Advanced Air Mobility

Beta Technologies has opened an engineering center in Montreal to support design, certification and production of the structure for its Alia eVTOL aircraft.

Sikorsky and GE Aerospace plan to develop a fully autonomous hybrid-electric testbed powered by a CT7 turboshaft-driven hybrid-electric propulsion system.

The agreement, outlined in a letter of intent (LoI), includes a conditional order for 10 of Electron’s battery-electric, fixed-wing aircraft.

Archer Aviation has closed a deal for a local government incentives package.

U.S. startup PteroDynamics has closed a $7.5 million seed funding round and teamed with Leidos to bid for a DARPA X-plane project.

Jay Merkle was hired to be Supernal's Senior Director for Regulatory Affairs.

Airbus-backed advanced battery developer Amprius Technologies plans to build its first gigafactory in Brighton, Colorado.

Lufthansa Aviation Training has declared its intent to be the European launch customer for Diamond Aircraft’s eDA40 electric training aircraft.

Austrian startup CycloTech is to begin outdoor flight testing of its CycloRotor electric propulsion testbed.

Lockheed Martin Ventures has invested in electric motor developer H3X.

The Advanced Air Mobility Composite surged by 8.3% during the week ending March 4, completely erasing the prior week’s 7.9% decline.

Australia’s fledging advanced air mobility industry was promoted at the biennial Avalon Airshow at Geelong in Victoria.

Founded by two former Embraer engineers, Moya is a spinoff from aerospace engineering services company ACS Aviation.

Merging with blank-check company Kernel Group Holdings will generate funds for development of the Jaunt Journey eVTOL air taxi.

Electric flying car startup LEO Flight is preparing to raise funds to begin work on its first preproduction prototype of its LEO Coupe vehicle.

Honda is researching the production of sustainable aviation fuel and its use in powerplants for its HondaJet light bizjet and planned eVTOL aircraft.

The converted aircraft lifted off at 8:41 a.m. Pacific time and landed back after a 15-min. flight.

AutoFlight, a startup with operations in China and Europe, has completed the longest flight to date by an eVTOL aircraft.

Startup Limosa has signed an agreement with composites specialist Airborne of the Netherlands covering manufacture of a full-scale technology demonstrator.

Korean electric air taxi startup Plana and Volatus Infrastructure have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on vertiport development.

Regional mobility booking platform KinectAir has announced a partnership with Electra.aero that could see it deploy up to 31 hybrid eSTOL aircraft.

A judge has denied Wisk Aero’s motion to sanction Archer Aviation for alleged intentional destruction of evidence related to a lawsuit.

Loganair CEO Jonathan Hinkles believes hydrogen propulsion is likely to mature quicker than electric aviation.

U.S. researchers have developed a lithium-air battery that could increase energy density by as much as four times over conventional lithium-ion batteries.

Dovetail Electric Aviation of Sydney has finished initial ground tests of its half-scale electric propulsion system powering a three-blade propeller.