electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL)

By Graham Warwick
NASA shifts focus to flight research as budget cuts reshape aeronautics priorities, emphasizing X-planes, hypersonics and automated airspace systems.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
There has been talk of using electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft for public good ever since the technology was first developed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Honeywell is mounting a counter-uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) on a long-range hybrid-electric uncrewed aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
Israel’s AIR says it has booked more than 3,300 preorders for its AIR One two-seat personal eVTOL.
Business_Aviation_AAM_departments

By Ben Goldstein
Vertical Aerospace has secured a conditional financing package worth up to $850 million, providing the U.K.-based eVTOL developer with a potential lifeline.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Japan plans to begin commercial advanced air mobility (AAM) operations in 2027-28 under a revised road map.
Advanced Air Mobility

Jen Meszaros
Two years on from its founding, startup Vision Aero is on track to unveil the seven-seater Vector 5 prototype.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Sharon DeVivo
Industry, higher education and airport authorities are collaborating to launch eVTOL integration in New York.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
A challenge for eVTOL developers is building and training the maintenance workforce needed to keep the aircraft flying at scale.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Electra.aero is preparing to demonstrate how its ultra-STOL hybrid-electric aircraft could operate from parking lots, helipads and other sites.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
European electric aircraft charging network NRG2fly has built a prototype megawatt charging system for German electric regional aircraft startup Vaeridion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Proponents of AAM envision a world in which large numbers of eVTOL air taxis and commercial drones operate in shared low-altitude urban airspace.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
AAM must figure out how to safely integrate eVTOL traffic with an ATC system that is not designed for high-density, low-altitude operations.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Gulf airlines continue to face heavy disruption, while U.S. carriers deal with a fuel cost surge and must compete against largely hedged European airlines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Leading up to the eVTOL Integration Pilot Program, the agency learned lessons from Chinese drone manufacturers that now dominate the global consumer market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Skyports Infrastructure is pressing ahead with vertiport development across multiple markets.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Even as the broader stock market has weakened since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran on Feb. 28, the eVTOL sector has badly underperformed.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
Alt Air has partnered with eVTOL manufacturer Eve Air Mobility and vertiports developer Skyports Infrastructure.
Business_Aviation_AAM_departments

By Graham Warwick
Pittsburgh-based Near Earth is flight-testing its modular autonomy system in a Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
Business aviation has a proud record of innovation. And, as far as sector insiders are concerned, that is going to include eVTOL aircraft, too.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Stop-fold tiltrotor becomes X-76; Sikorsky tests hybrid powertrain; light-driven SAF production; and from nuclear power to liquid fuel.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Safran Helicopter Engines has begun assembly of the first 600-kW TG600 turbogenerator for U.S. startup Electra.aero’s prototype EL-9 hybrid eSTOL aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Eve Air Mobility’s EVE-100 eVTOL engineering prototype transitioned from vertical to horizontal flight for the first time on March 10.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
AirX, a private jet operator in Europe, is upgrading its Bombardier Challenger 850 aircraft with the Gogo Plane Simple Ku-band terminal.
Business_Aviation_AAM_departments

By Guy Norris
The U.S. public-private eVTOL aircraft Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) will be challenging but also provides a key opportunity for advancing electric aviation.
Advanced Air Mobility