electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL)

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.

In my experience, one lesson has remained constant: aviation earns trust only through the uncompromising pursuit of safety.

Chinese air taxi startup AutoFlight has developed a vessel-based mobile vertiport.

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

Beta’s autonomy pick; Cranfield’s hydrogen pivot; hybrid powerplant progress; flying cell tower testbed.

A half century later, the channel wing aircraft concept has been revived by Maryland-based startup HopFlyt.

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

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

Cranfield Aerospace Solutions has put development of a hydrogen-electric powertrain retrofit for the Britten-Norman Islander on hold.

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

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

Vertical Aerospace plans to reveal its certification eVTOL aircraft design on Dec. 10 in London, according to Stuart Simpson, the startup's CEO.

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

For an AAM industry approaching critical capital depletion timelines, the disconnect between spectacle and substance poses existential risks.

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.

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

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”?

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

XTI Aerospace, a developer of vertical flight technologies and VTOL aircraft, has paid $40 million to acquire Drone Nerds.

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

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

China’s ARIDGE has unveiled its new A868 hybrid-electric tiltrotor eVTOL.

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.

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.