Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Switzerland’s Smartflyer rolled out is SFX1 prototype electric aircraft at Grenchen Airport on Nov. 6.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Chinese electric air taxi startups Vertaxi and Volant Aerotech have announced a slew of preorders.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The aircraft will use a hybrid-electric range extender that XPeng has introduced for its electric vehicles.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The first conforming subassembly, an S4 tail, has been completed and is now undergoing conformity inspection by the FAA.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
A prototype, registered D-HECA, flew for the first time on Nov. 6, Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even revealed on social media.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Archer has agreed to a conditional, deposit-backed deal to sell up to 100 Midnight air taxis to Soracle.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Total investment in the five projects amounts is C$101 million ($72.5 million).
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Volocopter retained the top slot in the latest edition of the AAM Reality Index.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Angus Batey
Amid the fallout from Lilium’s filing for insolvency, attention is turning to a comparatively little-noticed aspect of the advanced air mobility industry.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The first stage of the type certification process, the certification basis spells out the environmental and airworthiness requirements for new aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Angus Batey
Experts spoke at the Aerospace Technology Institute's annual conference in October.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The AAM Stock Composite rose 2.5% during the month of October, a modest result that masks deeper financial strain at many eVTOL startups.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Angus Batey
Panelists speaking during the UK ATI annual conference were optimistic that hydrogen fuel cell technology could be scaled up to power regional airliners.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation has completed the first flight of its electric air taxi in Japan at Toyota’s Higashi-Fuji Technical Center in Shizuoka.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Shanghai-based TCab Technology says it has raised “several hundred million yuan” to promote industrialization of the E20 eVTOL air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Electric aircraft developer Beta Technologies has raised an additional $318 million through a Series C funding round led by the Qatar Investment Authority.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The ES1000, from Beijing-based manufacturer Yifei Aviation Technology, uses distributed hybrid-electric propulsion and blown lift for short takeoff and landing.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The agreement seeks to license the operational supervisors who will monitor EHang’s EH216-S autonomous multicopter.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Embraer spinoff Eve Air Mobility has received a $50 million loan, building on its solid balance sheet as it works to develop and certify its air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Robert Wall
European uncrewed aircraft systems developer Tekever is scouting a location for a U.S. site in a global expansion push as it teams up with Droneway.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Comparatively less attention has been paid to the future operators of AAM aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The two companies’ joint R&D will focus on intermediate and high-temperature fuel cells.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Shenyang Aviation Industries Group has reached out to Italy's Manta Aircraft to partner on a V/STOL design that could now be developed and manufactured in China.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The transaction saw Joby issue 40 million shares at $5.05/share, raising about $200 million.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
A self-described investor in distressed companies, Mudrick Capital is the largest creditor of UK-based Vertical.
Advanced Air Mobility