Advanced Air Mobility

Wing has selected Charlotte, North Carolina, to be the next U.S. metro area served by its drone delivery service.

Regent has started hardware and systems integration for its first full-scale electric seaglider prototype, keeping it on track for initial crewed sea trials planned for later this year.

EPS has been developing its EPiC 1.0 rechargeable lithium-ion battery system to power electric regional aircraft.

The Ultra 2XL is a 3,000-lb. gross-weight coaxial-rotor uncrewed helicopter, powered by a Rolls-Royce RR300 turboshaft engine.

Lilium “requires additional capital immediately to continue to fund its ongoing operations.”

The document, DO-406, clears the way for manufacturers to produce avionics using AURA Network Systems’ 450-MHz spectrum.

Toyota is investing an additional $500 million in Joby Aviation, with the funding to support certification and commercial production of its electric air taxi.

Japan’s SkyDrive is collaborating with startup Braid Technologies to use artificial intelligence and mathematical modeling techniques to optimize the structure of its next-generation eVTOL by generating thousands of design patterns and selecting the most optimum based on a large number of parameters that impact weight.

A ranking of advanced air mobility infrastructure startups.

Chinese AAM OEMs have raised so far this year more than the rest of the world

To achieve power-on, Lilium applied 900-volt external power to the aircraft, where it was converted to lower voltage to supply electrical and avionics systems.

Under a pilot partnership between Wing and Serve Robotics, packages will be picked up by a ground robot, then delivered by drone to customers up to 6 mi. away.

Pivotal has announced the completion of over 1,000 flights with its BlackFly single-seat eVTOL aircraft.

Advanced air mobility (AAM) could have a transformational impact on the lives of disabled people if accessibility is “baked in.”

EHang’s movements have an outsized impact on the direction of the AAM Stock Composite.

The TMS-3 was displayed by Tianmukongka Intelligent Technology Sept. 25 at a trade expo in Hangzhou in Zhejiang province.

The JA1 is a single-person tailsitting electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

Elysian has released initial findings of the study at the Climate Week NYC event running from Sept. 22-29 in New York.

The 2025 Osaka World Expo has been promoted as an early opportunity for paying passengers to fly on electric air taxis, but this is now in doubt.

Rolls-Royce has elected to shut down its electrical propulsion unit, Rolls-Royce Electrical, having failed to find a buyer for the business.

Galaxy FBO operates from several airports and heliports in the Houston Area.

The Munich-based company has now raised more than €135 million.

The tests were conducted at AeroTEC in Moses Lake, Washington.

China’s nascent electric air taxi industry is forging tighter links with the country’s automative manufacturers and its massive electric-vehicle supply chain.

The company’s briefing paper is titled “AAM: A Philosophical Guide For Early Operations.”