Start-up hypersonic aircraft developer Hermeus has demonstrated mode transition of the company’s in-house designed Chimera turbine-based combined-cycle engine.
U.S. regional aviation provider Surf Air Mobility has abandoned plans to list publicly through a merger with a blank-check company and has instead filed with th
By Carole Rickard Hedden, Garrett Reim, Graham Warwick
As Archer Aviation unveils its four-passenger production air taxi, the Midnight, Aviation Week editors discuss the shifting competitive dynamics in the nascent advanced air mobility market where three rival OEMs with differing approaches push toward FAA certification and operation.
The approvals help pave the way for the first planned orbital launch from the UK mainland for Virgin Orbit’s “Start Me Up” mission using its air-launched LauncherOne space vehicle that will be carried by its modified Boeing 747.
Negotiations are underway with consortia and companies bidding to participate in South Korea’s K-UAM Grand Challenge program, which is intended to evaluate the safety and capability of urban air mobility.