Advanced Air Mobility

Volatus Infrastructure & Energy Solutions is a startup company developing modular, scalable vertiports for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles.

Short announcements of developments within the Advanced Air Mobility industry.

U.S. electric aircraft startup Eviation has announced a letter of intent (LoI) to provide up to 25 aircraft to German startup regional airline flyVbird.

The AAM Stock Composite rallied nearly 5% during the week ended Oct. 13, boosted by a surge in EHang’s stock.

Whether electric and hydrogen propulsion can find a place in business aviation is not yet clear.

The EH216-S is an autonomous, wingless, two-passenger multicopter with a range of 35 km (22 mi.) and top speed of 130 km/h.

The Chinese startup describes airworthiness certification as “an epoch-making milestone” for urban air mobility.

Surf Air Mobility has partnered with Regent to establish a regional base for operating electric seaglider services in Miami.

The letter of intent for a “substantial” number of propulsion systems for delivery from 2026 is part of a memorandum of understanding.

Massachusetts-based startup Guardian has hired Leif Jentoft from startup Righthand Robotics as its new chief product officer.

The rebrand comes as the California-based eVTOL startup unveiled its fourth-generation Helix aircraft, an upgraded version of the third-generation BlackFly.

First-response efforts in Utah are coordinated at the county level by the county sheriff.

SkyDrive of Japan has formed a production subsidiary to build its electric SD-05 eVTOL aircraft at a Suzuki Motor company manufacturing plant starting in 2024.

Haili Liu lives in Richmond, Virginia, but established Hydrogen Craft Ltd. in his native China in 2017.

Germany has launched a pilot project combining uncrewed aircraft and electric bikes to deliver groceries to residents.

The company says the trials are an “important step” as the AAM industry prepares to introduce eVTOL aircraft.

Ukraine’s Antonov could be granted licensed production of the French-developed Aarok medium-altitude, long-endurance uncrewed aircraft system.

French startup VoltAero has begun construction of a final assembly plant for its Cassio 330 hybrid electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

All the major drone delivery companies are preparing to scale up their operations in the U.S.

A group of European aviation and mobility organizations have joined forces to jointly pave the way for the introduction of electric regional aviation.

Startup Ampaire has received a U.S. Air Force contract to scale up its AMP-H570 hybrid-electric powertrain.

The biggest loser was Surf Air Mobility, which dropped 17.2% to $1.35.

Embraer and Japanese electric motor manufacturer Nidec have received approval for their U.S.-based joint venture Nidec Aerospace,

The custom battery cell selected by the unidentified aircraft developer has an energy density of 400 Wh/kg.

Wisk Aero has begun conducting test flights of its autonomous air taxi out of Long Beach Airport, California.