Advanced Air Mobility

Apr 15, 2024
Japan backs aircraft electrification; flying warehouse for delivery drones; certifying autonomous flight; silicon batteries for eVTOL.
Apr 12, 2024
A widening gap between the well-capitalized and poorly capitalized startups suggests that not all the publicly traded players will make it to entry into service
Apr 12, 2024
Wisk plans to fly the first prototype of its sixth-generation electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft this year.
Apr 12, 2024
The pair of orders came from Air2E, a German sustainable business travel startup, and Hopscotch Air, a private aviation company based in New York.
Apr 12, 2024
The startup’s plans have been enabled by EU regulations that established a risk-based approach to the operation of civil uncrewed aircraft systems.
Apr 11, 2024
The company is currently assembling its first fourth-generation Aero2 X2.3 pre-series aircraft, with plans to build two more this year and several more in 2025.
Apr 11, 2024
Amprius introduced the SiCore battery in January as a companion to its SiMaxx silicon-nanowire technology.
Apr 09, 2024
Surf Air Mobility is the latest publicly traded AAM startup to be threatened with delisting after its share price fell below $1 for 30 consecutive days.
Apr 22, 2024
Canada’s Harbour Air Seaplanes has confirmed plans to electrify its De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beavers and to offer the propulsion conversion to other operators.
Apr 22, 2024
Japan’s ShinMaywa Industries is considering collaborating with a maritime search-and-rescue support service using an uncrewed amphibian, the XU-M, now in flight testing.
Apr 22, 2024
EHang returned to the top slot in the April 2024 edition of the AAM Reality Index, with a score of 8.5/10.
Apr 20, 2024
The AAM Stock Composite was mostly flat during the week ending April 19, as a rise in EHang’s share price offset weakness elsewhere in the unweighted index.
Apr 19, 2024
AeroHT, a subsidiary of Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng, is to establish an urban air mobility demonstration site in China.
Apr 18, 2024
Archer Aviation has opened a new regulatory affairs office in Washington as it looks to ramp up lobbying efforts ahead of expected entry-into-service in 2025.
Apr 18, 2024
Volocopter is still awaiting type certification of the VoloCity by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency and the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau.
Apr 17, 2024
New drive systems combining hydrogen fuel cells and distributed electric propulsion can be costly to develop.