electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL)

By Ben Goldstein
The equity round was led by major institutional investors including Blackrock.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Hybrid-electric drone; Electric trainer tour; Motors for cargo airship; Cargo BWB goes north.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Airbus says it remains committed to bringing a hydrogen-electric commercial aircraft to market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The G-1 certification basis is a document that describes requirements that must be satisfied for a new aircraft to receive type certification.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Delair’s DT46 long-range vertical-takeoff-and-landing drone has been equipped with a version of Ascendance’s Sterna hybrid-electric propulsion system.
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
Jaunt Air Mobility has revealed plans to go to the market with an uncrewed, hybrid version of its Journey eVTOL compound helicopter.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
U.S. startup Pivotal announced plans for a larger, longer-range version of its Helix eVTOL to be an uncrewed or optionally-piloted craft for defense missions.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The slow progression of battery technology has prompted Airbus to halt its eVTOL project.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Eve Air Mobility has conducted the first test of the pusher propulsion motor on its full-scale prototype electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The UK air taxi startup Vertical Aerospace plunged 60% last month to $5.13, by far the biggest loss in the index.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The flight of the uncrewed cargo VTOL was conducted at Pipistrel’s test facility near Gorizia, Italy.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even said Jan. 27 that development of the CityAirbus NextGen urban air taxi will be paused at the end of the year.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Manufacturers including Archer and Joby have pushed back against the report’s conclusions.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Without a blueprint, startups plan to start small with existing infrastructure then build out vertiports as volume increases.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Test flights of the tiltwing aircraft from Zurich have included transitions from vertical to horizontal flight and back.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Wording is everything when it comes to regulation, and the pace of development in aviation technology has the world’s aviation authorities running to catch up.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
The 2,000-kg (4,400-lb.) gross weight electric aircraft received its Chinese type certificate in March 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
China’s EHang has joined the European Union-funded Urban Supply Aerial Vehicles for Emergencies (U-SAVE) project.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Even said a strategic review of the program concluded that battery technology had not yet evolved to meet the minimum level of performance.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The company is providing no time frame for this planned expansion of its reach.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Solving that challenge is doubly important for the U.S. Department of Defense.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Hydrogen-fuel turboprop; cargo uncrewed air vehicle flies on liquid hydrogen; riblet paint on Boeing 787; BAE battery for Airbus hybridization.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
But despite the high hopes, industry watchers generally agree that air taxi operations will not be profitable until they reach scale.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Planned for the summer, the flight will involve Beta’s conventional-takeoff-and-landing Alia CTOL.
Advanced Air Mobility