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Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The hybrid-electric, short-takeoff-and-landing transport could fill a gap in the military’s air mobility fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
GE-Beta team on turbogenerator; megawatt milestone for DLR’s Balis; fuel cell put through paces; and flying car meets other traffic.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Ascendance is testing structure, aerodynamics and propulsion as it develops its hybrid-electric, vertical-takeoff-and-landing regional aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Dozens of startups are racing to develop eVTOL air taxis in China. We pick the leaders.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
Ascendance is gathering momentum as it sees success in system testing.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Beta’s motors coup; VerdoGo advances hybrid; medical drones deliver in Belgium; charging electric trainer fleets.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Michigan’s air mobility testbed; simulating transonic wings; Europe prepares for eVTOLs; and first electric-aircraft propeller.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
The FAA rule removes outdated weight limits on light sport aircraft, increases stall speeds and expands the types of aircraft that qualify as light sport.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
VoltAero offers hybrid powertrain; mixed-reality training device; damage-tolerant rotorcraft control; and Moya’s cargo eVTOL family.
Emerging Technologies

By Angus Batey
Many well-funded aviation startups have struggled to deliver the breakthrough technologies they were set up to develop. Why is that?
Emerging Technologies

By Lee Ann Shay
The aviation aftermarket prepares for electric, hybrid-electric and hydrogen engines at a time when maintenance student testing in the U.S. has challenges.
Services & Support

By Lindsay Bjerregaard, James Pozzi, Graham Warwick
Manufacturers, maintenance providers and Part 147 schools are setting plans for supporting electric aircraft, engines and ground support equipment.
Emerging Technologies

By Jens Flottau
Even before champagne is uncorked at Le Bourget, aerospace, defense and space are suffering a White House-induced hangover.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Ben Goldstein
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Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
As European startups struggle to raise cash, Heart Aerospace moves from Sweden to Los Angeles.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Chinese drive/fly eVTOL, logistic resupply autonomy, FAA’s AAM testing center and cryo-compressed hydrogen.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
Not everyone is buying into the hype surrounding electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft and distributed electric propulsion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
As the commercial aviation industry backtracks on its net-zero commitment, electric aviation startups are pushing forward anyway.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
EHang is the first eVTOL-maker to be profitable. Can it break out of China?
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick, Ben Goldstein, Garrett Reim
The arduous timeline to certify a passenger-carrying eVTOL aircraft has forced some contenders out of the race.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Sikorsky flies VTOL UAS, first hybrid airship order, NASA backs university research and fuel-cell performance milestone.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
Silicon Valley’s continuous innovation approach is running into regulatory reality for Joby Aviation and Archer Aviation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Advanced air mobility ambitions, crewed-uncrewed teaming, drone production and an expanded rotorcraft family are key thrusts in Robinson’s growth plan.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Talks with investors continue, but the chances of rescuing Europe’s eVTOL leaders are diminishing.
Advanced Air Mobility