Advanced Air Mobility

Xwing has started the FAA certification process for its Superpilot autonomous flight control technology.

Pyka has signed a letter of intent with Guatemalan fresh fruit producer Grupo Hame.

The FAA surprised the industry in May 2022 with a shift to certifying electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles from Part 23 to Part 21.

The new hangar will host the final assembly line, with an airfield for development flight tests and production check flights.

What if a startup chose to cut out the intermediary steps and start instead with a larger platform? That is the bet that Lyte Aviation is making.

The tests in the ACE Climatic Wind Tunnel at Ontario Tech University focused on the transition between vertical and horizontal flight.

Airship developer Flying Whales has selected Honeywell's 1-megawatt power system for its LCA60T large-capacity hybrid-electric cargo airship.

A prototype of the basketball-sized XTS-210 engine is planned for delivery to the U.S. Army in 2024.

Stralis Aircraft has selected H3X to supply 1.4-megawatt electric propulsion units for its planned hydrogen-electric powertrain retrofit for the Beech 1900D.

The Advanced Air Mobility Composite surged higher by more than 12% during the week ending March 31.

The prototype was assembled at the Jinshan uncrewed aircraft test site on the outskirts of Shanghai.

Volocopter plans to begin piloted test flights of its first production-standard VoloCity eVTOL air taxi in July.

Limosa plans to develop the LimoConnect, an eight-seat tiltrotor with distributed electric propulsion.

Hydrogen-electric propulsion developer ZeroAvia has partnered with three entities to develop commercial routes using its zero-emission fuel-cell powertrains.

Whether each company in the advanced air mobility race has the necessary capital to see their plans through to certification remains an open question.

UK startup Vertical Aerospace has received design organization approval from the the country’s Civil Aviation Authority.

Helicopter lessor LCI has been bolstered by investment from Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co.

FlyBlade India has signed multiple memoranda of understanding to establish advanced air mobility operations and infrastructure in India.

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

The true vision of UAM, and the time savings it can produce, can be achieved only if the process of transiting in and out of vertiports is capped.

Japan’s Yamato Holdings has invested in Regent to expand the market for its wing-in-ground-effect vehicles to include parcel delivery and logistics.

U.S. gyroplane developer Skyworks Aeronautics plans to move testing and certification to the UK.

Liliium is encouraged by the results of independent tests of the silicon-anode lithium-ion cells that will be used in its seven-seat Lilium Jet.

Advanced air mobility (AAM) startup Altaport has announced partnerships intended to complement its vertiport automation solution.

Aura Aero is a French AAM) startup with ambitions of building a family of electric regional aircraft.