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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.

German aerospace center DLR has flown a subscale demonstrator of the HyBird concept for a small hybrid-electric regional aircraft.

Vertical Aerospace’s VX4 eVTOL prototype suffered significant damage during a remotely piloted flight test at Cotswold Airport in Kemble, England.

Thermoplastic fuselage; Diamond flies electric trainer; Russia’s hybrid regional demo plan; and study highlights airport drone risk.

Volocopter’s window to certify the VoloCity ahead of the Olympics is tight, but the real challenge is developing a larger version with a stronger business case.

Most airline close calls happened within 1 1/2 mi. of a runway approach or departure zone.

The FAA has published an implementation plan for advanced air mobility, part of a proposed public-private initiative called Innovate28 (I28).

Solar UAV flies stratospheric; HAPS motor test; electric regional ground demo; and agile eVTOL.

Startup Merlin has completed a series of autonomous flight trials in Alaska using a Cessna Caravan fitted with its automated flight control system.

Overair Chief Commercial Officer Valerie Manning spoke to the AAM Report about her new role and shared some thoughts about the advanced air mobility sector.

VoltAero has selected Avidyne’s Quantum open flight deck avionics system for its hybrid-electric Cassio.

Why Delta Air Lines has operational optimism and is investing billions in its operations.

Aviation Week Network’s new forecast is more conservative than rosier industry projections.

Some major airlines are ramping up plans to adopt air taxi service.

Advanced air mobility startup Plana Aero recently unveiled its CP-01 hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.

Developing a platform for the crop-spraying market is not easy, but a pair of startups are hoping that the market will serve as an early application for eVTOLs.

Electrification of propulsion is enabling the exploration of some novel ideas for aviation, even some that are not officially considered to be aircraft.

News of Advanced Air Mobility commercial, technological and military activity from around the world.

But outside the echo chamber of AAM startups and industry enthusiasts, public awareness is still in a nascent stage.

The K-UAM Dream Team led by wireless network operator SK Telecom has signed an MOU to develop an air mobility service in South Korea.

The diversity of use cases for uncrewed traffic management requires a new approach to prioritizing airspace access.

Seoul’s metropolitan government has selected routes for urban air mobility demonstration flights in 2024-25.

eVTOL noise rules; Adaptive drone wings; Assuring autonomy; and A220 on 100% SAF.

Strategy of denial also focuses on cyber, space and anti-access, aerial-denial weaponry.