Advanced Air Mobility

Cycle life determines the economics of using batteries for applications including electric aircraft.

Funds raised will also be used to accelerate commercialization of the RX1E-A two-seat electric light sport aircraft.

Hydrogen’s energy density per unit mass is three times that of kerosene.

Archer appears to be on track to roll out its first conforming Midnight air taxi during the fourth quarter.

SkyDrive, a Japanese electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft developer, has raised additional funding from its Series C round.

Boeing’s former head of strategy, Marc Allen, is joining electric aircraft startup Electra.aero as CEO.

With a takeoff weight of 54 lb., the Skiron-XLE complies with FAA Part 107 regulations for small drones.

SkyDrive has signed an agreement with the Osaka Metro Co. to study using air taxis in the area after the 2025 World Expo there.

Brazilian startup Moya Aero has made its first transition with a subscale version of its tiltbody uncrewed electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle.

Dufour Aerospace has conducted the first hover flight of the production-ready prototype for its Aero2 tiltwing hybrid eVTOL UAS.

Eanan Al Samma's Rikaz is a multicopter electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle with four three-blade propellers mounted on arms.

The AAM Stock Composite soared more than 18% during the week ending Aug. 23.

Lilium has begun integration testing of the electric power system for the Lilium Jet electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft in a laboratory in Munich.

H3 Dynamics will supply fuel cells to a project developing a modular, distributed hybrid hydrogen-electric propulsion system for future regional aircraft

MagniX unveils hybrid testbed; VoloCity vibration testing; UK gets first vertiport; electric aircraft training.

MagniX unveiled a Dash 7 that it plans to convert to a hybrid aircraft by replacing two of its four turboprop engines with electric powertrains.

Multiple energy-dense battery options are becoming available for aviation use, but are they good enough?

Beta guided the Unither Bioelectronics team through a version of its pilot training syllabus for the Alia CTOL.

EHang has received preorders for more than 1,100 aircraft in the Chinese market and is ramping up output after securing production certification in April.

Robinson Helicopter’s tie-up with United Therapeutics to develop a hybrid-electric version of the R66 is a sign of new CEO David Smith’s drive for innovation.

United Therapeutics’ founding objective to manufacture artificial organs and overcome the critical shortage of human organs for transplant is nearing takeoff.

While AAM will get its start using existing heliports and private terminals at airports, dedicated vertiport infrastructure is beginning to take shape.

Divergent Technologies’ fixtureless assembly cell uses 23 robotic arms to build structures.

The Series A++++ round raised “hundreds of millions of yuan,” Volant posted on Weibo on Aug.19, and was led by the Beijing Robot Industry Fund.

Surf Air said it expects to conclude the conceptual design review phase for the electric variant by year-end.