South Korean automaker Hyundai has renamed its urban air mobility division Supernal and plans to begin certification of its electric air taxi in the U.S. in 2024, aiming to launch commercial flights in 2028.
Airbus Helicopters has performed what it claims to be the first helicopter flight on 100% sustainable aviation fuel, albeit powering only one of the two engines on the H225 testbed.
Startup ZeroAvia has partnered with India’s Hindustan Aeronautics to develop a supplemental type certificate for its conversion of the 19-passenger Dornier 228 regional turboprop to hydrogen-electric propulsion.
U.S.-based satellite communications provider Viasat on Nov. 8 announced a definitive agreement to acquire UK-based Inmarsat in a transaction valued at $7.3 billion that would create an unrivaled, multiband space and terrestrial network serving aviation, maritime and other markets.
The National Business Aviation Association hailed the final passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that contains measures to support efforts to attract and retain aviation workers, fund improvements for general aviation airports and spur next-generation programs.
Gur Kimchi, co-founder of Amazon’s drone delivery service Amazon Prime Air, has joined the board of directors at Near Earth Autonomy, which is working to develop safe and efficient autonomous flight capabilities.
U.S. House members on Nov. 4 passed a bipartisan bill in support of advanced air mobility that would establish an AAM interagency working group to review policies and make recommendations to further the technologies and infrastructure for the new transportation capability.
McKinsey & Co.’s Robin Riedel says approximately $12 billion in funding has flowed into advanced air mobility over the past decades, “a meaningful number.”
The family of Energia-branded concepts—with all-electric, hybrid-electric or hydrogen-fueled propulsion for low emissions and noise—are aimed to enter into service between 2030 and 2040.
The Canadian Advanced Air Mobility Consortium (CAAM) has released a report on the potential of Toronto as an early market as it works toward releasing a national road map for Canada.
Austria’s CycloTech is in discussions on the first application of its cyclorotor electric propulsion system after completing initial hover flight tests of a subscale demonstrator.
Heat-exchanger technology developed by Reaction Engines for its Synergetic Air Breathing Rocket Engine could help transform ammonia into a green aviation fuel.
In 2022, the U.S. Air Force plans to have government pilots fly prototype eVTOL aircraft on military bases as part of the Agility Prime program, to evaluate potential use cases as the service moves toward fielding an initial tranche of vehicles in fiscal 2023.
Washington State University is helping startup Zeva Aero with development of a single-person electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle under a grant from the state’s Joint Center for Aerospace Technology Innovation.
Germany’s MTU Aero Engines has partnered with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency to develop certification requirements for hydrogen fuel cells in aircraft.
Swiss startup Dufour Aerospace has launched a tiltwing unmanned cargo aircraft as a step toward development of its planned Aero3 passenger-carrying electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft
The FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin alerting aviation manufacturers, operators and pilots to the potential adverse effects of new 5G wireless networks on radio altimeters.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Airborne International Response Team have joined forces to study the use of small unmanned aircraft systems by public safety and emergency response organizations.
Startup SkyDrive has become the first Japanese company to formally initiate the type certification process for an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle.
A European project to demonstrate a modular hybrid-electric propulsion architecture for future small short/medium-range regional aircraft has been completed with flight tests of a second power train demonstrator.
