Aerospace

By Guy Norris
Performance benefits of Unity upgrades that were proved last year will feed into Delta spaceship design as belt-tightening forces cuts in near-term flight rate.
Commercial Space

By Ben Goldstein
Beta Technologies has risen to claim the top ranking in the latest edition of the AAM Infrastructure Reality Index.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Japanese financing and leasing company SMFL Mirai and JAXA plan to design business concepts for satellite leasing and reselling.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX opened its 2024 launch manifest on Jan. 2 with a Falcon 9 mission to continue building its Starlink satellite constellation.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Hydrogen-electric VTOL bizjet; AeroHT flies tiltwing eVTOL; hydrogen-testbed Bonanza; carbon-neutral single-aisle.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
New concepts are in the works, such as military areas that move with the activity along a defined trajectory.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

SURF AIR MOBILITY entered into binding terms for $35.2m Mandatory Convertible Debenture with GEM; deal includes cancelling previously issued shares, restricting sales and redemption fights, and increasing drawdown capacity to $400m.

Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
U.S. battery startup SES AI is targeting the urban air mobility market with its lithium-metal cells.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Rocket Lab has received a $489 million contract to design, build and operate 18 space vehicles on behalf of an undisclosed U.S. government customer.
Commercial Space

Aviation Week Staff
Japan’s SkyDrive has signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on heavy-lift drones with the Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The AAM Stock Composite rose 14% during 2023, in line with the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s performance.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Wisk Aero has updated its concept of operations for autonomous urban air taxis.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
EHang has conducted its first commercial flight demonstrations by a passenger-carrying electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
The configuration has a regional aircraft using full electric power for short-haul and a range extender for longer missions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
All 367 passengers and 12 crew members on board the A350 managed to escape the burning aircraft, but five of the six on board the Coast Guard aircraft died.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

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Aerospace

Saudia has achieved first place in the Ipsos Saudi Arabia Reputation Monitor 2023 Survey.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Researchers at the University of Connecticut have been funded to continue development of a carbon-neutral energy storage and power generation system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Australian startup Stralis Aircraft plans to retrofit a Beechcraft Bonanza with a hydrogen-electric propulsion system, aiming for first flight in 2024.
Emerging Technologies