electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL)

By Ben Goldstein, Graham Warwick
Limited performance and questions of safety could restrict the vehicle to the Chinese market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
From leaf blower to quiet drone; Stratospheric 5G; Amazon’s new delivery drone; SAF burns cleaner.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
UK-based Helix started out as an automotive combustion engine consultancy business called Integrated Powertrain.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The nascent advanced air mobility industry has acted as catalyst for new avionics development.
NBAA

By Ben Goldstein
The EH216-S is an autonomous, wingless, two-passenger multicopter with a range of 35 km (22 mi.) and top speed of 130 km/h.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
The Chinese startup describes airworthiness certification as “an epoch-making milestone” for urban air mobility.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The demonstrator is representative of the Chaparral full-scale prototype that Elroy is preparing for flight testing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Massachusetts-based startup Guardian has hired Leif Jentoft from startup Righthand Robotics as its new chief product officer.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The rebrand comes as the California-based eVTOL startup unveiled its fourth-generation Helix aircraft, an upgraded version of the third-generation BlackFly.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Maintenance specialists are partnering with advanced air mobility companies to build MRO infrastructure, software and best practices.
Marketplace

By Ben Goldstein
First-response efforts in Utah are coordinated at the county level by the county sheriff.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
SkyDrive of Japan has formed a production subsidiary to build its electric SD-05 eVTOL aircraft at a Suzuki Motor company manufacturing plant starting in 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Angus Batey
Haili Liu lives in Richmond, Virginia, but established Hydrogen Craft Ltd. in his native China in 2017.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Germany has launched a pilot project combining uncrewed aircraft and electric bikes to deliver groceries to residents.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
The company says the trials are an “important step” as the AAM industry prepares to introduce eVTOL aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
French startup VoltAero has begun construction of a final assembly plant for its Cassio 330 hybrid electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
All the major drone delivery companies are preparing to scale up their operations in the U.S.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Startup Ampaire has received a U.S. Air Force contract to scale up its AMP-H570 hybrid-electric powertrain.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The custom battery cell selected by the unidentified aircraft developer has an energy density of 400 Wh/kg.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Germany’s fuel-cell D328; drive for 1,000 Wh/kg batteries; CycloRotor eVTOL; and scaling up green hydrogen.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Wisk Aero has begun conducting test flights of its autonomous air taxi out of Long Beach Airport, California.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
LuftCar has received a term sheet worth up to $100 million from GEM Investment Group.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
When some think of vertiports capable of handling advanced air mobility services, they may imagine large complexes. The reality, however, may be more modest.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Austrian startup CycloTech has unveiled a design concept for an “air car.”
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Supernal is working to develop electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles.
Advanced Air Mobility