Advanced Air Mobility

With industry leaders working to certify their aircraft, it was up to alternative propulsion developers to take limelight at the Farnborough Airshow.

The AAM Stock Composite rose by 2.7% last week, compared to a roughly 0.8% decline in the S&P 500.

CAeS says it is close to securing funding to support flight-testing of a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system on a modified Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander.

VoltAero and Kawasaki Motors have revealed new details about plans to power later versions of the Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft with a hydrogen-fueled version of its newly developed supercharged aero piston engine family.

Australian-Spanish startup Dovetail is to provide prototype modules for initial functional and integration testing.

Electric seaglider startup Regent Craft announced the opening of a new government affairs office in Washington, D.C.

Vertical Aerospace has completed initial tethered hover flights with its recently unveiled next-generation VX4 eVTOL prototype.

A UK team has begun flight tests of an airborne 5G connectivity system.

The UK company is aiming for service entry by the end of the decade.

Taking the market opportunity as a whole, EAMaven identifies a target market of 416 million travelers.

At the same time, Honeywell’s venture capital arm has made an undisclosed investment in Electra.

The goal is to launch pilot programs on routes in unpopulated areas with 25 preproduction aircraft in 2025.

Swiss electric propulsion startup H55 has announced the closing of a Series C funding round.

Sigma has signed agreements with eVTOL developer Supernal and VoltAero.

CEO Klaus Roewe says the shift of the Lilium Jet’s first flight into early 2025 is linked to some key suppliers missing out on EASA software validation requirements.

P&WC is working with Maeve on a propulsion system for the European startup's planned hybrid-electric regional turboprop for the 80-seat-class market.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has agreed to perform a flight demonstration of ZeroAvia’s ZA2000 hydrogen-electric engines in 2026.

A projection of eVTOL deliveries and the growth of the in-service fleet from 2030 through 2050.

Entry-into-Service projections for leading AAM startups, last updated June 2024.

The new prototype is by far Vertical’s most advanced yet.

China’s EHang has signed a purchase and operation cooperation agreement with Hong Kong’s KC Smart Mobility.

“We hope to power their ZEROe,” ZeroAvia founder and CEO Val Miftakhov said on the first day of this year's Farnborough Airshow.

By 2040, Aviation Week’s projections call for nearly 12,000 eVTOL deliveries worldwide.

Electric vehicle makers are more concerned with battery energy capacity rather than power capability.

A GKN Aerospace-led project to develop and test a 2-megawatt cryogenic hybrid-electric propulsion system is one of five to be backed by UK government funding.