Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A European project to develop a hydrogen-electric propulsion system for 19-seat regional aircraft has entered the component testing phase.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Eve Air Mobility continues to plan for a first flight toward the middle of the year with its engineering prototype.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The commercial drone industry today faces enormous potential in terms of use case and market size, but realizing those ambitions will require a step-change improvement in endurance and payload.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Slovakia’s Klein Vision has unveiled the production prototype for its AirCar roadable aircraft, revealing several improvements over the initial prototype.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
A team led by Spanish/Australian startup Dovetail Electric Aviation has been awarded a grant to retrofit a Cessna Caravan with hydrogen fuel cell propulsion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Joby has rolled out the fifth S4 eVTOL air taxi from its pilot production line.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Manufacture of the full-scale prototype of French startup Ascendance’s hybrid eVTOL continues to progress.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has established a new aeronautics division, consolidating the company’s fixed-wing crewed aircraft, aerostructures and UAS work under one roof.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Aviation Week Staff
An illustration of current AAM service entry targets.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Graham Warwick
Archer has hired retired Brig. Gen. Christopher Tartaglione as chief operating officer for its operations in the UAE.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Whisper Aero has unveiled plans to develop a family of hybrid-electric autonomous cargo aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Startup Hinetics has demonstrated the first cryogen-free superconducting electric motor.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
It will enable the startup’s WM2500 2-megawatt-class electric propulsion system to be tested driving the fan module from a Honeywell LF507-1F geared turbofan.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
Archer’s 20% share price gain in April was the highest among electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) startups.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup ZT1 Technology has entered the electric propulsion market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
German electric air taxi developer Lilium's battery supplier CustomCells has filed for insolvency.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
U.S. startup LIFT Aircraft's single-seat Hexa multicopter lost an electric motor during a public demonstration flight at the Osaka World Expo in April.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Joby achieved a major feat in its eVTOL development program late last month when its S4 air taxi made the first piloted transition between vertical hover and forward cruise.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Chinese startup AutoFlight has signed an accord with Shenzen-based CITIC Offshore Helicopter and CITIC Financial Leasing.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Korean Air plans to build an UAM and aviation safety R&D center with the aim of creating a hub for future mobility and aerospace innovation in South Korea.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
UK startup ARC Aerosystems has signed an agreement to supply up to 30 of its Pegasus III gyroplanes to kidney recovery and transport specialist 34Lives.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau, Ben Goldstein
Hybrid-electric aircraft manufacturer Heart Aerospace has decided to move its corporate headquarters from Save airport near Gothenburg, Sweden, to Los Angeles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Diamond Aircraft is to demonstrate a hybrid hydrogen-electric propulsion system for general aviation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Vertical lift specialist Piasecki Aircraft has acquired the Kargo UAV uncrewed logistics aircraft program from Kaman.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation has begun routine piloted transitions between vertical and cruise flight during flight testing of its S4 tiltprop electric air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility