Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Data Team
By 2040, Aviation Week’s projections call for nearly 12,000 eVTOL deliveries worldwide.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Electric vehicle makers are more concerned with battery energy capacity rather than power capability.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A GKN Aerospace-led project to develop and test a 2-megawatt cryogenic hybrid-electric propulsion system is one of five to be backed by UK government funding.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The AAM Stock Composite plunged more than 12% during the week ending July 19, dragged lower by EHang.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Pratt says the engine developed for the company’s Hybrid-Electric Propulsion (HEP) flight demonstrator has run at full power for the first time.
Farnborough Airshow

By James Pozzi
Wisk Aero says it is giving consideration toward the fledgling aftermarket for its fully automated electric aircraft, although some of the MRO opportunity will be constrained by its intentional design limiting the aircraft’s number of systems.
Farnborough Airshow

By Ben Goldstein
Wisk Aero has partnered with Skyports Infrastructure to develop a vertiport network for commercial air taxi services in Southeast Queensland, Australia.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
Jekta has selected ZeroAvia to develop a hydrogen-electric, fuel-cell-powered version of its PHA-ZE 100 amphibian, originally designed to rely on batteries.
Farnborough Airshow

By Guy Norris
Collins Aerospace has passed the passed the preliminary design review for the EU's Clean Aviation HECATE project.
Farnborough Airshow

By Guy Norris
RTX companies Collins Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney have achieved sustained turbogenerator operation in its STEP-Tech demonstrator, marking a key milestone.
Farnborough Airshow

By Christine Boynton
Lilium's expanded Power-On Aftermarket Services portfolio now offers a suite of digital tools to support future operators of its eVTOL aircraft.
Farnborough Airshow

By Tony Osborne
Eve Air Mobility, Embraer’s advanced air mobility spinoff, has rolled out the first of six Eve prototypes to support the eVTOL program through developmental flight testing.
Farnborough Airshow

By Graham Warwick
Whisper Aero has unveiled a prototype glider powered by its largest electric ducted-fan thruster to date.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The four projects will receive $6.25 million in funding in the first round of the state’s Advanced Air Mobility Activation Fund.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The government approvals increase the drone-to-pilot ratio threefold over Wing’s prior authorizations.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Some leading air taxi startups are contemplating next steps in terms of developing better-performing aircraft for expanded mission sets in the next decade.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Hybrid-electric aircraft developer Electra.aero says its EL-2 Goldfinch technology demonstrator has completed off-runway test flights.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein, Alan Dron
Saudia Group has firmed an order for 50 Lilium Jets and taken options for 50 more.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Austrian startup FlyNow Aviation sees huge potential for urban air mobility to change how people commute through dense cities.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Lilium has pushed back the planned start of manned flight tests with its full-scale electric Lilium Jet to early 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The state of California has granted Archer Aviation a tax exclusion for the expansion of its battery and electric motor production facility in San Jose.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
In a milestone for electric aircraft, Electric Power Systems (EPS) has submitted the first application for FAA approval of a lithium propulsion battery system.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The facility in Chelveston, England, is planned to be operational by 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has approved the certification basis for the Veronte autopilot under development by Spain’s EMbention.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Sergio Cecutta is a founder and partner at SMG Consulting.
Advanced Air Mobility