Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Hybrid-electric Shepard; deployable electric high-lift; laminar-flow UAS; and Leonardo’s advanced tiltrotor.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
Wisk Aero is accelerating its Gen 6 autonomous eVTOL flight test campaign after successfully flying a second full-scale aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Solar Impulse 2, the one-of-a-kind aircraft that flew around the world on solar power in 2015-16, crashed into the Gulf of Mexico on May 4.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Leonardo is flight testing a new proprotor blade on its AW609 commercial tiltrotor.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick, Ben Goldstein
Editors examine Joby Aviation’s piloted New York City demos and Unither Bioelectronics’ hydrogen-electric R44 flights in Quebec as AAM moves closer to real-world deployment.
Check 6

By Graham Warwick
Sikorsky has provided new details of its HEX hybrid-electric tiltwing demonstrator.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Wind tunnel tests of an advanced tiltrotor concept developed by Leonardo have confirmed double-digit gains in aerodynamic efficiency.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Vertical Aerospace is preparing to lock down the final design of its Valo eVTOL in the coming months.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Otto Aerospace has completed flight tests of an uncrewed aircraft designed around its drag-reducing natural laminar flow technology.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Joby Aviation is moving closer to initial U.S. operations as it aligns flight testing, certification and manufacturing ahead of a planned rollout this year.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Eve Air Mobility is advancing its flight test campaign with steady envelope expansion as it works toward a revised 2028 certification timeline.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The FAA is publishing proposed rules for restricting unmanned aircraft operations in airspace over key facilities.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Viasat has announced that avionics engineering house L2 Aviation has joined its Velaris service offering for sat connectivity with AAM and eVTOLs.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A U.S. startup is developing a retrofittable high-lift system that deploys electric propellers to blow over the wing.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Computing by laser; automating light helicopters; uncrewed airdropping; and beam-powered UAS.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
One man, one company and one aircraft caused more controversy in aerospace than any other in recent years: Vern Raburn, Eclipse Aviation and the very light jet.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
As Joby’s S4 advances toward certification, flight testing is shifting from controlled environments to real-world operations.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Joby Aviation has begun a series of piloted demonstration flights across New York City.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Autonomous flight system developer Merlin has raised $80 million in new funding through the sale of shares to an existing institution investor.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Alan Dron
Lower-altitude “e-routes,” along with changes to airspace regulations, will be needed to integrate electric aircraft into the commercial aviation environment.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Boeing is funding Israeli startup LightSolver to apply its laser-based computing technology to improve and accelerate complex engineering simulations.
Advanced Air Mobility

Elena Baxendale
Noah Parsons, a master's student at West Virginia University, celebrates his recognition as a 2026 20 Twenties winner and shares his excitement for the Laureate Awards.
Aerospace

Aviation Week Staff
Brief news items of interest to business aviation and AAM professionals.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Attracting its first investment from the Middle East, Chinese startup Volant Aerotech has raised more $300 million to continued development of its air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Norwegian eSTOL trial; advanced drone batteries; hybrid powerplants delivered; and tackling fuel cell water problems.
Emerging Technologies