Advanced Air Mobility

South Korea’s SK Telecom has signed an agreement with Daegu Metropolitan City to integrate urban air taxis into the future mobility ecosystem of the country’s fourth largest city and its planned new airport.

Another design has been added to the list of large uncrewed cargo aircraft under development in China, with Sichuan Tengden Science & Technology conducting the first flight of its Twin-Tailed Scorpion D on Oct. 25.

China flies new UAS; Aero Vodochody’s L-159 upgrade; MDA receives NGI software build; and Lockheed to make PRSM missiles in 2023.

Embraer has joined Bombardier in providing its vision of a business jet of the future, with sustainability as a central tenet of their designs.

South Korean advanced air mobility startup MintAir plans to purchase up to 10 zero-emission aircraft from Australia’s Dovetail Electric Aircraft for proposed regional cargo services.

Saudi Arabian flag carrier Saudia has signed a memorandum of understanding with Lilium for the proposed development and operation of an electric vertical takeoff and landing network.

In the range of solutions to drive aviation to a greener future, none alone will come close to being a silver bullet by 2050.

Airports and fixed-base operators that plan to service electric air vehicles should have plans in place at least a year ahead of their arrival, says the developer of the Alia-250 electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

Monte Aircraft Leasing has placed a firm order with hybrid-electric propulsion startup Ampaire for 25 Eco Caravans with an option for an additional 25 of the converted Cessna Grand Caravans.

Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng has unveiled a revised design for its planned fly/drive electric vertical takeoff and landing “flying car.”

The initial flight will be “very short” and will set the stage for a series of follow-on flight tests of the fixed-wing demonstrator.

Targeted at certification in 2027, the nine-passenger aircraft will incorporate a distributed electric propulsion system.

MagniX adds fuel cells; Electric propulsion standards; Net-zero competition; Drag-reducing AeroShark.

The Advanced Air Mobility Composite for publicly held AAM stocks closed Oct. 17 down 4% for the five-day period compared to the previous five days of Oct. 3-10.

Detailing its plans for deploying the several types of advanced air mobility vehicles it has on order, Bristow Group says it is important for established operators to play an active role in ensuring the safe introduction of the new types of aircraft.

California-based electrical vertical takeoff and landing startup Overair has begun assembly of the XP-1 uncrewed full-scale demonstrator for the Butterfly tiltrotor air taxi which is expected to fly by the end of 2023.

Across battery-, hybrid- and hydrogen-electric powertrains, the development of sustainable aircraft propulsion is evolving rapidly.

A quick perusal of this week’s Advanced Air Mobility Report shows a marked contrast to our issues for the past 18 months.

Italy’s MAgroup (Magnani Aeronautica Group) is to supply the integrated landing gear system for the Eviation Alice nine-passenger electric aircraft.

South Korea’s Pablo Air has been contracted by NASA to use one of its multicopters to measure wind speed in urban airspace, part of a larger effort to study urban weather for advanced air mobility.

U.S. and European aviation regulators have established the requirements for certifying electrified aircraft propulsion systems, but how industry can demonstrate compliance with those rules is a work in progress.

MagniX has appointed Jilinda Crowley as chief financial officer.

Aviation Week’s Guy Norris (left) interviews John Langford, founder and CEO of Electra.aero, during the National Business Aviation Association’s conference in Orlando, Florida.

The FAA and the Japan Civil Aviation Board have agreed to partner on advanced air mobility certification and operations.

Electric propulsion pioneer MagniX is expanding into the development of hydrogen fuel cells for 50-90-passenger airliners.