Advanced Air Mobility

The startup is working hard to secure the necessary permits and approvals for its first two vertiport sites in its planned Rome network.

Volocopter has received an extension to its Production Organization Approval from Germany’s aviation authority.

Sora Aviation plans to develop a 30-passenger large tiltrotor eVTOL called the S-1.

Emirates Airline president Tim Clark is open to cooperating with urban air mobility provider Joby as it prepares to set up an air taxi operation in Dubai.

Sikorsky has unveiled the configuration of the Hybrid-Electric Demonstrator (HEX), a fully autonomous prototype to be developed with GE Aerospace, at Heli-Expo.

Universal Hydrogen has run its megawatt-class fuel cell powertrain testbed using fuel supplied by its liquid hydrogen module for the first time.

Lilium says that production of key structures for its second production-conforming Lilium Jet is now underway.

Archer Aviation is shifting focus to the compliance and implementation phases of the FAA's type certification process.

Eve Air Mobility has selected Spain’s Aciturri to supply wing skins, spars and leading and trailing edges for its eVTOL aircraft.

Startup Beyond Aero has completed France’s first crewed flight of a hydrogen-electric aircraft.

The Helicopter Association International (HAI) trade association is rebranding itself as Vertical Aviation International (VAI).

The AAM Stock Composite declined 6.7% during the week ending Feb. 23, bringing its total losses for the year so far to nearly 27%.

Using the e-fuel in a hybrid powertrain more than doubles the efficiency of SAF usage, the company says.

The aviation industry is different for hybrid propulsion, advocates say.

Joby Aviation has announced completion of the third stage of the FAA’s five-step aircraft type certification process.

Wisk Aero has partnered with the city of Sugar Land, Texas, to explore building out an autonomous urban air mobility ecosystem in the Greater Houston region.

Dovetail Electric Aviation has begun tests of an integrated hydrogen fuel-cell powerplant targeted at flight tests on a modified Beechcraft King Air.

Eaton Aerospace and the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have signed a three-year research collaboration agreement to develop eVTOL solutions.

Aura Aero is to receive €13.2 million ($14.1 million) in government funding to support development of the Era hybrid-electric 19-seat regional airliner.

Eve Air Mobility has signed an agreement with Yugo to study the potential for urban air mobility and eVTOL flights in Southeast Asia.

The AAM Stock Composite barely budged during the week ending Feb. 16, inching up by 0.1%, compared to a 0.4% decline in the S&P 500.

Startup Vertical Aerospace has won an £8 million ($10 million) grant from the UK government to develop next-generation propellers for its VX4 eVTOL air taxi .

PhilJets, a regional operator in the Philippines, has signed a deal with Lilium to set up a high-speed regional air mobility service in Southeast Asia.

Japanese researchers are studying the design for a multicopter electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.

French startup Aura Aero has rolled out the first prototype of the Integral E two-seat electric training aircraft.