Advanced Air Mobility

Volocopter has completed its first uncrewed demonstration flights with its 2X prototype in Saudi Arabia.

German air rescue organization ADAC Luftrettung has purchased two VoloCity eVTOL aircraft for research operations starting in 2024.

The grant supports an A$12.8 million project to develop, flight test and certify the conversion of the Cessna Caravan to electric propulsion.

Swiss startup H55 has chosen Equipmake to supply the electric motor for its 100-kW electric propulsion system that will power the Bristell B23 Energic trainer.

Daher CEO Didier Kayat has set the target of proposing a hybrid-electric product to the market by 2027.

The AAM Stock Composite declined 8% during the week ending June 23.

The FAA has approved the certification basis for Lilium’s electric air taxi.

The program announced its decision on June 23, disclosing that it had discovered “failure modes” that would take too long to fix.

UK AAM business Skyports shares visuals of its planned Dubai vertiport as the company edges closer to executing its first build.

The timeline for retrofitting the aircraft, as well as the number of aircraft to be retrofitted with automated systems, is yet to be determined.

Daher, Safran and Airbus have completed 30 hr. of flight testing without power to the electric propellers on the EcoPulse demonstrator.

CEO Klaus Roewe is “not worried at all” about the company’s ability to achieve type certification by 2025.

French training aircraft manufacturer Elixir Aircraft plans to fly a turboprop-powered version of its two-seater by year's end.

Supernal announced agreements with GKN Aerospace, Qarbon Aerospace and UmbraGroup related to production of its S-A1 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing craft.

Safran Helicopters will develop a 600-kW turbogenerator for Electra.aero’s prototype nine-passenger hybrid-electric short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

Speaking at Paris Air Show, Volocopter CEO Dirk Hoke unveiled details about a previously-unreported next-generation VoloCity air taxi.

Despite battery energy storage limitations, more startups are at the Paris Air Show this year presenting their plans to develop electric regional aircraft.

French advanced air mobility startup Ascendance Flight Technologies has announced three new suppliers for its hybrid eVTOL aircraft.

ZeroAvia's agreement with low-carbon regional aircraft lessor Monte has matured into the first definitive purchase for hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion systems.

Propulsion developer ZeroAvia and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Regional Jet Aviation completed a study that identified an initial CRJ700 retrofit entry point.

Automotive and motorcycle maker Suzuki will help SkyDrive manufacture its eVTOL, which will now carry three people.

Chinese startup AutoFlight is debuting its fourth full-scale proof-of-concept electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi at the Paris Air Show.

Lilium has announced a pair of new partnerships aimed at establishing a presence in China.

Eve Air Mobility and Blade Air Mobility have announced plans to integrate Eve’s electric air taxis into Blade’s European helicopter network.

Archer is displaying its Midnight electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft at the Paris Air Show.