Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The dilemma: How do you integrate a new class of aircraft when there are no existing powered-lift pilots, and no established training curricula to certify them?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Jaunt Air Mobility has revealed plans to go to the market with an uncrewed, hybrid version of its Journey eVTOL compound helicopter.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
U.S. startup Pivotal announced plans for a larger, longer-range version of its Helix eVTOL to be an uncrewed or optionally-piloted craft for defense missions.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
ZeroAvia says it has reached Stage 2 of the FAA’s G-1 issue paper process to establish the certification basis for the 600-kW electric propulsion system.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The 656-ft.-long airship will use 32 of the motors, with power supplied by Honeywell 1-megawatt turbogenerators.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Eve Air Mobility has conducted the first test of the pusher propulsion motor on its full-scale prototype electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
Safran Electrical & Power is seeking a chemical specialist to create its own GENeUSPACK battery solution for propulsion systems on electric and hybrid-electric aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The approval paves the way for more powerful motors that may equip hybrid-electric regional aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The UK air taxi startup Vertical Aerospace plunged 60% last month to $5.13, by far the biggest loss in the index.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The challenge was launched in November 2023 with round one awards to Cranfield Aerospace Solutions, Exeter Airport Consortium and ZeroAvia in February 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The flight of the uncrewed cargo VTOL was conducted at Pipistrel’s test facility near Gorizia, Italy.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Unveiled at the Zhuhai Airshow in November, the CH-YH1000 is a medium-altitude multipurpose aircraft for civil and military missions.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even said Jan. 27 that development of the CityAirbus NextGen urban air taxi will be paused at the end of the year.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Manufacturers including Archer and Joby have pushed back against the report’s conclusions.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Lithuanian startup Airvolve has adopted horizontal-axis cyclorotor propulsion to develop a compact middle-mile logistics uncrewed air system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The company has not set a timeline for the operational rollout of deliveries.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Test flights of the tiltwing aircraft from Zurich have included transitions from vertical to horizontal flight and back.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Wording is everything when it comes to regulation, and the pace of development in aviation technology has the world’s aviation authorities running to catch up.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
The 2,000-kg (4,400-lb.) gross weight electric aircraft received its Chinese type certificate in March 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
China’s EHang has joined the European Union-funded Urban Supply Aerial Vehicles for Emergencies (U-SAVE) project.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The 255,000-ft.2 Seaglider Manufacturing Facility is located in Quonset Industrial Park in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Located at the agency’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio, NASA’s Electric Aircraft Testbed (NEAT) is available to industry and academia.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at addressing the key challenges of charging infrastructure and pilot training.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Even said a strategic review of the program concluded that battery technology had not yet evolved to meet the minimum level of performance.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The company is providing no time frame for this planned expansion of its reach.
Advanced Air Mobility