Building an airport—or vertiport—from the ground up is an arduous process, but high-speed entry to advanced air mobility will come through existing small and midsized airports.
Embraer and its EmbraerX market accelerator have made a number of announcements in the past week—all signaling a drive to play in the advanced air mobility market.
The lineup of commitments for almost 4,000 aircraft so far assembled by the nascent electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing industry paints an interesting picture of the potential customer base.
Boeing is establishing an Integrated Product Team (IPT) to digitally pave the way for the design and production of its next commercial aircraft using capabilities and methods largely perfected on a recent set of military programs.
Aerospace and defense electronics specialist Mercury Systems, which is rejiggering its operations after a string of bolt-on acquisitions, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Avalex Technologies.
Where several of its rival electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) developers have chosen to be vertically integrated, Vertical Aerospace is relying on Tier 1 suppliers funding their own technology development work in return for gaining access to a new aviation market.
Qatar Airways Group has published its Annual Report for 2020/21, covering a challenging year with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic causing extensive loss of traffic and revenues as part of a pattern seen across the global aviation industry.
