Advanced Air Mobility

But outside the echo chamber of AAM startups and industry enthusiasts, public awareness is still in a nascent stage.

The K-UAM Dream Team led by wireless network operator SK Telecom has signed an MOU to develop an air mobility service in South Korea.

Embraer spinoff Eve Air Mobility has completed a prototype of its urban air mobility air traffic management system.

Stephen Fitzpatrick, the company’s founder and CEO, recently sat down with the AAM Report to share his thoughts.

The Black Swan is designed to carry a 770 lb. payload up to 1,550 mi. with up to 50% lower cost than conventional airfreight.

Natilus has selected ZeroAvia to supply its hydrogen-electric powertrain as an option for the autonomous, blended-wing-body (BWB) Kona aircraft.

Lilium has signed a pair of firm agreements for its Pioneer Edition Lilium Jet with two European operators.

The agreement starts with Sky2Share acquiring the five-seat Cassio 330.

Lilium CCO Sebastien Borel introduces the cabin of the Lilium Jet as the eVTOL startup targets the business aviation sector.

Kawasaki Motors has made a strategic investment of an undisclosed amount in VoltAero, a hybrid-electric aircraft developer.

UK electric air taxi startup Vertical Aerospace has signed an agreement with Kakao Mobility of South Korea for 50 preorders of its VX4 eVTOL vehicle.

Dufour Aerospace is to receive a CHF2.5 million ($2.8 million) grant from the Swiss government under an accelerator program run by innovation agency Innosuisse.

The Advanced Air Mobility Stock Composite climbed 8.5% in its strongest week of the year so far, led higher by a massive rally in Archer Aviation.

Clean Sky 2’s Distributed Electric Propulsion Scaled Flight Demonstrator is a write-off after a fire during tests at the Netherlands aerospace research center.

Skyports Infrastructure is a company seeking to develop networks of vertiports around the world to accommodate the expected onset of electric air taxis.

Overair is assembling the first uncrewed full-scale demonstrator for its Butterfly tiltrotor electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

Barcelona, Spain-based BOLD Valuable Technology was founded in 2019 by Formula 1 design engineer Bernat Carreras to develop high-performance battery systems.

U.S. startup Doroni Aerospace has launched a Series A offering, aiming to raise $20-30 million to develop its H1 Hummingbird two-seat personal eVTOL vehicle.

NASA’s electrified aircraft propulsion flight demonstration programs face cost overruns and schedule delays, the agency’s inspector general says.

The U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program has established airspace innovation and battery energy storage teams.

German aerospace center DLR is planning a new facility for full-scale crash and impact testing of helicopters and electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing craft.

Reliable Robotics has demonstrated autonomous takeoff, flight and landing of its retrofitted Cessna Caravan 208 aircraft for the U.S. Air Force.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has created an interagency working group to help direct strategy and policies related to advanced air mobility.

Cosmic is targeting entry into service in 2028 using batteries with a specific energy of 300 Wh/kg at the pack level.

Hyundai company Supernal has partnered with, and invested in, Echodyne.