Advanced Air Mobility industry.

GKN Aerospace will provide the electrical wiring system for the hybrid-electric flight demonstrator under development by Pratt & Whitney Canada.

H55 has secured almost $50 million from investors including RTX Ventures for infrastructure at plants in Switzerland and Montreal and a subsidiary in Toulouse.

When Daniel Schubeler began working on electric ducted fans in 1997, the technology was in a nascent stage.

The U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX innovation unit plans to sign a memorandum of understanding in October with the FAA to gather flight-testing data for the regulator.

SkyDrive and JAXA have signed a joint research agreement devoted to improving noise-estimation technology for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft

Walmart expects to add Wing to its growing drone delivery network, with plans to launch service at two stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.