Advanced Air Mobility

Airline information technology provider SITA is to supply its Smart Path biometric identity management technology as a component of the passenger journey through vertiports to be developed by the UK’s Skyports.

South Korean conglomerate Hanwha has invested an additional $115 million in U.S. urban air mobility startup Overair, which is developing the Butterfly tiltrotor electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.

While the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index briefly fell into “bear” territory four weeks ago, June 13 found it to be a full-on bear market.

Hybrid-electric propulsion startup Ampaire has partnered with sustainable infrastructure developer Black & Veatch to electrify airports to support the deployment of advanced air mobility.

Urban air taxi service may not be the best market for advanced air mobility startups to focus on, at least initially.

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

Israel’s Aeronautics Group plans to debut its latest uncrewed aircraft, the Trojan, at the Eurosatory show in Paris June 13-17.

Lilium has completed the preliminary design review for its seven-seat electric air taxi, finalizing changes intended to extend the range that can be extracted from the Lilium Jet’s battery system.

Delivery drone operator Zipline has developed an acoustic detect-and-avoid system to enable autonomous long-range flights in complex as well as uncontrolled airspace.

Joby Aviation has acquired German hydrogen-electric propulsion pioneer H2Fly.

Chinese startup AutoFlight has continued its rapid progress toward developing the Prosperity 1 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi, flying a second full-scale proof-of-concept aircraft that incorporates design refinements.

Deloitte Consulting has launched a Wichita “Smart Factory” officials call the “art of the possible,” using advanced technology to focus on the future of manufacturing.

When Dubai hosted demonstrations of both EHang and Volocopter prototypes in 2017, the largest city in the United Arab Emirates looked to be a front-runner for the introduction of urban air mobility using electric air taxis.

Two teams with experience developing electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft launched startups focused on taking a different approach to advanced air mobility.

Legacy aerospace consultancy Deloitte has released a white paper, “Disrupting the Future of Mobility,” that underscores the need for emerging advanced air mobility (AAM) OEMs and operators to fine-tune business models that fully outline advantages to early adopters.

Volocopter has flown its larger, longer-range VoloConnect winged electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.

DLR’s climate-neutral concepts; Pantuo flies eVTOL; SAF from stover; Honeywell’s megawatt milestone; and JAXA’s hypersonic test plan.

Hydrogen is thought to be the future of green aviation. However, storing and transporting the element is tricky.

The past week found U.S. stock markets on the rebound, with the Standard & Poors 500 Index and the Aviation Week AAM Stock Composite both posting gains.

Startup Mayman Aerospace has unveiled a flight-ready prototype of its Speeder vertical takeoff and landing vehicle.

The British charity Aerobility, which works to change the lives of disabled people by giving them the opportunity to fly, has confirmed a second sale of its Grob 109B Able, and is engaging with the advanced air mobility (AAM) sector to try to ensure the next generation of small aircraft are accessible to all.