Advanced Air Mobility

South Korean automaker Hyundai and UK startup Urban-Air Port plan to develop 65 urban vertiports at key locations worldwide.

Testing of U-space services designed to enable unmanned and manned aircraft to share low-altitude airspace have begun in Hamburg.

EHang has partnered with operator Heli-Eastern to develop a low-altitude airspace management system.

SPAC Zanite Acquisitio is bringing on a controversial Trump administration defense secretary to its board.

French startup Ascendance Flight Technologies has closed a €10 million ($12 million) funding round.

Missile tests on the Korean Peninsula; MQ-25’s third customer; Vertex’s Raytheon training pickup; and Capella provides a SAR sampler.

U.S. private equity firm AE Industrial Partners is rolling up UAV-related businesses under the UAV Factory brand.

Israel’s Urban Aeronautics has secured an initial $10 million of the at least $100 million it needs to raise through a Series A funding round to support development of the CityHawk vertical-takeoff air taxi.

Jet Luxe has launched a new charter, management and travel services business to respond to record levels of demand for the services.

David Neeleman has been appointed to the board of directors of Lilium N.V., effective upon completion of Lilium’s business combination with Qell Acquisition Corp.

Beta Technologies has selected Canada’s CAE to develop the pilot and maintenance training program for the Alia electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

BAE Systems has teamed up with UK uncrewed air system developer Malloy Aeronautics to develop a heavy lift multicopter for the littoral mission.

Shareholders in Atlas Crest Investment approved the blank-check company’s reverse merger with urban air mobility startup Archer Aviation in a Sept. 14 vote.

SkyGuardian’s UK firsts pave the way for the Royal Air Force Protector’s introduction in 2023.

Moog is latest to strike deal with the U.S. Air Force Agility Prime program to explore eVTOL technology.

The Japanese startup has advanced its plans to operate an urban air taxi service during World Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai.

Terrafugia, owned by Chinese automaker Geely, has launched first product Commaris, and Seeker UAS for commercial inspection operations.

Iris Automation continues its string of dealmaking, signing on as a partner with Australia’s Swoop Aero to offer beyond-visual-line-of-sight systems on the global advanced air mobility market.

Rega–Swiss Air-Rescue is to cooperate with Dufour Aerospace on an air ambulance version of the startup’s planned Aero3 eVTOL aircraft.

Project participants have announced the start of pilot programs to deliver medical supplies by drone in India and Germany.

Mobius Energy will offer an electric aircraft battery subscription that includes maintenance, replacement and salvage services.

Startup Mobius Energy plans to deliver its first electric-propulsion battery module to a customer in October.

Active deorbiting; electric charging; accelerating SAF; and persistent platform.

UK advanced air mobility startup Vertical Aerospace is gearing up to begin assembly of its VA-X4 engineering prototype to fly in 2022.

As first electric aircraft enter service airports and operators come to grips with infrastructure for recharging batteries.