Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Liquid-hydrogen prototype; lenticular rotors; GPS in GEO; emergency-response eVTOL; and flying car advances.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
Digital manufacturing trend yields new experimental, air-launched UAS at Lockheed’s rapid prototyping house.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Bill Carey
Bipartisan leaders of the U.S. House Transportation Committee have asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review the FAA’s efforts to introduce drones into the national airspace system.
Advanced Air Mobility

The former Boeing CEO and business partner Kirstin Bartok Touw discuss their new investment venture.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Kitty Hawk has partnered with European health care company Falk to evaluate use of the Heaviside electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle in emergency response operations.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation is going public in a transaction that will provide the urban air mobility startup more than $1.5 billion to complete aircraft development and begin air taxi services.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
European publication of certification rules for road-capable gyroplanes has cleared the way for the Netherlands’ PAL-V to complete development of its Liberty flying car.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Hard on the heels of its billion-dollar investment deal, urban air mobility startup Archer has committed to launch its first air-taxi network in Los Angeles by 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Advanced air mobility startup Lilium has selected Spanish aerostructures supplier Aciturri to build the composite airframe for its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
A trial to use cargo drones to carry medical supplies and samples in western Scotland has been extended and expanded.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Integrating electric propulsion; Jaunt advances Journey; Leonardo’s cargo drone; Finnish e-fuel research; smart rotors for eVTOL.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
In perhaps a first sign of consolidation in the overcrowded urban air mobility market, two startups are to combine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo, Graham Warwick
Listen in as the former Boeing CEO and his new business partner Kirsten Bartok Touw discuss plans to invest in transformational aerospace technologies—and why the next 20 years could be the best ever.
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
Developed for the fighter community, Leonardo’s BriteCloud expendable decoy may now find a niche in protecting UAS.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
The potential demand forecast for tens of thousands of delivery drones and air taxis means there is a growing need for propellers and rotors with better performance, lower noise and easier producibility.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A segment of a $620 million market for advisory air training could be replaced by UAS.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Archer aims for rapid certification and ease of manufacture with eVTOL design that balances performance and complexity.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle developers move closer to certification hurdle
Program Management

By Graham Warwick
Flying on e-fuel; Hydrogen ecosystem for airports; Boom-eating supersonic; Flying supercar; European UAM demos; and Airspeeder’s eVTOL.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Investment deal will give eVTOL startup Archer $1.1 billion to develop its eVTOL air taxi—and 200 orders from United Airlines.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jen DiMascio
Review of UH-60 crashes sought; Northrop to participate in AAR studies; Boeing wins Harpoon contract; and DARPA’s LongShot.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Bill Carey
Wireless charging system developer WiBotic on Feb. 10 announced an energy management software platform for fleet operators of drones and other robotic vehicles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Garmin International said Feb. 10 that Joby Aviation has selected the Garmin G3000 integrated avionics suite for the electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle it is developing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Urban air mobility startup Archer is to go public in a deal that will raise up to $1.1 billion to fund commercialization of the company’s all-electric air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Vertical Aerospace has tapped aerospace composites provider Solvay to supply the VA-1X electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi program.
Advanced Air Mobility