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

Rolls-Royce Electrical unveils new details on the motors, batteries and gas turbine core set for testing for its all-electric and hybrid-electric portfolio.

With a piloted, four-passenger air taxi on the way, Vertical Aerospace sits down with Aviation Week to discuss the VX4 and larger advanced air mobility sector.

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

The U.S. Air Force’s AFWerx High-Speed VTOL Concept Challenger produces mixed results.

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

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

Honeywell has emerged as one of the leading suppliers in the advanced air mobility industry.

Airbus has named two new suppliers for its CityAirbus NextGen electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.

With a 1-kilovolt, 2.5-megawatt electrical system, the Lilium Jet needs new wiring interconnection systems, which will be developed by GKN Aerospace.

Hanwha, the major investor in air taxi startup Overair, will work with LG Energy Solutions on special-purpose batteries for urban air mobility.

Spirit AeroSystems is the market leader, according to the consultancy’s December report.

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

As Archer Aviation unveils its four-passenger production air taxi, the Midnight, Aviation Week editors discuss the shifting competitive dynamics in the nascent advanced air mobility market where three rival OEMs with differing approaches push toward FAA certification and operation.

Boosting funding support for China’s emerging advanced air mobility industry, four of the country leading state-controlled banks have jointly extended $846 million in credit to XPeng AeroHT.

Merlin is developing the Merlin Pilot autonomous flight system and is working on FAA supplemental type certification of the capability, initially on the Cessna Caravan.

Electric propulsion pioneer MagniX is expanding into the development of hydrogen fuel cells for 50-90-passenger airliners.

BAE Systems is to develop the flight computer for Supernal’s electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

Australian startup Dovetail has selected Mobius.energy to supply the battery system for its planned conversion of the Cessna Grand Caravan and other commuter aircraft to electric propulsion.

Electric Power System has secured another battery pack supply contract in the emerging electric aircraft market with its selection to provide the energy storage system for Ampaire’s hybrid-electric Eco Caravan conversion of the Cessna Caravan single-turboprop utility aircraft.

The move signals the growing importance of electric power in new aircraft designs.

The aerospace technology and component provider has begun ramping-up its 787 production lines; “[It’s] a factor that will increase FACC’s revenue stream as we speak,” the CEO says.

Honeywell Aerospace’s plans to supply flight-control actuation and thermal-management technologies to Archer Aviation for its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

Tailwind Technologies, the parent company of Hartzell Propeller, Hartzell Engine Tech and Hartzell Aerospace Welding, has formed Hartzell Aviation to combine the three brands under one umbrella, the company announced at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

Electric Power Systems plans to ship its first EPiC modular propulsion batteries to electric-aircraft developers this summer for testing in their system-integration laboratories.