AAM

Low-speed, multiblade rim-driven rotor aims to overcome limitations of conventional rotors.

NASA’s eVTOL crash test lessons; DLR’s impact test site; Formula One informs batteries; Eve tests UAM prototypes.

Joby, Lilium and Archer have secured additional funding from existing investors.

Three companies sign MOU to jointly research, develop and construct a carbon-free hydrogen micro-production hub.

Innovations from the aerospace industry are helping to monitor, manage and mitigate climate change.

The financing comes as SkyDrive works to certify its aircraft in time to launch commercial air taxi service for the 2025 World Expo being hosted in Osaka.

NASA is funding further work on a near-silent propulsion system for urban drones—and potentially air taxis.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The German startup’s chief executive discusses a pivot to private aviation, the need for additional funding and the company’s planned service-entry date.

The 30-seat ES-30 is planned to enter service in 2028; customers include United Airlines.

The KM-120 is designed for easy retrofit and factory installation in aircraft powered by small piston aeroengines.

EHang says that more than 70% of compliance testing required by the CAAC has been or will be completed soon.

Ascendance conducted full-scale ground testing of its hybrid system on an iron bird test bench in 2022 and is entering the prototyping phase.

Universities advance sustainability, robotic toolmaking, contactless braking and stratospheric batteries.

Small delays can undermine the advantages of short-haul flights.

Conformal LH2 tank; Trajectory-based efficiencies; CycloRotor eVTOL testing; and SAF from oil trees.

Luiz Mauad, Eve’s vice president of services and fleet operation, discusses the development of eVTOLs—including maintenance expectations.

AutoFlight, a startup with operations in China and Europe, has completed the longest flight to date by an eVTOL aircraft.

Moore, an expert on advanced air mobility, joins Aviation Week editors for no-holds-barred discussion of the challenges facing AAM startups in 2023.

eVTOL propeller test; hybrid-electric turboprop; hydrogen supply networks; and vertiports for Dubai.

Pyka, MightyFly and Moya Aero are among startups developing heavy-payload uncrewed aircraft for cargo use.

U.S. troops in the Middle East turn to new tech and adapted missile defenses to help protect bases.

Fast rotorcraft take shape, electric trainer advances and SAF from methanol.

The AAM committee comprises infrastructure and flight operations members.

Regional rotorcraft; AAM flight planning; Ultra-low-NOx propulsion; and LH2 for UAVs.