Airbus is to test its CityAirbus NextGen electric vertical takeoff and landing platform with a series of research projects centered around the German city of Ingolstadt.
A large white tent in the middle of an English Midland town center parking lot is providing the advanced air mobility industry with a sense of the infrastructure it may need to serve its customers.
In a bid to promote the commercialization of drone-based products and services, a plan to build a 165-mi. network of drone “superhighways” linking cities across the UK has been submitted by a consortium led by unified traffic management provider Altitude Angel.
Atlantia, the parent company of subsidiaries that have formed an urban air mobility venture known as Urban Blue, is the target of multiple private equity firms.
Boosted by a $23 million Series B financing round funded by investors with combined balance sheets exceeding $300 billion, UK vertiport startup Skyports is increasingly confident that, when certified urban air taxis do become available, the needed infrastructure can be in place.
Hydrogen-electric propulsion startup ZeroAvia has partnered with zero-emission vehicle refueling company ZEV Station to develop a hydrogen refueling infrastructure for airports in California.
Citing the need for local policymakers to understand the emerging technologies, the World Economic Forum has launched the Advanced and Urban Aerial Mobility Cities and Regions Coalition.
A UK consortium led by Embraer company Eve UAM has completed a concept of operations for urban air mobility in London that identifies the near-term challenges and actions required to enable electric air taxi service.
New Jersey authorities are seeking proposals from companies interested in developing a 400-acre parcel at Atlantic City International Airport for aviation facilities.
Until there is more available data on what a stabilized approach is for an eVTOL aircraft, the FAA will maintain a conservative approach as to how vertiports should be safely built.
Europe’s AiRMOUR research project to produce a tool kit for the introduction of urban air mobility has developed a geographical tool to help city planners “to think in three dimensions.”
Hyundai’s urban air mobility company, Supernal, is to work with Miami officials to develop policies for advanced air mobility that are designed to enable the city to serve as a model for other metropolitan areas.
South Korea has launched its K-UAM Grand Challenge, a large-scale demonstration project intended to enable the commercialization of urban air mobility from 2025.
Rolls-Royce has signed a memorandum of understanding with Luxembourg-based business jet and helicopter service provider and fixed-based operator Luxaviation to collaborate on the development and deployment of advanced air mobility.
Hyundai’s urban air mobility company Supernal has partnered with the U.S. Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to study potential locations and energy demands for a vertiport network in Los Angeles.
Airservices Australia has selected four unmanned traffic management providers to competitively prototype a flight information management system that will support the safe and efficient integration of drones and air taxis into the country’s low-altitude airspace.
The Hamburg Port Authority has formed a technology partnership with drone control center developer HHLA Sky to accelerate use of drones within the German port for logistics, surveillance, inspection and emergency coordination.
