Advanced Air Mobility

The U.S. Energy Department is seeking feedback from stakeholders on an $8 billion initiative to establish at least four regional hydrogen hubs.

The U.S. Defense Department has funded operational demonstrations of Silent Arrow’s GD-2000 unmanned cargo glider.

Malaysia-headquartered LCC AirAsia plans to lease Vertical Aerospace VX4 electric air taxis from Avolon to develop an urban air mobility service (UAM) in Southeast Asia.

Multiple international markets are being studied.

Hybridizing the Hexa ultralight eVTOL could open up new markets for Lift Aircraft.

Italian general aviation manufacturer Tecnam has made its first foray into electric propulsion, revealing a hybrid-electric version of its four-seat P2010 that made its first flight in December.

With eyes on the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, Kansai, Japan is preparing for the introduction of air taxi services.

Agreement includes plans for six vertiports.

Tail-mounted electric motor newly added.

Both tourist trips cross-border flights are the goal.

Electric aircraft startup Eviation has announced the departure of co-founder Omer Bar-Yohay as CEO and appointed the company’s president, Greg Davis, as interim CEO.

The FAA is studying the concept of a new set of operational rules and regulations dubbed automated flight rules, which will be designed to handle the huge increase in mainly low altitude air traffic anticipated with the emergence of new generation advanced air mobility vehicles.

Volocity air taxi services could come by 2024.

Singapore-headquartered H3 Dynamics has tested what it said is the first integrated hydrogen-electric powertrain nacelle, designed to enable distributed propulsion for a range of aircraft sizes.

Barbara Pilarski, global head of business development at Stellantis, has been named to the Archer Aviation board of directors.

Elbit Systems’ StarLiner medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system has received type certification from the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel, approving the aircraft to fly in civil airspace.

Volocopter has secured a commitment for up to $1 billion in financing to build its fleet of electric vertical takeoff and landing passenger and cargo vehicles.

Hydrogen supplier Air Liquide and Airbus have signed a memorandum of understanding with Korean Air and the operator of Incheon International Airport to study the development of infrastructure required to support the deployment of hydrogen-powered aircraft.

U.S. startup Odys Aerospace has secured $12.4 million in seed funding to build a subscale demonstrator of an unconventional hybrid-electric aircraft that combines vertical takeoff and landing capability with high cruise efficiency to provide regional range at low operating cost.

Singapore-based private aviation charter company Yugo has partnered with U.S. startup Electra.aero to develop an air mobility network in the Asia-Pacific region.

Californian startup Natilus has announced letters of intent for more than 440 large unmanned cargo aircraft from customers including a Canadian drone operator, an African cargo airline and a U.S. freight forwarder.

Israel’s Steadicopter says its Black Eagle 50H VTOL UAS is the first in its class and combines the best of both its electric and petrol-powered Black Eagle UAS.

Jet It and its sister company Jet Club were launch customers for Bye Aerospace’s eFlyer 800 when the concept was unveiled in June 2021.

Sydney-based Aviation H2 was founded toward the end of 2021 with the goal of flying Australia’s first hydrogen-fueled aircraft within 18 months.

Brazilian startup Desaer has partnered with electric propulsion developer MagniX to develop a hybrid-electric version of its planned ATL-100 regional utility transport.