NASA has added more industry partners to its Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign, signing Space Act Agreements with vehicle developers Electra Aero, Overair and Supernal as well as urban transportation consultants Ellis & Associates.
Embraer’s urban air mobility spinoff Eve has engaged Porsche Consulting to help define the supply chain, manufacturing and logistics strategy for its electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle.
Applications ranging from inspecting gravel roads to monitoring fence lines are among use cases to be demonstrated under projects selected by North Dakota’s Vantis statewide drone beyond-visual-line-of-sight network.
Qatar Airways is expanding its sports sponsorship portfolio to become the Title Partner and Official Airline of the GKA Kite World Tour for three years.
Together with its partners, SBD International Airport has transformed the landscape of a community once devastated by the closure of Norton Air Force Base, taking the region toward its future as it responsibly builds on its rich aviation past.
Since China’s EHang burst onto the scene in 2016, the country has lagged the U.S. and Europe in numbers of startups entering the nascent advanced air mobility market.
Sierra Space and Spirit AeroSystems have signed a strategic partnership to improve production efficiency and assembly of Sierra Space’s Shooting Star cargo module. The letter of intent covers the development and production of future Shooting Star cargo modules. Sierra Space and Spirit AeroSystems will also work together to find ways to speed up the time it takes to bring Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser family of spaceplanes to market, the companies said on May 31.
Resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic in China and resulting travel restrictions have slowed efforts to certify the EH216S autonomous air taxi, EHang told analysts on May 31.
Honeywell is looking to push continuous operation of its megawatt generator to higher levels having recently run the hybrid-electric aircraft power system at up to 1.02 megawatts.
Achieving transition from rotor-borne vertical to wing-borne horizontal flight is a key milestone in the development of a winged electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft–a landmark that surprisingly few of the advanced air mobility startups have yet reached.
Abu Dhabi based Sirius Aviation Capital Holdings (Sirius) has announced the acquisition of a portfolio of five single-aisle, mid-life aircraft increasing total aircraft under management to 17 valued circa. $500m.
Flydubai has announced that Match Day Shuttle flights between Dubai and Doha for the upcoming football World Cup tournament in Qatar are now available to book on its website.
Eve Holdings, the Embraer startup, and Joby posted positive price per share for the last two weeks, as the remainder of the Advanced Air Mobility Composite Index declined.
Leonardo has hosted Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Marwan Al Maktoum at its United States’ helicopter headquarters in Philadelphia, providing her the opportunity to personally test the revolutionary AW609.
