AAM_Tech_Developments

Short articles reporting on developments in the Advanced Air Mobility industry.

Online retailer Amazon says it plans to begin deliveries of goods by UAS in Italy, the UK and to a third U.S. city starting in late 2024.

Regent has signed a $4.75 million contract with the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Lab to demonstrate its Viceroy prototype for logistics missions in 2025.

Skyryse has begun certification work on its second rotorcraft platform and is Iooking ahead to its first fixed-wing application.

Lilium has partnered with aircraft brokerage EMCJET to offer its Lilium Jet for sale to private customers.

China’s government has issued an outline to guide development of a green-aviation manufacturing industry by 2035.

U.S. eVTOL vehicle developer Overair has signed a MOU with Hanwha Systems and the South Korean province of Jeju to develop an AAM ecosystem.

Volatus Infrastructure & Energy Solutions is a startup company developing modular, scalable vertiports for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles.

Short announcements of developments within the Advanced Air Mobility industry.

GKN Aerospace will provide the electrical wiring system for the hybrid-electric flight demonstrator under development by Pratt & Whitney Canada.

H55 has secured almost $50 million from investors including RTX Ventures for infrastructure at plants in Switzerland and Montreal and a subsidiary in Toulouse.

When Daniel Schubeler began working on electric ducted fans in 1997, the technology was in a nascent stage.

The U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX innovation unit plans to sign a memorandum of understanding in October with the FAA to gather flight-testing data for the regulator.

SkyDrive and JAXA have signed a joint research agreement devoted to improving noise-estimation technology for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft

Walmart expects to add Wing to its growing drone delivery network, with plans to launch service at two stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

The FAA has authorized UPS Flight Forward to operate drones beyond visual light of sight for small package delivery.

Recipients of the DAIR Green Fund include RAMPF Composite Solutions, which is developing a low-rotational-inertia propeller to extend component life.

Zero Gravity Aircraft Industry has raised almost $14 million to fund development and flight testing of its ZG-T6 six-seat tiltrotor eVTOL aircraft

Global helicopter operator Bristow has conducted its first test flight in Beta Technologies’ Alia.

The Swift Technology Group has been working toward developing a zero-carbon aerobatic training aircraft since the mid-2000s.

Amazon Prime Air has petitioned the FAA for an exemption to enable BVLOS of its MK27-2 delivery drone upgraded with an optical detect-and-avoid system.

Rolls-Royce plans to begin ground-testing its lift motor for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft this month.

A group of engineers based in Scotland have formed a startup called Flowcopter that is aiming to bring to market a multicopter cargo UAV powered by a hybrid hydraulic transmission system.

GKN Aerospace, Marshall, and Parker Aerospace have signed an MOU to partner on development of a liquid hydrogen fuel system for future zero-emission aircraft.

The vehicle flown by Chinese startup TCab Tech appears to be a full-sized propulsion testbed.