Advanced Air Mobility

Lilium has received the first set of standby flight instruments from Garmin for integration into its Lilium Jet prototypes and flight simulator.

H55 is developing battery packs for Pratt & Whitney Canada’s hybrid-electric flight demonstrator.

Rolls-Royce has begun bench tests of its first 320-kW electric motor demonstrator for potential regional aircraft applications.

The AAM Stock Composite rose 1.5% during the week ending March 29, compared to an 0.25% increase in the S&P 500.

Surf Air Mobility said it now expects to receive FAA certification for its electrified powertrains in 2027.

The Mitre Corp. has developed a tool that can estimate the level of risk to AAM vehicles posed by hazardous operating conditions created by microscale weather.

The project is developing a digital twin of Aurora’s Skiron-X expeditionary uncrewed aircraft.

Drone delivery provider DroneUp has unveiled its Ecosystem, an integrated ground, air and software infrastructure.

Several years following the initial explosion of the eVTOL sector, most industry players have converged around one or two primary vehicle concepts.

Hybrid-electric aircraft developer VoltAero is preparing to test a more powerful piston engine from Kawasaki.

Archer Aviation has unveiled the completion of a series of initial battery drop tests, demonstrating the safety and resiliency of its proprietary battery packs.

Kriya Shortt, Textron eAviation’s CEO, sat down with the AAM Report to discuss the company’s various programs and overarching vision for sustainable aviation.

Dutch startup Electron Aerospace has unveiled an updated design for its Electron 5, a four-passenger, battery-electric aircraft.

XTI Aerospace hopes its new life as a publicly traded company will unlock the resources required to develop the TriFan 600 VTOL business aircraft.

Leading British aerospace research center Cranfield University is set to establish the UK’s first airport-based, large-scale hydrogen research hub.

Projected entry-into-service dates for AAM startups, updated in March 2024.

An estimation of the number of test flights needed to type certify electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles.

China’s EHang has established Japan’s first urban air mobility (UAM) center, in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture.

Industry has welcomed the FAA’s revisions to the airworthiness criteria for Joby Aviation’s S4 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

Surf Air Mobility has signed am MOU with Tanzanian regional carrier Auric Air Services to upgrade 12 of its Cessna Caravans with its electric powertrains.

The AAM Stock Composite rose by around 9% during the week ending March 22, boosted by a continued rally in shares of EHang.

AeroHT is developing the Land-based Aircraft Carrier, an all-electric, five-passenger off-road SUV that carries a two-passenger multirotor eVTOL in its trunk.

The CarryAll is the first version of AutoFlight’s planned Prosperity family of 2,000-kg gross weight eVTOL uncrewed cargo and piloted passenger aircraft.

Lockheed Martin Ventures led a group of 14 investors that raised a $12.5 million seed round investment in Firestorm Labs.

The FAA has released proposed special conditions for type certification of electric engines developed by Beta Technologies and Safran.