Subscription Required

 

Advanced Air Mobility Report, January 26, 2022 is published in Advanced Air Mobility Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN Premium membership.

Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to Advanced Air Mobility through your company? Login with your existing email and password

Not a member?  Learn how to access the market intelligence and data you need to stay abreast of what's happening in the air transport community.

LoginLearn How
Magazine Issue

Advanced Air Mobility Report, January 26, 2022

VOL. 2 NO. 4 January 26, 2022
Download PDF

Technology

article

Elroy Air Takes Wraps Off Chaparral Unmanned Cargo eVTOL

Jan 26, 2022
U.S. startup Elroy Air has unveiled the first preproduction prototype of its Chaparral autonomous cargo aircraft, revealing a revised design for the hybrid electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle.
article

Bye Eyes Commuter Market For All-Electric eFlyer 800

Jan 24, 2022
Bye Aerospace is studying a 12-seat high-density version of its planned all-electric twin-motor eFlyer 800 for commuter operators.
article

Air Taxi Developer Overair Begins Full Power Ground Tests

Jan 20, 2022
California-based electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi developer Overair has begun full power ground tests of the 20-ft.-dia. rotor system that will power a flying demonstrator of the company’s Butterfly quad-tiltrotor starting in 2023.
Kitty
article

U.S. Air Force Conducts Its First Remotely Piloted eVTOL Flight

Jan 21, 2022
Flight testing of advanced air mobility prototypes under the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program is gathering pace, with the first government remotely piloted flights of an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle.
article

Rolls-Royce’s Electric Aircraft Breaks Speed Record

Jan 20, 2022
Rolls-Royce’s £6 million ($8.17 million) Spirit of Innovation electric aircraft has secured the world electric aircraft speed record following verification by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. 
AirCar
article

AirCar Fly/Drive Vehicle Gets Experimental Ticket

Jan 21, 2022
Klein Vision’s prototype supercar-style fly/drive AirCar has received experimental airworthiness certification from Slovakia.
Cora
article

Boeing Invests $450m In UAM Joint Venture Wisk

Jan 24, 2022
The additional Boeing funding will advance development of Wisk’s sixth-generation eVTOL, which is targeted to be the first autonomous all-electric passenger aircraft certified in the U.S.
article

GE Teams To Enable Cloud-Based FMS For AAM

Jan 24, 2022
A NASA-funded team is working to connect airborne and cloud-based flight management systems to enable better real-time trajectory optimization and airspace management for advanced air mobility and commercial aviation.
article

Spright Orders Wingcopter Drones For Medical Deliveries

Jan 24, 2022
Germany’s Wingcopter has signed a contract exceeding $16 million to supply a large fleet of delivery drones to Spright, a subsidiary formed by U.S. air medical service provider Air Methods in July 2020 to service the health care market.
article

Buy Underlines Broad Transportation Drive For Electrification

Jan 24, 2022
Spun out by the Williams Formula 1 racing team at the end of 2019, Williams Advanced Engineering has been expanding from its motorsports roots and applying its high-performance battery and electrification expertise to new sectors, including aviation.

The Weekly Debrief

seaplane in flight
article

AAM Industry Needs Resilience For Likely Challenges In Next Two Years

Jan 19, 2022
Leaders in electrified aviation must fly certifiable prototypes in next 12-18 months to meet service-entry targets of 2024-25.

Industry Data

Investor Updates

article

AI Autopilot Startup Daedalean Raises $58M

Jan 19, 2022
Swiss startup Daedalean has closed a $58 million financing round that will provide the funds needed to bring its machine-leaning-based visual guidance, navigation and control suite to market over the next four years.

Business

article

Prague-Based Zuri Unveils eVTOL Concept

Jan 20, 2022
Czech startup Zuri has revealed its concept for a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
Electron
article

Startups FlyOnE And Electron Eye Australian Electric Regional Network

Jan 20, 2022
Two early-stage startups have joined forces to lay the foundations for an on-demand regional air service in Western Australia using small electric aircraft.
article

UK’s Showcase Urban eVTOL Vertiport To Open In April

Jan 20, 2022
Site work on the first purpose-designed urban vertiport is to begin by the end of January in Coventry, UK.
Embraer Portugese factory
article

Evolving Embraer Sells Its European Industrial Site

Jan 21, 2022
Brazilian OEM hopes the facility can attract business from other OEMs under new ownership, reducing its exposure in aircraft components.

Infrastructure

article

Hamburg Port Authority Partnership To Provide Drone Service

Jan 19, 2022
The Hamburg Port Authority has formed a technology partnership with drone control center developer HHLA Sky to accelerate use of drones within the German port for logistics, surveillance, inspection and emergency coordination. 

AAM Briefs

Calendar of Events

article

Upcoming Events

Jan 24, 2022
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Carole Rickard Hedden at [email protected]. For a complete list of Aviation Week Network’s upcoming events and to register, visit www.aviationweek.com/events