electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL)

By Chen Chuanren
ST Engineering says the Veloce 60 (V60) vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) drone is in its final stage of development and nearing production.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
European and U.S. regulators are working to ensure transferability of eVTOL type certificates.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
Lobo Leasing has signed a letter of intent to lease a Pipistrel Nuuva V300 hybrid eVTOL uncrewed cargo aircraft to UK helicopter operator HeliOperations.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Lithium-metal battery; composite LH2 tanks; agricultural eVTOL; and MTU adds electric motors.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Sweden’s Northvolt has joined other advanced battery developers in targeting its latest technology at aviation first.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The United Arab Emirates plans to establish a manufacturing facility for electric passenger and cargo aircraft and drones.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Brazilian helicopter operator Helisul Aviation has expanded its interest in electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Angus Batey
Who those people will be, and how they will be recruited, trained and retained were among the topics addressed during a panel discussion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Angus Batey
Electrification of regional and subregional aircraft offers huge potential and a faster route to both meaningful reduction in transport emissions and profits.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Joby Aviation plans to buy “key powertrain and actuation components” from the Toyota Motor Company for its electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Angus Batey
With more aircraft progressing toward certification, infrastructure is becoming the dominant preoccupation of the AAM and electric aviation industry.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
Taipei-based GEOSAT Aerospace and Technology Inc. and Sainte-Menehould, France-based Cavok UAS signed the agreement on April 23.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Christine Boynton
Absent current industry constraints, regional carriers say the demand is there—in a market poised for evolution.
Airlines & Lessors

By Garrett Reim
The first two Joby aircraft are expected to be delivered to Edwards AFB, California, by early 2024.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Advanced air mobility stakeholders are grappling with how best to train the thousands of new pilots that will be needed to turn the vision into reality.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
One of the premises of advanced air mobility is that it can bring improved connectivity and economic development to disadvantaged regions.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
MGI Engineering has built two versions of its Mosquito subscale electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing demonstrator.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A premise of advanced air mobility is that it can bring improved connectivity and economic development to disadvantaged regions.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Armed with Series A funds, startup plans to launch production of electric ducted fans, beginning with military drones.
Emerging Technologies

Czech startup Zuri has launched a pre-Series A funding round, aiming to raise up to $1.6 million for development of its planned hybrid eVTOL air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
California-based Skyway is to provide vertiport management systems and urban air traffic management infrastructure to Australian vertiport developer Skyportz.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
As part of its safety continuum approach to certifying eVTOLs, the FAA has been negotiating with manufacturers on a case-by-case basis.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
SkyDrive has started preselling its SD-05 electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft to private individuals.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The LimoConnect is a piloted, seven-passenger tiltrotor electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft with distributed electric propulsion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Aerofugia is a subsidiary of Chinese automaker Geely.
Advanced Air Mobility