Advanced Air Mobility

U.S. startup Wright Electric has produced 1 megawatt of shaft power in tests of an electric motor-generator under development to power commercial aircraft.

German hydrogen-electric propulsion pioneer H2Fly has unveiled its next generation of fuel cell.

Turkish Aerospace has unveiled a full-scale mockup of its proposed T925 11.5-metric-ton heavy rotorcraft at the Paris Air Show.

Embraer’s Eve Air Mobility eVTOL aircraft will be the launch customer for the electric motors that emerge from the Nidec Aerospace JV.

Brazil’s aviation regulator ANAC has signed letters of intent with its European and UK counterparts to cooperate on certification of eVTOL aircraft.

The general aviation division of Chinese aircraft manufacturer AVIC has released a picture of what appears to be a full-scale flying model of an eVTOL aircraft.

ATM organization Eurocontrol has kicked off a 3-year project to pave the way for safe and efficient integration of vertiports into existing European airspace.

Japan’s IHI has unveiled tech breakthroughs that could advance development of electric and fuel cell propulsion systems for aircraft in the 2030s.

Every aspect of Elfly Group’s project is ambitious, but CEO and founder Eric Lithun argues it is achievable.

German aerial remote sensing company AeroDCS has completed the first hover flight of the Air Barrow Fuel Cell hydrogen-fueled unmanned aircraft.

Flight of the NASA X-57 Maxwell electric aircraft is in doubt as the program concludes at the end of September and is dealing with another technical problem.

Swiss startup Dufour Aerospace has finalized the design and specifications for its Aero2 hybrid-electric tiltwing VTOL UAS.

The electric lift-augmenting slats (ELAS) are expected to halve takeoff and landing distances.

The Hungarian government is to provide Rolls-Royce with $5 million over 3 years to support research and development of electric and hybrid-electric aircraft.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s LTA Research is preparing to begin outdoor flight tests of its Pathfinder 1 large rigid airship.

United Airlines and Eve Air Mobility have partnered to introduce urban air mobility services in San Francisco.

Universal Hydrogen is accelerating flight tests of its De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 hydrogen electric demonstrator.

The ranking of electric air taxi startups was unchanged in the latest edition of the AAM Reality Index, with Joby Aviation and Volocopter leading the pack.

Battery worries have led Italy-based Tecnam Aircraft to suspend plans to develop the P-Volt all-electric version of the P2012 twin-engine light aircraft.

Omer Bar-Yohay has stepped down as president of AutoFlight to focus on a firefighting data startup he co-founded.

The AAM Stock Composite rose 5.2% during the week ending June 9, compared to a 0.2% rise in the S&P 500, boosted by strong gains in Joby Aviation.

Lift Aircraft has delivered the first cargo module for the Hexa ultralight electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle to the U.S. Air Force.

A judge is sending Wisk Aero’s lawsuit against Archer Aviation to trial, although in a partial summary judgment he knocked down several claims made by Wisk.

The piloted, two-seat technology demonstrator for Electra.aero's hybrid-electric ultra-short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft is set to fly this year for testing.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers are building prototypes of an air-cooled, 1-megawatt electric motor with high specific power.