electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL)

By Graham Warwick
Australian startup Siltrax has achieved record power densities in independent third-party testing.
Advanced Air Mobility

Zaynab Zlitni
Single-seat eVTOL maker Jetson has completed high-altitude rescue trials with the Górskie Ochotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe Polish Mountain Rescue Team.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Spanish startup Grasshopper Air Mobility has partnered with Swedish delivery service Jetpak to offer uncrewed parcel deliveries in Sweden.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Chinese automaker GAC conducted the first flight of its Govy AirJet winged electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing AirJet on July 3.
Advanced Air Mobility

Zaynab Zlitni and Ben Goldstein
Skyfly Technologies has successfully completed its first roundtrip flight between two airfields in the UK.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Archer has announced the start of flight testing in Abu Dhabi with its uncrewed Midnight eVTOL demonstrator.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
Israeli strike and surveillance quadcopter drone maker Xtend plans to start delivering 3,000 systems a month from a plant in Tampa, Florida.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Zaynab Zlitni
Eve Air Mobility has partnered with a pair of companies to offer eVTOL air taxi services in Costa Rica.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
AIR has announced the opening of a new production facility in Israel.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Startup Electra.aero is to study the benefits of hybrid-electric propulsion systems for U.S. Army operations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Zaynab Zlitni
Beta Technologies has announced the sale of up to five eVTOL aircraft to FlyNyon, a New York-based aerial photography company.
Advanced Air Mobility

Zaynab Zlitni
EHang has announced an order for 50 of its EH216-S autonomous eVTOL multicopters for use in aerial tourism services in China’s Guizhou Province.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
U.S. startup Bye Aerospace continues to advance manufacturing work toward its first full-scale prototype of the eFlyer 2 electric trainer.
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

By Graham Warwick
AeroVironment’s Wildcat has transitioned to wing-borne forward flight under a DARPA program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
MightyFly has demonstrated autonomous flight, loading and unloading as well as load balancing during a demonstration of its Cento uncrewed logistics aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
A growing number of companies have partnered with a startup that has developed computational fluid dynamics solutions for aviation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
One of two prototypes of Turkish Aerospace Industries’ Anka 3 uncrewed combat air vehicle has been lost after crashing upon landing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
The emergent advanced air mobility industry is not short of startups working on ambitious technology programs.
Advanced Air Mobility

Zaynab Zlitni
U.S. technology startup Arrive AI has partnered with Skye Air Mobility, an India-based drone delivery platform.
Advanced Air Mobility

JENNIFER MESZAROS
Spurred by Chief Executive John Lee’s 2024 policy address last October, Hong Kong is staking its claim in China’s growing low-altitude economy.
Advanced Air Mobility

Zaynab Zlitni
The White House issued an executive order on June 6 directing the FAA to establish an eVTOL integration pilot program.
Advanced Air Mobility

Zaynab Zlitni
Tokyo-based real estate company Mitsui Fudosan has announced it will enter the advanced air mobility sector by developing and operating vertiports in Japan.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
UK eVTOL startup Sora Aviation has been awarded two government-supported research projects totaling £2.1 million ($2.8 million).
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
EHang has announced the sale of 41 autonomous EH216-S multicopter eVTOLs to a special economic zone in Changchun, Jilin Province, China.
Advanced Air Mobility