Advanced Air Mobility

It may prove difficult to square commercial expectations with safety requirements.

The latest Jetson One V2 Mk5 frame features design tweaks to accommodate the final battery design.

A subsidiary of Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng, AeroHT raised more than $500 million in Series A funding in October 2021.

The AAM Stock Composite collapsed 13% during the week ending Aug. 2, finishing at its lowest level of the year.

China’s battery giant CATL has agreed to invest “hundreds of millions of dollars” in AutoFlight, the Shanghai-based eVTOL aircraft developer.

Lift Aircraft has introduced the Hexa 2, the first major upgrade of its Hexa personal eVTOL since production of the single-person multicopter began in 2021.

French advanced air mobility startup Aura Aero plans to open its first U.S. facility at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and build a 500,000-ft.2 factory.

The FAA has authorized startups Wing and Zipline to conduct beyond-visual-line-of-sight drone deliveries in shared airspace over Dallas-Fort Worth.

Retaining Moya's same tiltbody electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) airframe, the hybrid version increases range capability to 185 mi. while maintaining the 440-lb. payload capability.

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.

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.