electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL)

By Graham Warwick
China’s Aerofugia has completed a Series C funding round to support certification and production of its AE200-100 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing eVTOL.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
China’s state-owned engine manufacturer unveiled all-electric, hybrid-electric and hydrogen-combustion powerplants at the Aero Asia 2025 show in Zhuhai on Nov. 27-30.
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Dómhnal Slattery, Chairman, Vertical Aerospace
In my experience, one lesson has remained constant: aviation earns trust only through the uncompromising pursuit of safety.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Chinese air taxi startup AutoFlight has developed a vessel-based mobile vertiport.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Eve Air Mobility has received two credit lines worth a combined $38 million from the Brazilian National Development Bank for its electric motors.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Beta’s autonomy pick; Cranfield’s hydrogen pivot; hybrid powerplant progress; flying cell tower testbed.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
A half century later, the channel wing aircraft concept has been revived by Maryland-based startup HopFlyt.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Joby has sued its main competitor Archer over alleged theft of trade secrets and intellectual property by a former employee.
Advanced Air Mobility

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

By Graham Warwick
Cranfield Aerospace Solutions has put development of a hydrogen-electric powertrain retrofit for the Britten-Norman Islander on hold.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Beta Technologies has selected Near Earth Autonomy to support development of its MV250 autonomous hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing cargo aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris, Robert Wall, Tony Osborne, Ben Goldstein
For years the question for the AAM market was about technology. Now the question is market viability.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Lee Ann Shay
Vertical Aerospace plans to reveal its certification eVTOL aircraft design on Dec. 10 in London, according to Stuart Simpson, the startup's CEO.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The 2025 Dubai Airshow featured perhaps the strongest advanced air mobility (AAM) showing of any major airshow to date.
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Dr. Fethi Chebil
For an AAM industry approaching critical capital depletion timelines, the disconnect between spectacle and substance poses existential risks.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Joby’s hybrid eVTOL; maritime drone demonstrations; Tokyo air taxis; and advancing additive manufacturing.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Beta Technologies has listed on the New York Stock Exchange after an oversubscribed initial public offering.
Emerging Technologies

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

By Ben Goldstein
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”?
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
As U.S. eVTOL startups look ahead to the start of certification flight testing with the FAA, questions remain.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Fulco
XTI Aerospace, a developer of vertical flight technologies and VTOL aircraft, has paid $40 million to acquire Drone Nerds.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Alan Dron
The 2025 Dubai Airshow in November puts a spotlight on the emirate’s long affiliation with aviation.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Netherlands-based Ambitious Air Mobility Group has signed binding investment terms with Czech electric air taxi startup Zuri.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
China’s ARIDGE has unveiled its new A868 hybrid-electric tiltrotor eVTOL.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Archer announced a pact to acquire Hawthorne Airport in Central Los Angeles, expected to form the operations hub of its planned air taxi network in the city.
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