Advanced Air Mobility

Communication and sensor systems usually run independently.

Amazon started drone deliveries in Lockeford, California, and College Station, Texas, on Dec. 22.

The design has 12 electric lift fans embedded in the wing and four in the canard foreplane.

Ten years into its development of a delivery drone, Amazon has started flying packages to customers at locations in Texas and California.

During the week ending Dec. 23, the AAM composite dropped by 11.3% from the week prior.

UAV President Mike Leskinen details the airline’s vision for integrating new technologies into its existing fleet and network.

As Samad, the Cranfield, England-based startup was founded to develop the e-Starling ducted-fan eVTOL luxury jet.

Qingdao West Coast Area’s investment arm has committed to investing an initial $10 million in the Chinese eVTOL startup.

The final rule is expected to be published by the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority in the first quarter of 2023.

Maeve Aerospace plans to develop a 44-seat electric regional airliner with a design range of 300 nm.

Spirit AeroSystems is the market leader, according to the consultancy’s December report.

Eve Air Mobility has secured two lines of credit worth a combined $92.5 million from Brazil’s National Development Bank.

The grants were included as part of the Advanced Aviation Infrastructure Modernization Act.

The company intends to begin its flight test campaign in January 2023 at Kemble Airfield in Gloucestershire.

A United Airlines senior executive praised the decision by Heart Aerospace to increase its electric airliner from 19 to 30 seats.

Israeli startup AIR has completed the first successful transition of its full-scale technology prototype from hover to cruise.

Site approvals and first-article tests will be completed by the end of February 2023.

After a heady 2021, a layer of reality has settled over the advanced air mobility industry in the past year.

The ground tests are of the hybrid-electric propulsion system that will power the modified De Havilland Dash 8-100 flight demonstrator starting in 2024.

Proposed certification requirements for Archer Aviation’s M001 Midnight air taxi have been released by the FAA.

Dropped from 50 ft., the representative full-scale, 800-volt battery module absorbed the impact load with no significant damage at the cell or pack level.

Dante was founded in 2018 and regional airline Air Nostrum and low-cost carrier Volotea have together become the startup’s first strategic investor.

The increase was pushed higher by several large fundraising rounds at major AAM startups in recent weeks.

Despite the positive weekly result, the AAM Composite fell each day between Dec. 12 and Dec. 15.

Eve Co-CEO Andre Stein offered an update on the status of Eve’s namesake eVTOL.