Advanced Air Mobility

Parallel Flight Technologies has received a key regulatory OK that allows it to begin commercial deployment of its heavy-lift, hybrid-electric UAS in the U.S.

Joby began flight testing its first conforming aircraft intended for FAA Type Inspection Authorization, a major step toward certification of its S4 eVTOL.

Safran Helicopter Engines has begun assembly of the first 600-kW TG600 turbogenerator for U.S. startup Electra.aero’s prototype EL-9 hybrid eSTOL aircraft.

Eve Air Mobility’s EVE-100 eVTOL engineering prototype transitioned from vertical to horizontal flight for the first time on March 10.

Beta Technologies says it has made significant progress toward certification of its aircraft and propulsion system.

Hybrid-electric aircraft developer Electra.aero held a familiarization meeting with the FAA earlier this month, marking another step toward Part 23 type certification of the company’s nine-seat EL9 ultra-STOL aircraft.

Archer Aviation has filed sweeping counterclaims against rival air taxi developer Joby Aviation.

Robinson Helicopter aims to extend its lineup of autonomous uncrewed vertical lift capabilities with Sikorsky following the unveiling of the TurbineTruck.

AirX, a private jet operator in Europe, is upgrading its Bombardier Challenger 850 aircraft with the Gogo Plane Simple Ku-band terminal.

The U.S. public-private eVTOL aircraft Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) will be challenging but also provides a key opportunity for advancing electric aviation.

Robinson Helicopter Company announced the launch of Robinson Unmanned.

Sikorsky is ground-testing the powertrain for its HEX hybrid-electric tiltwing VTOL aircraft ahead of flight tests with two uncrewed demonstrators next year.

DOT and FAA have selected eight pilot projects across the country to test operations involving eVTOL and other AAM aircraft under the new public-private eIPP.

Japanese eVTOL developer SkyDrive has agreed to a general certification plan for its three-seater SD-05 with the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau.

The middle mile between large freighters and van deliveries is notoriously inefficient. A new generation of startups is confident it has the solution.

Vertical Aerospace's CEO discuses the Valo eVTOL air taxi, which is planned to launch by 2027 and certify by 2028.

Safe separation of UAM aircraft in automated airspace is to be evaluated by uncrewed airspace management providers ANRA Technologies and SkyGrid.

South Korea plans to establish its first commercial vertiport for urban air mobility services.

AAM developers developers are increasingly leaning on simulation to overcome challenges that span pilot training, engineering and aircraft design.

It appears that Hyundai Motor Group subsidiary Supernal has conceded that its advanced air mobility ambitions will not come to fruition any time soon.

Archer Aviation has begun piloted vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) flight testing of its Midnight eVTOL aircraft.

AIR Tashkent of Uzbekistan and Samson Sky of the U.S. have completed an agreement to bring the Switchblade Flying Car to Uzbekistan in Central Asia.

The FBOs that support private and business aviation have a key role in enabling the rollout of AAM.

It has many identities, but civil aviation beyond the scheduled airlines stands at a cusp.

Self-healing composites; supercooled-droplet icing detector; and new flight rules for advanced air mobility.