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

By Ben Goldstein
The flight of Ampaire’s “Hawaii Bird” testbed, one of its two modified Skymasters, into Long Beach Airport came after tough-won regulatory approvals.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The deal will net the UK startup $84 million after deducting fees related to the transaction.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The Italian company revealed the discussions after Baykar announced it had hosted a delegation from Leonardo.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Solving that challenge is doubly important for the U.S. Department of Defense.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
An updated illustration of prospective AAM entry-into-service targets.
AWIN Knowledge Center

Aviation Week Staff
An updated ranking of AAM infrastructure companies.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Tony Osborne
Data from payloads fitted to the aircraft, including electro-optical cameras and radar imagery, will be sent from the UAS to a Geo-Information Center.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Bengaluru-based startup Sarla Aviation unveiled its prototype Shunya air taxi on Jan. 20.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
But despite the high hopes, industry watchers generally agree that air taxi operations will not be profitable until they reach scale.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Planned for the summer, the flight will involve Beta’s conventional-takeoff-and-landing Alia CTOL.
Advanced Air Mobility