Advanced Air Mobility

Zhuhai-based Vertaxi was founded in April 2021 by two members of the team that developed China’s Comac C919 narrowbody airliner.

The flights were meant to show the aircraft could be used for logistics missions in austere environments.

The FAA has issued an update to its interim safety standards for vertiport design.

The clean-sheet, twin-engine aircraft is expected to fly by year’s end or in early 2025.

A final FAA rule outlining standards for pilot certification and operations of eVTOL aircraft is expected to be published before the end of the year.

Opened in April, Archer’s government affairs office is located at 500 L’Enfant Plaza.

The Norwegian Research Center has purchased two Windracers Ultra drones for Antarctic survey missions.

Vertical Aerospace says it has enough cash to make it into the second quarter (Q2) of 2025.

Not all transitions are equal. A breakdown of eVTOL transitions by different startups.

The phrase “Valley of Death” describes the stage in which startups have begun operations but don’t yet have customers, and therefore revenues.

Joby was the biggest gainer last week with a nearly 16% increase to $5.53.

The RCS seaplane operations had a shaky start.

MD is the latest company to throw its hat into the emerging regional air mobility sector, with plans for an electric 10-seater called the MDA1.

The final tranche of funding for hydrogen-electric propulsion startup ZeroAvia came from the Scottish National Investment Bank.

Acquired by Airbus in 2001, Poland’s PZL-Okecie produced more than 1,000 of the four-seat Wilgas between 1967 and 2008.

Heart also plans to fly the X1 within the next six months from a yet-to-be-decided airport in the U.S., which would make it the first new-generation hybrid aircraft to reach that milestone.

The advancement of hydrogen and electric propulsion research at Royal NLR comes as several Netherlands-based companies are designing new-generation aircraft.

Lilium's board turnover comes on the heels of the Bavarian state government clearing the way for a €50 million ($55 million) loan guarantee to support the AAM outfit.

Tests included simulating the failure of one of the aircraft’s eight electric propulsion units (EPU) while in piloted tethered flight.

The company is also anticipating receipt of its G-1 Certification Basis from the FAA “any day now.”

Airbus UAM CEO Balkiz Sarihan tells Aviation Week the CityAirbus NextGen full-scale eVTOL prototype is on track to make its first flight before year-end.

Joby on Sept. 10 presented a letter of intent to the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority.

The Bavarian state government has cleared the way for a €50 million ($55 million) loan guarantee to support advanced air mobility startup Lilium.

Eve Air Mobility is now aiming to fly its full-scale engineering prototype “early next year,” CEO Johann Bordais says.

The sell-off coincided with a weak week on Wall Street.