Front-Runners And Dark Horses: Who Is Leading The UAM Race?

Joby’s S4 eVTOL tilted its propellers during transition flight testing over California.
Credit: Joby Aviation
In most aerospace sectors, it is easy to identify the leaders, whether they are Airbus and Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman or Bombardier and Gulfstream. That is not so in the nascent market for advanced air mobility, where there is not yet a dominant manufacturer or business model. It...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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