Advanced Air Mobility

Revo, an urban air mobility operator based in Brazil, agreed to the purchase of up to 50 eVTOL aircraft from Eve Air Mobility through their $250M contract announced at the 2025 Paris Air Show.

Safran and Saft have entered a partnership to develop an 800V battery essentially aimed at future hybrid-electric aircraft.

GKN Aerospace is focusing on cryogenic cooling system and electrical network technology for hydrogen-fueled aircraft under the Airbus-led ICEFlight project.

French startup VoltAero has redesigned its hybrid-electric Cassio 330 in a bid to ensure an easier path to certification with EASA.

Autonomous air taxi startup Wisk has acquired SkyGrid, a third-party service provider for advanced air mobility aircraft, as a subsidiary.

Archer has announced plans to raise $850 million from a direct equity offering, lifting its cash position to approximately $2 billion.

Swiss startup Jekta has begun flight testing with a subscale model of its 19-passenger PHA-ZE 100 electric seaplane.

The eVTOL scene in Europe has cratered, but electric aviation hopes live on.

In addition to learning lessons from the Russia-Ukraine War, the French Air and Space Force is working on defense in space.

Elixir Aircraft has received an order for 30 of its Elixir two-seaters from ENAC, France’s national school of civil aviation.

Vertical Aerospace and Bristow Group have agreed to expand the scope of their partnership.

An integration pilot program to be set up by the FAA under the direction of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump is expected to begin in 2026.

French startup Blue Spirit Aero has rolled out a full-scale prototype of its Dragonfly four-seat hydrogen-electric light aircraft.

Walmart is expanding its drone delivery service to 100 more stores in five additional U.S. cities.

Startup Dovetail Electric Aviation plans to use immersion cooling to improve the safety and performance of battery packs.

Green Taxi Solutions has partnered with StandardAero to certify its electric taxiing system, initially on the Embraer E175 with funding support from the FAA.

French startup Ascendance has announced a partnership with EXOES for the production of the batteries for its hybrid electric Sterna powerplant modules.

Aviation Week Intelligence Network's fleet analysts have released an updated forecast for the advanced air mobility (AAM) market that sees a global fleet of 600 in-service electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft by 2030.

Archer Aviation appears to be slipping behind its major rival, Joby Aviation, while Beta Technologies plots its own course.

An integration pilot program to be set up by the FAA under the direction of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump is expected to begin in 2026.

Stuart Simpson is CEO of Vertical Aerospace. He recently sat down with Aviation Week to discuss the company’s planned hybrid aircraft.

The FAA has green-lighted design, engineering and construction firm Clayco to operate drones beyond visual line of sight at its many U.S. construction sites.

Dutch startup Maeve Aerospace has redesigned its planned hybrid-electric regional aircraft to target the replacement of today’s regional jets beginning around the middle of the next decade.

VoltAero offers hybrid powertrain; mixed-reality training device; damage-tolerant rotorcraft control; and Moya’s cargo eVTOL family.

Australian startup Skyportz has released a new iteration of its vertipad design and intended to mitigate the downwash and outwash hazard from eVTOL aircraft.