Joby Aviation

By Ben Goldstein
Announced earlier in August, the deal is intended to provide Joby with access to Blade’s customer base and terminals in key markets.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Cargo eVTOL transitions; Joby flies airport-to-airport; direct aviation by eSTOL; and drones drive advanced battery demand.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
AAM Briefs: Archer, NASA and more.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Investors in eVTOL stocks have enjoyed eye-watering returns so far in 2025, but the sector’s rally may need a breather before it resumes.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation has conducted its first piloted flight between two public airports.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Joby has announced the conclusion of the first stage of its flight testing campaign in Dubai, its international launch market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Archer has announced a pair of strategic acquisitions that it says will accelerate efforts to field a hybrid VTOL aircraft for the U.S. military.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Joby has formed a new joint venture (JV) partnership with Japan’s ANA Holdings.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Joby-L3Harris hybrid eVTOL; low-boom X-59 taxis; Skydweller three-day flight; collaborative autonomy framework.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
Joby's decision to buy Blade Air Mobility’s passenger transport business represents the clearest path to early revenues yet among any of the air taxi upstarts.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation has partnered with L3Harris to develop a hybrid eVTOL aircraft for defense applications—an optionally piloted, turbine hybrid version of its S4.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
German aerospace researcher John Lou has made a name for himself as a thought leader in advanced air mobility circles. Now, he's developing a battlefield drone.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
An FAA advisory circular is expected to make it easier for new applicants to reach agreement with the regulator on the type certification basis for eVTOLs.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Japanese eVTOL developer SkyDrive announced plans to launch into repeated demonstration flights with its multicopter eVTOL.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Joby flies hydrogen UAS; WeFly flies full-scale eVTOL; carmaker expands eVTOL line; Slovakian hydrogen VTOL; and fuel cell performance record.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Michigan is to create an advanced air mobility (AAM) testbed.
Advanced Air Mobility

Zaynab Zlitni
Joby has announced a planned doubling of its production footprint at its low-rate facility in Marina, California.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
UK startup Sora Aviation has designed a large tiltrotor eVTOL able to carry up to 30 passengers at a time.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation appears to have conducted an almost-9-hr. flight of a previously unknown hydrogen-electric-powered uncrewed aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Vertical Aerospace announced the successful closing of a $60 million equity raise, extending its cash runway through the middle of 2026.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Robert Wall, Joe Anselmo
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Air taxi developer SkyDrive has raised ¥8.3 billion ($56.8 million) including investments from two prominent Japanese rail operators.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Joby announced the start of its flight test campaign in Dubai, marking a major milestone as it works to certify and launch commercial service with it eVTOL.
Advanced Air Mobility