Advanced Air Mobility

The Alliance Ground System program has faced off political, programmatic, legal and technical hurdles.

Maturing technology and market lead Bell to redesign its Nexus eVTOL around all-electric propulsion for short-range intraurban flights.

Flirtey is preparing to begin routine food deliveries by drone within the largest industrial park in the U.S.

A new U.S. Army program will demo an intel-collecting system with three powerful sensing capabilities in one year and attempt to field the system on a new airborne surveillance fleet starting in five years.

Digital backbone for FVL; USAF eyes eVTOL; autonomous ag aircraft; drone deliveries in industrial park; better carbon fiber for space.

Greek demonstrations promote the General Atomics Reaper’s maritime patrol capabilities.

The U.S. Army has revealed a future mission for the MQ-1C unmanned aircraft system (UAS) fleet.

The first Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk for South Korea arrived at an airfield in the south of the country on Dec. 23.

A Russian air force commander has revealed plans to introduce a sixth-generation, unmanned bomber by 2040.

Joby backs 2023 for Uber; Skyryse autonomous R44; Embraer studies hybrid; Rolls unveils ACCEL; Hyundai teases eVTOL; Deloitte UAM survey.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. FAA has pledged to release a draft rule prescribing a means to identify drones from the ground by the end of December. After

Joby Aviation has signed an agreement with Uber that makes it the first developer of an eVTOL aircraft to commit to meet the Uber Elevate initiative’s 2023 target to deploy commercial urban aerial ridesharing services.

Consumers are becoming more aware of urban air mobility, but also more concerned about its safety, a survey says.

U.S. startup Skyryse has flown a Robinson R44 light helicopter converted to autonomous flight control.

South Korean automaker Hyundai will unveil its first eVTOL PAV concept at the CES 2020 consumer electronics show in Las Vegas.

Suborbital tourism, urban air mobility and supersonic air travel are all expected to take steps forward in 2020.

Rolls-Royce has released the first images of an all-electric demonstration aircraft.

In-city trials for eVTOL vehicles in 2020 will provide key feedback on the public acceptability of urban air mobility.

The commercial market is growing and the military market is in transition, as unmanned aircraft continue to reshape aviation.

Fielding counter-small unmanned aircraft systems is a priority for the Pentagon in 2020.

EHang goes public; eVTOL megadeals coming in 2020; Microturbine hybrid range extender; autonomous cargo UAV demo; grappling OneWeb sats.

Counter-drone systems continue to proliferate on the market, but tech and operational challenges in countering UAS have not yet been fully surmounted, a new study says.

NATO’s London meeting in December exposed deep divisions among alliance members.

The USMC has put two prize challenges that lie at the heart of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Unmanned Aircraft System Expeditionary program on hold.

German delivery drone manufacturer Wingcopter plans to enter the U.S. market.