electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL)

Vertical Aerospace has completed initial tethered hover flights with its recently unveiled next-generation VX4 eVTOL prototype.

The new advanced air mobility forecast from Aviation Week is the first major industry outlook in over a year.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

A UK team has begun flight tests of an airborne 5G connectivity system.

The UK company is aiming for service entry by the end of the decade.

At the same time, Honeywell’s venture capital arm has made an undisclosed investment in Electra.

The goal is to launch pilot programs on routes in unpopulated areas with 25 preproduction aircraft in 2025.

Sigma has signed agreements with eVTOL developer Supernal and VoltAero.

The new prototype is by far Vertical’s most advanced yet.

China’s EHang has signed a purchase and operation cooperation agreement with Hong Kong’s KC Smart Mobility.

By 2040, Aviation Week’s projections call for nearly 12,000 eVTOL deliveries worldwide.

Electric vehicle makers are more concerned with battery energy capacity rather than power capability.

The AAM Stock Composite plunged more than 12% during the week ending July 19, dragged lower by EHang.

Wisk Aero says it is giving consideration toward the fledgling aftermarket for its fully automated electric aircraft, although some of the MRO opportunity will be constrained by its intentional design limiting the aircraft’s number of systems.

Wisk Aero has partnered with Skyports Infrastructure to develop a vertiport network for commercial air taxi services in Southeast Queensland, Australia.

From uncrewed vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft to heavy-lift tiltwings, Sikorsky’s family of systems shares common components.

Eve Air Mobility, Embraer’s advanced air mobility spinoff, has rolled out the first of six Eve prototypes to support the eVTOL program through developmental flight testing.

The four projects will receive $6.25 million in funding in the first round of the state’s Advanced Air Mobility Activation Fund.

The government approvals increase the drone-to-pilot ratio threefold over Wing’s prior authorizations.

The service sees advantages to hybrid-electric systems over battery-powered propulsion.

Some leading air taxi startups are contemplating next steps in terms of developing better-performing aircraft for expanded mission sets in the next decade.

Hybrid-electric aircraft developer Electra.aero says its EL-2 Goldfinch technology demonstrator has completed off-runway test flights.

Saudia Group has firmed an order for 50 Lilium Jets and taken options for 50 more.

Austrian startup FlyNow Aviation sees huge potential for urban air mobility to change how people commute through dense cities.

The state of California has granted Archer Aviation a tax exclusion for the expansion of its battery and electric motor production facility in San Jose.