Advanced Air Mobility

French startup Aura Aero has received $200 million in financing from the state of Florida to build out a 500,000-ft.2 assembly plant.

Swiss startup H55 has been touring the U.S. with the Bristell B23 Energic.

In partnership with Air New Zealand, Beta Technologies has announced its ‘Energy By the Hour’ (EBH) program at the Paris Air Show.

French startup VoltAero finalized an agreement with Malaysia’s HM Aerospace at the Paris Air Show for 30 Cassio 330 hybrid eVTOLs.

Startup AAM operator Future Flight Global (FFG) signed a pair of agreements at the Paris Air Show aimed at building out its future air taxi business.

Leaders from Joby Aviation, Archer, BETA Technologies and Wisk joined a panel at the Paris Air Show to discuss Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) manufacturing strategy and how the U.S. market could maintain its position as a leader in the budding industry.

U.S. FBO company Signature Aviation and Italian vertiport startup UrbanV have partnered to explore the development of a network of vertiports across the U.S.

French drone maker Parrot has unveiled an all-in-one autopilot, camera and radio module for small UAVs.

Five national aviation authorities have released a road map to minimize differences in certification regulations for eVTOL aircraft in the U.S. and elsewhere.

The UK government has awarded funding to support two projects to advance hydrogen-electric propulsion for next-generation regional aircraft and air taxis.

AIRO Group, parent of eVTOL developer Jaunt Air Mobility, listed publicly on the Nasdaq stock exchange June 13.

Wisk, an eVTOL manufacturer and operator, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japan Airlines Engineering (JALEC) and the City of Kaga, Ishikawa, Japan to develop advanced air mobility operations in the country.

China's United Aircraft Group is showcasing its 6-ton-class tiltrotor aircraft, the Lanying R6000, at the 55th Paris Air Show.

Skyports Infrastructure has finished preparing its first UK vertiport for eVTOL operations, located at Bicester Motion in Oxfordshire.

Eve Air Mobility has refined the design of its eVTOL air taxi.

Merlin Labs appears on track to launch into certification flight testing early next year for a modified Cessna Caravan with autonomous flight capability.

Archer has partnered with a large Indonesian company to launch air taxi services in the country.

Chinese automaker GAC has unveiled a two-seat autonomous multicopter air taxi, the Govy AirCab.

Wisk Aero has secured a series of strategic agreements aimed at preparing the way for autonomous air taxi services in Miami and Japan.

A small but ambitious research program has reimagined regional aviation in the UK.

Pratt & Whitney has appointed AeroTEC to convert a De Havilland Canada Dash 8-100 turboprop into its Hybrid-Electric Propulsion flight demonstrator.

Gama deployed their counter-UAS system during this year's Cheltenham racing festival.

U.S. carrier Republic Airways will evaluate Beta Technologies’ all-electric CX-300 conventional-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for passenger and cargo use.

Blue Spirit Aero performed taxiing tests with its light hydrogen-electric Dragonfly last week and is planning to fly with a second demonstrator in Q1 2026.

Aircraft hydrogen fuel cell specialist H3 Dynamics is teaming with XSun to develop what they describe as the world’s first solar-hydrogen-electric UAS.