Volocopter

By Ben Goldstein
As European startups struggle to raise cash, Heart Aerospace moves from Sweden to Los Angeles.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
German electric air taxi developer Lilium's battery supplier CustomCells has filed for insolvency.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
U.S. startup LIFT Aircraft's single-seat Hexa multicopter lost an electric motor during a public demonstration flight at the Osaka World Expo in April.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Diamond Aircraft is to demonstrate a hybrid hydrogen-electric propulsion system for general aviation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Japanese trading conglomerate Marubeni performed an initial demo flight at the Osaka World Expo using the Hexa single-seat eVTOL.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Robert Wall
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

By Jens Flottau
Austrian general aviation aircraft manufacturer Diamond Aircraft is set to take over insolvent electric aircraft maker Volocopter, according to industry sources.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Talks with investors continue, but the chances of rescuing Europe’s eVTOL leaders are diminishing.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The Advanced Air Mobility Institute has named Jim Ives as new executive vice president of its board of directors.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Excluding China, the 60 largest eVTOL startups have raked in a combined total of $13 billion since their inception.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
German electric aircraft startup Lilium has suspended operations and may be forced to file for insolvency again shortly.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein, Graham Warwick, Jens Flottau, Sergio Cecutta
As updates continue to fly out from advanced air mobility startups, Aviation Week editors are joined by consultant Sergio Cecutta to cut through the noise and assess where the fledgling market is at.
Check 6

By Ben Goldstein
Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even said Jan. 27 that development of the CityAirbus NextGen urban air taxi will be paused at the end of the year.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Manufacturers including Archer and Joby have pushed back against the report’s conclusions.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The sector seems more real than ever as eVTOL-makers ramp up production of full-scale aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The FAA plans to conduct additional flight testing with eVTOL OEMs as it works to develop unified performance-based design rules for vertiports and heliports.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The introduction of the downwash caution area (DCA) was the result of flight surveys of multiple prototype eVTOL aircraft for the FAA.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The divergence between the prospects of eVTOL startups in Europe and the U.S. is growing starker by the week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Ben Goldstein
Vertical said on Jan. 8 that it has completed an initial series of piloted, low-speed thrust-borne flight maneuvers.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau, Ben Goldstein
Air taxi startups in Europe are in big trouble, calling into question the region’s future position in the growing advanced air mobility industry.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
Volocopter aims to uphold normal business operations after filing for bankruptcy as it failed to secure additional capital from its existing shareholders.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Europe’s air taxi startups have fallen behind their U.S. rivals, and the gap appears to be growing.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Market leaders are gradually ramping up production as focus shifts to the manufacture of type-conforming aircraft for use in certification flight testing.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The AAM Reality Index evaluates companies’ likelihood of success in bringing an advanced air mobility aircraft to market.
Advanced Air Mobility