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Advanced Air Mobility Report, December 3, 2025

VOL. 5 NO. 49 December 03, 2025
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Technology

Karem Aircraft uncrewed aircraft
article

Archer Selects Karem’s Optimum-Speed Tiltrotor Tech For Defense eVTOL

Dec 02, 2025
Archer Aviation is choosing Karem Aircraft’s optimum-speed tiltrotor technology for the hybrid-electric VTOL that it is developing for the defense market.
Beta lifter and pusher motors
article

Beta Wins Eve eVTOL Electric Motor Contract

Dec 02, 2025
Beta’s H500-series pusher motor has been selected for the Eve-100 eVTOL aircraft, with external sales seen as a potential source of early revenues.
ERA
article

Aura Aero Sees Novel Batteries Helping Hybrid-Electric Aircraft

Nov 26, 2025
The advent of solid-state batteries in the automotive sector could precede their emergence in aeronautics by just a few years, according to the CEO of Aura Aero
hybrid-electric powertrain display
article

China’s AECC Unveils Hybrid-Electric Powertrains

Dec 01, 2025
China’s state-owned engine manufacturer unveiled all-electric, hybrid-electric and hydrogen-combustion powerplants at the Aero Asia 2025 show in Zhuhai on Nov. 27-30.
HopFlyt has built and flown two 10-ft. wingspan prototypes. Credit: HopFlyt
article

HopFlyt Looks To Revive Channel Wing Concept For Hybrid VTOL

Nov 21, 2025
A half century later, the channel wing aircraft concept has been revived by Maryland-based startup HopFlyt.

Finance & Investments

Eve’s first prototype is approaching a first flight in the coming weeks. Credit: Eve Air Mobility
article

Eve Gets $38 Million Credit From Brazil Development Bank For Motors

Nov 24, 2025
Eve Air Mobility has received two credit lines worth a combined $38 million from the Brazilian National Development Bank for its electric motors.

Business

Aerofugia AE200-100 air taxi
article

China’s eVTOL Startups Tout Deals At Aero Asia Show

Dec 01, 2025
China’s Aerofugia has completed a Series C funding round to support certification and production of its AE200-100 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing eVTOL.

Opinion

Dómhnal Slattery Credit: Vertical Aerospace
article

Viewpoint: The Future Of Urban Air Mobility Depends On Discipline, Not Detours

Nov 26, 2025
In my experience, one lesson has remained constant: aviation earns trust only through the uncompromising pursuit of safety.
Dr. Fethi Chebil
article

Viewpoint: Flight Demos Won’t Deliver Urban Air Mobility

Nov 17, 2025
For an AAM industry approaching critical capital depletion timelines, the disconnect between spectacle and substance poses existential risks.

AAM Briefs

ZeroAvia aircraft
article

AAM Briefs: ZeroAvia, H55 & More

Dec 02, 2025
French multinational utility EDF has increased its year-old investment in Toulouse-based electric aircraft startup Aura Aero to €2 million, and other briefs.

AAM Podcast

Archer eVTOL
podcast

Podcast: How Much Progress Did AAM Make In 2025?

Dec 02, 2025
As 2025 draws to a close, Aviation Week editors Ben Goldstein and Graham Warwick chart the highs and lows in the advanced air mobility sector this year.