Advanced Air Mobility

As updates continue to fly out from advanced air mobility startups, Aviation Week editors are joined by consultant Sergio Cecutta to cut through the noise and assess where the fledgling market is at.

The vertiports were designed in partnership with LODD, an Abu Dhabi-based specialist of drone technology and autonomous aerial logistics.

Vertical Aerospace has completed Phase 2 of thrust-borne flight testing of its VX4-piloted electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing prototype.

The Global Emergency Response Flyer Competition aims to spur development of uncrewed emergency response aircraft that are safe, robust and road portable.

The equity round was led by major institutional investors including Blackrock.

Hybrid-electric drone; Electric trainer tour; Motors for cargo airship; Cargo BWB goes north.

Airbus says it remains committed to bringing a hydrogen-electric commercial aircraft to market.

The upgraded aircraft has replaced the original Pelican Spray in production.

The WM250 is the most powerful motor so far to be installed in the test site at the Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio.

The G-1 certification basis is a document that describes requirements that must be satisfied for a new aircraft to receive type certification.

Delair’s DT46 long-range vertical-takeoff-and-landing drone has been equipped with a version of Ascendance’s Sterna hybrid-electric propulsion system.

The Across America initiative is planned to begin at the Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida, in April.

The dilemma: How do you integrate a new class of aircraft when there are no existing powered-lift pilots, and no established training curricula to certify them?

Jaunt Air Mobility has revealed plans to go to the market with an uncrewed, hybrid version of its Journey eVTOL compound helicopter.

U.S. startup Pivotal announced plans for a larger, longer-range version of its Helix eVTOL to be an uncrewed or optionally-piloted craft for defense missions.

The slow progression of battery technology has prompted Airbus to halt its eVTOL project.

The startup is promoting three military uses for its short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft: tactical transportation, special ops and temporary command post.

ZeroAvia says it has reached Stage 2 of the FAA’s G-1 issue paper process to establish the certification basis for the 600-kW electric propulsion system.

The 656-ft.-long airship will use 32 of the motors, with power supplied by Honeywell 1-megawatt turbogenerators.

Eve Air Mobility has conducted the first test of the pusher propulsion motor on its full-scale prototype electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle.

Safran Electrical & Power is seeking a chemical specialist to create its own GENeUSPACK battery solution for propulsion systems on electric and hybrid-electric aircraft.

The approval paves the way for more powerful motors that may equip hybrid-electric regional aircraft.

The UK air taxi startup Vertical Aerospace plunged 60% last month to $5.13, by far the biggest loss in the index.

The challenge was launched in November 2023 with round one awards to Cranfield Aerospace Solutions, Exeter Airport Consortium and ZeroAvia in February 2024.

The flight of the uncrewed cargo VTOL was conducted at Pipistrel’s test facility near Gorizia, Italy.