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China’s TCab Technology has joined the select group of startups that have transitioned between thrustborne vertical and wingborne horizontal flight.

Prague-based hybrid-VTOL startup Zuri is planning a major shift from years of subscale demonstrators to a full-envelope tiltrotor prototype flight campaign in 2026.

Advanced air mobility startups are looking to defense for early revenues, so Electra.aero is forming a dedicated defense unit to pursue potential military uses.

Joby has sued its main competitor Archer over alleged theft of trade secrets and intellectual property by a former employee.

VerdeGo Aero has started low-rate production of its turbine-based hybrid-electric VH-4T-RD propulsion system.

For years the question for the AAM market was about technology. Now the question is market viability.

Archer and Joby have both announced plans to launch flight testing in Saudi Arabia, part of an effort to establish air taxi services in the kingdom.

Joby Aviation has detailed the path by which it hopes to gain approval to launch passenger operations in the United Arab Emirates.

The 2025 Dubai Airshow featured perhaps the strongest advanced air mobility (AAM) showing of any major airshow to date.

Air taxi developer Joby is marking its debut at Dubai Airshow as the first-ever eVTOL company to perform aerial demonstrations here as it prepares to launch local services next year.

Joby’s hybrid eVTOL; maritime drone demonstrations; Tokyo air taxis; and advancing additive manufacturing.

Electric air taxi developer Joby is the sole aviation launch customer for Nvidia’s latest AI edge processor.

Followers of the emerging eVTOL industry often speak of the “Big Three” Western startups: Archer, Beta Technologies and Joby. But should there be a “Big Four”?

Joby Aviation plans to bring hybrid-electric propulsion to its commercial air taxis.

As U.S. eVTOL startups look ahead to the start of certification flight testing with the FAA, questions remain.

The 2025 Dubai Airshow in November puts a spotlight on the emirate’s long affiliation with aviation.

Joby Aviation has signed a letter of intent with Alatau Advance Air Group in Kazakhstan to sell up to $250 million of eVTOL aircraft and services.

Nvidia-powered aviation; non-CO2 emissions research; hydrogen-electric aircraft network; and transformative battery challenge.

There are varying degrees of progress for the four major Western eVTOL startups, and they all provided reports for the third quarter of 2025.

The Tokyo metropolitan government has laid out a plan to introduce commercial urban air taxi service by 2030, with Archer Aviation, Joby Aviation and SkyDrive participating in a pilot project.

Joby Aviation has powered on the first aircraft for use in its Type Inspection Authorization flight test campaign.

Beta Technologies has raised more than $1 billion by listing in New York with proceeds set to support the electric aircraft startup's expansion.

Joby Aviation announced the start of manufacture of conforming propeller blades for its S4 eVTOL air taxi at its factory in Dayton, Ohio.

Nvidia is bringing its artificial-intelligence (AI) computing magic to safety-critical applications in aviation.

South Korea has launched the second phase of its advanced air mobility demonstration project with urban demonstration flights in the city of Incheon, bordering the Korean capital Seoul.