Advanced Air Mobility

Embraer has focused its studies of sustainable aircraft on hybrid-electric and hydrogen fuel cell 19- and 30-seat regional airliners.

Virtual reality simulator developer Loft Dynamics, formerly VRM Switzerland, has raised $20 million in venture financing to expand into international markets.

China’s EHang will not meet its year-end target for certification of its autonomous, two-passenger EH216-S electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

Jekta Swiss Aviation plans to revive the decades-old concept of the amphibious flying boat with a 19-seat regional aircraft aimed at the global market.

Archer’s Maker electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft made its first full transition to wing-borne flight on Nov. 29.

UK startup ARC Aerosystems has completed full transition flights of a full-scale prototype of its C150 VTOL uncrewed cargo aircraft.

Xwing has signed a contract with the FAA to research how to coordinate large commercial UAVs and general aviation aircraft in complex air traffic situations.

Flight tests have been conducted to demonstrate how automated ATM could be used to avoid conflicts between autonomous air taxis and crewed aircraft.

The initial proposed guidance covers the design specifications for vertiports supporting piloted eVTOLs flying visual operations only.

The partners will share best practices for design concepts and evaluate which of 53 Latin American airport sites may be most ripe for vertiport deployment.

United Airlines is looking ahead to electrification of its ground operations.

Airbus has signed a partnership agreement with car manufacturer Renault to improve the technology for batteries.

Airbus Helicopters hopes demonstrator can prove out technologies to reduce their carbon emissions by 50%.

Another foundation has been laid for advanced air mobility in the EU with the adoption of the European Drone Strategy 2.0.

Canadian vertiport startup VPorts and the U.S.-based Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance have announced an agreement to establish a corridor fo

Embraer spinoff Eve Holdings has added a potential customer for its urban air traffic management (UATM) solution—Vertiport developer Bluenest, which will use th

EHANG is to participate in the EU-funded SAMVA project to implement the EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) space-based augmentation system in AAM vehicles to enhance integration into U-space low-altitude airspace.

Aspiring operators of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles are about to run into the cold, hard reality of economics.

A second phase of Israel’s National Drone Initiative is to include demonstrations that could pave the way for passenger-carrying electric vertical takeoff...

SkyDrive of Japan has signed a memorandum of understanding with investor Pacific Group for up to 100 electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for potentia

Singapore-headquartered H3 Dynamics is flight testing its distributed hydrogen-electric propulsion nacelle technology on a small uncrewed aircraft in Bretigny,

The weight of lithium-ion batteries is increased, and their energy density degraded, by the need to build in protection to prevent the short-circuit of a cell damaged in a crash causing an uncontained fire.

The goal of the project is to demonstrate that a scale model that mimics the dynamics of a full-size aircraft can be used as a viable and competitive means of i

The Center for High-Efficiency Electrical Technologies for Aircraft is developing and maturing technologies for a 180-seat airliner powered by liquid-hydrogen.

The company is pursuing a strategy of owning the complete value chain—from generating renewable energy at airports to providing scheduled regional flights with zero-emission aircraft.