Advanced Air Mobility

U.S. startup Rotor Technologies has completed a flight test campaign with a pair of Robinson R22 light helicopters converted to autonomous flight control.

Archer Aviation and InterGlobe have signed a memorandum of understanding to launch eVTOL aircraft service in India in 2026.

Embraer spinoff Eve Air Mobility said it is on track to complete its first full-scale prototype by year’s end.

In October, LaunchPoint Electric Propulsion Solutions (EPS) was granted a U.S. patent on a hybrid power system for electric aircraft,

AMSL conducted the first flight of a full-scale battery-electric prototype of the Vertiia in February.

Germany’s Volocopter has dislodged Joby Aviation from the top slot in the latest AAM Reality Index.

Innovate UK, a component council of UK Research and Innovation), is funding a new training and educational provider called AAM4Gov.

SkyDrive and Kansai Electric Power Co. have jointly developed charging equipment for electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

Archer is using two of Beta’s Charge Cube systems at its flight-test facilities in California, as well as a number of Beta’s Mini Cube mobile charging systems.

The AAM Stock Composite rebounded by more than 12% during the week ending Nov. 3, reversing a stretch of large weekly losses.

Rotary engine and hybrid power system developer LiquidPiston has raised $30 million through a crowdfunding campaign on DealMaker.

The Korea Aerospace Research Institute has flown its electric- vertical-takeoff-and-landing technology demonstrator in public for the first time.

Brazilian startup Moya Aero has secured another customer for its high-capacity electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing uncrewed aircraft.

U.S. Air Force welcomes eCTOL; simulating hydrogen turnaround; China’s TCab flies eVTOL; and flying quantum sensor.

Archer Chief Commercial Officer Nikhil Goel sat down again with the AAM Report.

Volocopter has conducted crewed flight tests of its 2X electric- vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) prototype at Tampa International Airport (TPA) in Florida.

The German startup describes the flights as the first by an eVTOL at large international airport in the U.S.

The six Survice-Malloy TRV-150C octorotors are now operational in the Third Littoral Logistics Battalion at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.

Draper Associates is an early-stage venture capital company led by investor Tim Draper that has funded companies including SpaceX and Tesla.

Swiss startup Dufour Aerospace has delivered an Aero2 X2.2 demo to U.S. drone operator Spright for flight testing of the electric tiltwing UAS in Oregon.

Australian electric propulsion startup Kite Magnetics has opened its Green Aviation Test Facility in Melbourne.

Joby Aviation reported continued progress on the path to type certification for its S4 electric air taxi.

The OEM is growing its experimental helicopter fleet to help shape technologies for its advanced air mobility ambitions.

SkyFly is developing the two-seater Axe aircraft, which can take off and land both conventionally and vertically.

Universal Hydrogen (UH2) has demonstrated loading and unloading of its liquid hydrogen modules on an ATR 72 test aircraft at Toulouse Blagnac Airport.