UPS’s drone airline subsidiary UPS Flight Forward has embarked on a strategy of deploying autonomous and remotely operated aircraft across a range of use cases from medical delivery drones to large feeder aircraft.
Small French manufacturers Elixir Aircraft and TurboTech plan to develop a cryogenic hydrogen propulsion system for light aircraft under a project supported by the French government’s post-COVID-19 recovery plan.
German general aviation manufacturer Flight Design displayed a mockup of a version of its F2 light sport aircraft with zero-emission hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion at the Aero Freidrichshafen 2022 show on April 27-30.
By 2035, Rio de Janiero could see a fleet of 245 urban air taxis flying 4.5 million passengers a year on more than 100 routes linking 37 vertiports, Eve UAM forecasts in the first concept of operations for urban air mobility (UAM) to be developed in Brazil.
Airbus is to test its CityAirbus NextGen electric vertical takeoff and landing platform with a series of research projects centered around the German city of Ingolstadt.
With the first signs of certification dates being pushed back, does an advanced air mobility industry that attracted billions of dollars in investment over recent months have enough money in hand to meet its aggressive targets?
SkyDrive and the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau have agreed to the type certification basis for the Tokyo-based startup’s SD-05 electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is to cooperate with Kawasaki Heavy Industries on the development of core technologies for hydrogen-powered commercial aircraft.
Operating a regional airport in Britain in the early 2020s appears to be an exercise in balancing risks against opportunities, ambition against pragmatism.
UK startup Vertical Aerospace has pushed back certification and first deliveries of its VX4 air taxi to 2025, from 2024, as it prepares to begin flight tests of its full-scale demonstrator this summer.
The first flights of an all-electric aircraft designed and built in the UK have been accomplished under a project led by Cranfield University as part of the UK government-supported Future Flight Challenge.
Electric propulsion startup MagniX is teaming with flight test specialists AeroTEC and Canadian operator Air Tindi to convert a De Havilland Canada Dash 7 into a testbed for NASA’s Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration project.
UK startup Vertical Aerospace has pushed back certification and first deliveries of its VX4 air taxi to 2025, from 2024, as it prepares to begin flight tests of its full-scale demonstrator in summer 2022.
Despite the Russia-Ukraine war and volatility in the stock market, business aircraft activity at Textron Aviation has remained strong during the first quarter of 2022, company officials say.
Beyond developing and producing an air vehicle that meets civil aviation authority certification standards, advanced air mobility companies also must certify how the aircraft will be serviced and maintained, and their flight operations also must be certified.
Helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft lessor LCI has placed a firm order for 50 Beta Technologies Alia-250 electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles with an option for another 75.
With modification of the Cessna 172 Skyhawk and 208 Caravan to autonomous operation already under its belt, Reliable Robotics has received an Air Force Research Laboratory contract to demonstrate autonomous capabilities on U.S. Air Force aircraft.
