Advanced Air Mobility

The FAA has released vertiport design standards to support the introduction of new advanced air mobility aircraft into the U.S. airspace system.

Vertical Aerospace has conducted the first tethered hover flight of the full-scale demonstrator for its VX4 electric air taxi, the startup staking the claim to be the first British company in 20 years to begin flight tests of a new aircraft.

Flights under the CORUS-XUAM project demonstrated collaborative interaction between aircraft in potential emergency situations.

Most of the attention being paid to aviation’s attempts at reducing its carbon footprint focuses on airplanes, engines and fuels.

Ferrovial Vertiports, which is working with Lilium to develop a network of vertiports in Florida for operation of Lilium Jets, is extending its partnership with infrastructure consulting firm AECOM.

The Senate Subcommittee on Aviation Safety Operations and Innovation will hold a hearing on FAA Reauthorization: Integrating New Entrants into the National Airspace System at 2:15 p.m. Sept. 28.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Aspiring advanced air mobility (AAM) vehicle developers gathered for an event near the U.S. Capitol described their progress toward entering commercial service on a day that saw the AAM ranks thinned by one company.

Newfoundland-based startup Duxion Motors is preparing to run a subscale version of its eJet electric jet engine.

The U.S. Air Force AFWerX Agility Prime initiative has added Mayman Aerospace to the list of companies receiving support to develop new-generation vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

Advanced air mobility startup Kittyhawk has ceased operations.

European regulators are showing support and using a new approach to rulemaking as they prepare for the emergence of urban air mobility.

Airbus and Ecocopter of Chile sign memorandum of understanding to explore and define launch scenarios for air mobility operations.

Mako Aerospace is a Scottish startup developing an electric jet engine for small regional airliners.

Wisk envisions one “multivehicle supervisor” managing three air taxis at once from a remote location by 2030.

Regent’s seaglider technology demonstrator completed its first successful series of flights in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, on Sept. 19, utilizing all three modes of maritime operation—floating, foiling and flying.

Embraer will acquire a minority shareholding in XMobots, Latin America’s largest drone company.

Vertical Aerospace completed a merger with Broadstone Acquisition in December 2021, taking the company public.

The advanced air mobility industry’s publicly traded companies in the AAM Composite showed a 7% increase in average price for the five days beginning Sept. 13 and ending Sept. 19 over the previous five-day period.

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When Embraer launched its advanced air mobility efforts, the company took a slightly different tack.

Los Angeles-based aviation company Skyryse has appointed Will Fulton as vice president of Product and Marketing.

Aviation Week editors ride along with Eve co-CEO Andre Stein to learn more about the company’s preparations for eVTOL operations.

ZeroAvia has conducted medium-power taxi testing of its Dornier 228 hydrogen propulsion testbed at Kemble in the UK.

Eviation Aircraft is set to begin high-speed taxi tests of the all-electric Alice aircraft in coming days as part of final preparations for first flight, says the company’s new CEO, Greg Davis.