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Intelligence on the evolving advanced air mobility ecosystem |
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More Business Notes
Feb 05, 2026
AIR EV advances to production with a new Israeli facility, preparing maiden flights of its cargo eVTOL and targeting scaled U.S. operations.
Jan 22, 2026
Electra.aero has signed a predelivery payment agreement with Bristow Group, the first deposit-backed commitment to buy its EL9 Ultra Short aircraft.
Dec 03, 2025
Advanced air mobility startups are looking to defense for early revenues, so Electra.aero is forming a dedicated defense unit to pursue potential military uses.
Dec 03, 2025
GoAero Prize announced eight teams that will move on to the 2027 fly0off for it's $2 million competition to create VTOL emergency response aircraft.
Technology Developments
Jun 07, 2025
Australian startup Skyportz has released a new iteration of its vertipad design and intended to mitigate the downwash and outwash hazard from eVTOL aircraft.
Jun 06, 2025
Factorial Energy has shipped its first solid-state lithium-metal battery cells for drone use to Avidrone Aerospace, a developer of long-range UAS.
Apr 11, 2025
Chinese eVTOL startup Autoflight has broken ground on a final-assembly plant in Wuhan, Hubei Province.
Apr 10, 2025
Fuel cell specialist Intelligent Energy has been selected to join the UK Civil Aviation Authority’s Hydrogen Challenge.
Operations
Feb 05, 2026
AutoFlight unveils the Matrix, a 5-ton-class eVTOL with cargo and passenger variants, showcasing full transition flight in a public demo.
Aug 13, 2025
Electra.aero has conducted public demonstrations of its hybrid-electric short-takeoff-and-landing technology as it rolls out its Direct Aviation vision for air travel.
Jun 07, 2025
Australian startup Skyportz has released a new iteration of its vertipad design and intended to mitigate the downwash and outwash hazard from eVTOL aircraft.
Apr 11, 2025
Chinese eVTOL startup Autoflight has broken ground on a final-assembly plant in Wuhan, Hubei Province.
Infrastructure
Dec 08, 2025
Orlando and Tampa airports are preparing for the potential arrival of electric air taxis.
Nov 20, 2025
For years the question for the AAM market was about technology. Now the question is market viability.
Sep 30, 2025
Famous automotive manufacturers bet on space, electric air taxis and hydrogen power.
Jul 31, 2025
Michigan’s air mobility testbed; simulating transonic wings; Europe prepares for eVTOLs; and first electric-aircraft propeller.
Regulatory
Feb 05, 2026
AIR EV advances to production with a new Israeli facility, preparing maiden flights of its cargo eVTOL and targeting scaled U.S. operations.
Aug 15, 2025
A leading advocacy organization for uncrewed aircraft has welcomed the FAA’s proposed rules for flying beyond visual line of sight, but highlighted concerns.
Jun 10, 2025
Archer Aviation appears to be slipping behind its major rival, Joby Aviation, while Beta Technologies plots its own course.
Apr 09, 2025
Eric Allison is chief product officer at Joby Aviation. He recently sat down with Aviation Week to talk about the company’s activities and strategy.
Investor Updates
Nov 07, 2025
There are varying degrees of progress for the four major Western eVTOL startups, and they all provided reports for the third quarter of 2025.
Dec 24, 2024
Mobile Uplift Corp., a consortium of European and North American investors, has agreed to acquire assets of bankrupt electric aircraft manufacturer Lilium.
Dec 09, 2024
Aionics is seeking to replicate the AI approach for developing new and custom battery cell chemistries targeted at specific uses, including EVs and aviation.
Dec 03, 2024
Aviage Systems, the joint venture between Avic and GE Aerospace that supplies avionics for the Comac C919, has formed a subsidiary to develop AAM systems.
Upcoming Events
Dec 13, 2024
Joby has completed its first series of flight tests as part of South Korea’s K-UAM Grand Challenge.
Nov 19, 2024
The biennial Zhuhai airshow, has for years showcased the progress of the Chinese aerospace industry, with a marked emphasis on military aircraft.
Jun 18, 2024
The latest events in advanced air mobility are chronicled.
May 07, 2024
A subscale flight demonstrator of distributed electric propulsion for large passenger aircraft has made its remotely piloted first flight.