AAM_Operations

By Ben Goldstein
The near-term UAM market will take time to mature and scale, but regional air mobility enjoys a large addressable market today.
EBACE

By Ben Goldstein
Archer expects to make the first transition of its full-scale Midnight prototype in the coming months, marking a key milestone in development of its air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Infrastructure startup Urban-Air Port believes use of its Vertical Airfield concept could help unlock new efficiency for the advanced air mobility industry.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Archer Aviation has finished building its battery pack manufacturing line in San Jose, California.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Joby continues to advance toward type certification, submitting test plans for its S4 air taxi, while continuing with certification tests of components.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Angus Batey
Volare, the sales, management, maintenance and charter provider to be the launch customer for the Lilium Jet, expects to receive 10 aircraft by mid-2026.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Embraer spinoff Eve Air Mobility says it is on track to complete assembly of its first full-scale prototype before the end of the second quarter.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Lilium plans to sell 20 Lilium Jets to startup airline UrbanLink for use in regional air mobility services across South Florida.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Chevron Pipe Line and American Aerospace Technologies won a waiver from the FAA to conduct Beyond Visual Line of Sight flights of a drone to inspect pipelines.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A consortium led by H2Fly has received German government funding to develop a 350-kW hydrogen fuel cell system designed for commercial aircraft applications.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research is adding a facility to enable tethered flight testing of eVTOL aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A subscale flight demonstrator of distributed electric propulsion for large passenger aircraft has made its remotely piloted first flight.
Advanced Air Mobility Departments

By Ben Goldstein
U.S. electric seaglider startup Regent has partnered with sustainable- and maritime-aircraft lessor Monte to offer leasing options for the Viceroy seaglider.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Australian vertiport startup boss Skyportz has been working to assemble the elements needed to enable an advanced air mobility (AAM) ecosystem in its home country.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Chinese startup Volant Aerotech has completed a 100 million yuan ($14 million) funding round to continue development of its VE25-100 eVTOL air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Merlin and MIT Lincoln Laboratory are integrating the next-generation collision-avoidance system for uncrewed aircraft into the Merlin Pilot flight system.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Robinson Helicopter has made the first corporate acquisition in its 50-year history by purchasing an uncrewed air system (UAS) developer.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The company is currently assembling its first fourth-generation Aero2 X2.3 pre-series aircraft, with plans to build two more this year and several more in 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The European Commission has adopted a package of legislation for drones and electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
Test pilot Andy Strachan outlined progress made during remotely piloted flights of Lilium’s Phoenix demonstrator.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Advanced air mobility OEMs are making maintenance preparations ahead of looming service entry dates.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
Dubai has emerged as one of the early major markets for urban air mobility, including plans to serve as a key international launch market for Joby Aviation.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
Aviation Week ranks the 15 leading companies in the nascent eVTOL market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Hunch Mobility, which provides helicopter air-taxi services in India, plans to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange via a merger with blank-check company.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Europe’s two fast-rotorcraft demonstrator projects are racing to achieve first flight before the EU’s long-running Clean Sky 2 research program finishes.
Aircraft & Propulsion