electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL)

By Graham Warwick
A UK safety analysis has identified more than 50 areas where regulations must be developed to support the integration of eVTOLs into UK airspace.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Amprius Technologies has delivered silicon-anode lithium-ion batteries to drone manufacturers to meet growing demand.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Archer says it has three Midnight eVTOL air taxis in final assembly at its plant in San Jose, California, with three more on the way.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Beta’s motors coup; VerdoGo advances hybrid; medical drones deliver in Belgium; charging electric trainer fleets.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Joby has announced the conclusion of the first stage of its flight testing campaign in Dubai, its international launch market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A hybrid-electric aircraft is looming larger in Vertical Aerospace’s future.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Beta Technologies' engine-first strategy is beginning to pay off.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Archer has announced a pair of strategic acquisitions that it says will accelerate efforts to field a hybrid VTOL aircraft for the U.S. military.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Bye Aerospace has partnered with Australia’s Electro.Aero to develop portable fast-charging systems to support electric aircraft fleet operators.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Joby has formed a new joint venture (JV) partnership with Japan’s ANA Holdings.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
Japan Airlines’ (JAL) eVTOL subsidiary, Soracle Corporation, is aiming to begin test flights using Archer Aviation’s Midnight platform over Osaka Bay in 2026.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Vertical Aerospace has switched its airframe supplier for planned production of its VX4 eVTOL aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Textron eAviation has slowed its Nexus eVTOL aircraft development to refocus resources on other programs.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Joby's decision to buy Blade Air Mobility’s passenger transport business represents the clearest path to early revenues yet among any of the air taxi upstarts.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation has partnered with L3Harris to develop a hybrid eVTOL aircraft for defense applications—an optionally piloted, turbine hybrid version of its S4.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
German aerospace researcher John Lou has made a name for himself as a thought leader in advanced air mobility circles. Now, he's developing a battlefield drone.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Michigan’s air mobility testbed; simulating transonic wings; Europe prepares for eVTOLs; and first electric-aircraft propeller.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Israeli eVTOL startup AIR has raised $23 million in a Series A funding round, intended to finance expansion of its U.S. operations.
Advanced Air Mobility

Zaynab Zlitni
Urban-Air Port, a British vertiport infrastructure company, has teamed up with Indian eVTOL developer Nalwa Aero to develop a UAM network in India.
Advanced Air Mobility

Zaynab Zlitni
UrbanLink Air Mobility will lease up to 10 Beta Technologies Alia electric conventional-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
An FAA advisory circular is expected to make it easier for new applicants to reach agreement with the regulator on the type certification basis for eVTOLs.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The FAA has issued its long-awaited MOSAIC rule, capping a multi-year effort to revamp its outdated Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA) regulations.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Matthew Fulco
Taiwan’s military will procure 48,750 drones over the next two years from domestic manufacturers, according to a government tender notice published this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Zaynab Zlitni
SkyGrid has issued a white paper examining safety challenges associated with integrating Third-Party Service Providers into the National Airspace System.
Advanced Air Mobility