Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Chinese luxury carmaker Hongqi has unveiled the Tianyan 1 drive/fly vehicle and plans to fly a prototype this year.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Aura Aero continues to make progress with the flight test campaign for its Integral E electric trainer.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
It’s no secret that Robinson Helicopter Company CEO Dave Smith is no fan of the burgeoning eVTOL industry.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Cormorant Aerospace plans to build the initial version of its planned eight-passenger amphibious aircraft with turbogenerator-based hybrid-electric propulsion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Artificial intelligence has beaten a human pilot in drone races conducted in Abu Dhabi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
China’s state-owned aircraft manufacturer AVIC has flown a full-scale demonstrator of its AR-E3000 electric vertical-takeoff-landing-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Electra.aero has secured $115 million Series B funding to move the EL9 aircraft into the pre-production and certification phase.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Archer has revealed the specifics of its planned air taxi launch network in New York City.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Skyports Drone Services has acquired Australian startup Redbird Aero.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A coalition concept for future airspace calls for integrating automation into safety-critical ATM to meet the demands of an increasingly complex environment.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ben Goldstein
Lilium employees were promised wages for nearly two months’ work, but those paychecks never arrived.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Japanese trading conglomerate Marubeni performed an initial demo flight at the Osaka World Expo using the Hexa single-seat eVTOL.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Munich-based Vaeridion has partnered with Bosch Aviation Technologies to support development of the Microliner nine-passenger all-electric regional airliner.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Jet VTOL UAS; CycloRotor flies; cargo gyroplane; and electrified trainer.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Loft Dynamics has partnered with Alaska Airlines to reimagine the legacy full-flight simulator using virtual-reality technology.
Maintenance & Training

By Ben Goldstein
Whisper Aero is focused on designing and manufacturing ultra-quiet electric ducted fans for use in drones, eVTOLs and electric regional aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Fuel cell specialist Intelligent Energy has been selected to join the UK Civil Aviation Authority’s Hydrogen Challenge.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
SkyDrive has flown its SD-05 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi for the first time in a public demonstration, at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Eric Allison is chief product officer at Joby Aviation. He recently sat down with Aviation Week to talk about the company’s activities and strategy.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
As the commercial aviation industry backtracks on its net-zero commitment, electric aviation startups are pushing forward anyway.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Unmanned Aerospace is preparing to begin pilot production of a hydrogen-electric uncrewed cargo gyroplane.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Hydroplane is working with Enstrom Helicopter and uncrewed cargo aircraft developer Sabrewing Aircraft to incorporate hydrogen-electric propulsion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Latest news of developments within the advanced air mobility industry.
Advanced Air Mobility

John Illson
The continued evolution of FAA oversight is essential to support increases in conventional air traffic and expanding drone, commercial space and AAM operations.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ben Goldstein
Odys Aviation continues on track for first deliveries by year-end.of its Laila hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing UAV.
Aircraft & Propulsion