electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL)

By Ben Goldstein
Joby Aviation has received a $9.8 million grant from the state of California’s CalCompetes initiative.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Electric aircraft developer Beta Technologies has been awarded a $169 million export promotional loan from the U.S. Export-Import Bank.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The partnerships are aimed at building out an AAM network that would connect passengers from DFW to a vertiport at Arlington Municipal Airport.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Archer Aviation has signed an agreement to deliver up to 100 Midnight air taxis to Dubai-based heliport operator Air Chateau.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Elroy Air has conducted the first flight of its Chaparral C1 uncrewed cargo aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Aurora’s concept is a stealthy transport-style flying-wing design with moderate sweep and embedded engines powering four lift fans via mechanical drives.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Chinese startup AutoFlight has flown a prototype of a firefighting version of its CarryAll electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing uncrewed cargo aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Embraer spinoff Eve Air Mobility has announced plans to launch electric air taxi services in Bangalore, India.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Lilium has gone on the offensive against damaging skepticism about the technical viability of its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing design.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The government has released a request for proposals for an operator for the city-owned heliport.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Automating autorotation; hydrogen-electric eVTOL; Rotor’s autonomous Robinson; and Airbus eyes high-temperature fuel cells.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
Vertical Aerospace says production of its second full-scale VX4 demonstrator has begun.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Lilium has signed up a supplier of silicon-anode battery cells for its Lilium Jet electric air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
German startup Odonata has revealed plans to develop a hydrogen-powered long-range hybrid electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
An industry team has been awarded the next phase of a project to develop a concept of operations for advanced air mobility for the Japan Civil Aviation Burea..
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Archer Aviation says it now plans to begin final assembly of its first type-conforming Midnight eVTOL vehicle early next year.
Advanced Air Mobility

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

By Ben Goldstein
VPorts initiated the certification process for its vertiport at the integrator center with the Gulf Civil Aviation Administration (GCAA) in June.
Dubai Airshow

By Garrett Reim
Archer Aviation and InterGlobe have signed a memorandum of understanding to launch eVTOL aircraft service in India in 2026.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Structures specialist Qarbon Aerospace and its private equity owners have named Michael Canario as Qarbon’s new CEO.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
In October, LaunchPoint Electric Propulsion Solutions (EPS) was granted a U.S. patent on a hybrid power system for electric aircraft,
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
AMSL conducted the first flight of a full-scale battery-electric prototype of the Vertiia in February.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Paul Seidenman, David Spanovich
Advanced air mobility developments and sustainability concerns are driving changes in the design of flight control systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Germany’s Volocopter has dislodged Joby Aviation from the top slot in the latest AAM Reality Index.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
SkyDrive and Kansai Electric Power Co. have jointly developed charging equipment for electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility