electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL)

By Graham Warwick
German aerial remote sensing company AeroDCS has completed the first hover flight of the Air Barrow Fuel Cell hydrogen-fueled unmanned aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Swiss startup Dufour Aerospace has finalized the design and specifications for its Aero2 hybrid-electric tiltwing VTOL UAS.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Some major airlines are ramping up plans to adopt air taxi service.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
The electric lift-augmenting slats (ELAS) are expected to halve takeoff and landing distances.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
United Airlines and Eve Air Mobility have partnered to introduce urban air mobility services in San Francisco.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Omer Bar-Yohay has stepped down as president of AutoFlight to focus on a firefighting data startup he co-founded.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The AAM Stock Composite rose 5.2% during the week ending June 9, compared to a 0.2% rise in the S&P 500, boosted by strong gains in Joby Aviation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
John Langford, Electra’s founder and CEO, recently sat down with the AAM Report to discuss the rollout of the company’s technology demonstrator.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The piloted, two-seat technology demonstrator for Electra.aero's hybrid-electric ultra-short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft is set to fly this year for testing.
Emerging Technologies

By Brian Everstine
Plan to feature new long-range munitions and vertical-takeoff-and-landing systems as part of a long-term approach that looks to cut traditional squadrons.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
Developing a platform for the crop-spraying market is not easy, but a pair of startups are hoping that the market will serve as an early application for eVTOLs.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Volocopter is a German startup that is on track to become the first Western company with a certified passenger-carrying eVTOL vehicle.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Ryse Aerotech is an Ohio-headquartered company developing an electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle for the personal use market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Boeing has taken full control of self-flying air taxi developer Wisk.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
With Osprey orders ending and the Chinook awaiting a major U.S. Army decision, Boeing is devising a new future for its Philadelphia campus.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Low-speed, multiblade rim-driven rotor aims to overcome limitations of conventional rotors.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
NASA’s eVTOL crash test lessons; DLR’s impact test site; Formula One informs batteries; Eve tests UAM prototypes.
Emerging Technologies

By Angus Batey
To make the park and its wider concepts work, further investments in power-generation and -distribution capabilities are also already in hand.
Airports & Networks

By Ben Goldstein
But outside the echo chamber of AAM startups and industry enthusiasts, public awareness is still in a nascent stage.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Joe Anselmo
Embraer spinoff Eve Air Mobility has completed a prototype of its urban air mobility air traffic management system.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. Air Force’s AFWerx High-Speed VTOL Concept Challenger produces mixed results.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Stephen Fitzpatrick, the company’s founder and CEO, recently sat down with the AAM Report to share his thoughts.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Electric aircraft fire; Tiltrotor eVTOL prototypes; Autonomous deck landing; Weather-forecasting drone.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
UK electric air taxi startup Vertical Aerospace has signed an agreement with Kakao Mobility of South Korea for 50 preorders of its VX4 eVTOL vehicle.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Skyports Infrastructure is a company seeking to develop networks of vertiports around the world to accommodate the expected onset of electric air taxis.
Advanced Air Mobility