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Advanced Air Mobility Report, March 26, 2025

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Analysis

Joby air taxi
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Certification Challenges Widen Gap Between eVTOL Leaders And Followers

Mar 19, 2025
The arduous timeline to certify a passenger-carrying eVTOL aircraft has forced some contenders out of the race.
EHang EH216-S first flight
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EHang Leads In China: Is The Rest Of The World Next?

Mar 20, 2025
EHang is the first eVTOL-maker to be profitable. Can it break out of China?

Technology

rendering of Rune uncrewed cargo aircraft with hybrid-electric distributed propulsion
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Virtual Wind Tunnel Speeds Design Of Autonomous Cargo Aircraft

Mar 18, 2025
Rune Aero is using an interactive virtual wind tunnel powered by physics-based machine learning algorithms to optimize an autonomous cargo aircraft design.
Pyka rolled out its enhanced Pelican 2 aerial application drone in February. Credit: Pyka
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Pyka CEO Talks Market Adoption, Product Improvements

Mar 18, 2025
Pyka has begun commercial operations in three countries using its fixed-wing, all-electric aerial application drone.

Infrastructure

Skyportz  Caption: Modular vertipad patent incorporates devices under and around the landing pad to dissipate downwash
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Australian Vertipad Design Mitigates eVTOL Downwash

Mar 24, 2025
Australia has awarded vertiport startup Skyportz a provisional patent for a vertipad design that ameliorates a potential issue with eVTOL aircraft.

Business

Graham Brown (left) and Altitude Angel's Philip Binks (center) listen to Saxon Air CEO Alex Durand during the BBGA Conference. credit: Angus Batey/BAV
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Saxon Air Commissions Drone Port; Bizav Explores Unmanned Potential

Mar 19, 2025
Little attention has been paid to the use of small, unmanned aircraft, or drones, presumably because they will not carry passengers.

AAM Briefs

AeroHT
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AAM Briefs: AeroHT, XTI & More

Mar 24, 2025
The FAA has accepted XTI Aerospace's application for type certification of the TriFan 600 VTOL business aircraft.