Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Brazilian startup Moya Aero has made its first transition with a subscale version of its tiltbody uncrewed electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Dufour Aerospace has conducted the first hover flight of the production-ready prototype for its Aero2 tiltwing hybrid eVTOL UAS.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Eanan Al Samma's Rikaz is a multicopter electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle with four three-blade propellers mounted on arms.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The turboprop Grand Caravan aircraft have a range of about 1,150 mi. with a payload capacity of up to 1,200 lb.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The AAM Stock Composite soared more than 18% during the week ending Aug. 23.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
Lilium has begun integration testing of the electric power system for the Lilium Jet electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft in a laboratory in Munich.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
H3 Dynamics will supply fuel cells to a project developing a modular, distributed hybrid hydrogen-electric propulsion system for future regional aircraft
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
MagniX unveiled a Dash 7 that it plans to convert to a hybrid aircraft by replacing two of its four turboprop engines with electric powertrains.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Beta guided the Unither Bioelectronics team through a version of its pilot training syllabus for the Alia CTOL.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
EHang has received preorders for more than 1,100 aircraft in the Chinese market and is ramping up output after securing production certification in April.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Robinson Helicopter’s tie-up with United Therapeutics to develop a hybrid-electric version of the R66 is a sign of new CEO David Smith’s drive for innovation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
United Therapeutics’ founding objective to manufacture artificial organs and overcome the critical shortage of human organs for transplant is nearing takeoff.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
While AAM will get its start using existing heliports and private terminals at airports, dedicated vertiport infrastructure is beginning to take shape.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The Series A++++ round raised “hundreds of millions of yuan,” Volant posted on Weibo on Aug.19, and was led by the Beijing Robot Industry Fund.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Surf Air said it expects to conclude the conceptual design review phase for the electric variant by year-end.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
The FAA has renewed the special airworthiness certificate for the Aska A5 fly/drive eVTOL prototype.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Some eVTOL industry-watchers are beginning to question whether the juice is truly worth the squeeze when it comes to large-scale air taxi demos.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The gain paled compared to the nearly 4% gain in the S&P 500.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The single-seat Helix is a tilt-body recreational eVTOL based on the previous-generation BlackFly.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The proof-of-concept aircraft uses off-the-shelf systems.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Nordic ministers have agreed to intensify efforts to establish Nordic fossil-free air routes operated by electric aircraft by 2030.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A federal judge has overturned a decision that had awarded electric aircraft startup Zunum Aero $72 million in damages and dismissed all charges against Boeing.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Amazon Prime Air will trial drone delivery as it has done during previous trials.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
With a maximum takeoff weight of 2,500 lb. (1,133 kg), the company describes the aircraft as the “largest civilian drone available for purchase today.”
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
With a cargo payload of 2 tons, the unnamed UAS is the largest uncrewed transport UAS developed in China.
Advanced Air Mobility