Advanced Air Mobility

Alef is conducting flight testing of a lighter prototype, the Model Zero.

Lilium Aerospace filed for insolvency after its main investor failed to provide promised funding for the rebuilding of operations.

The first hydrogen-fueled aircraft to enter service are expected to use automotive-style pressurized gaseous hydrogen storage.

Both aircraft have a similar configuration, with eight propellers on four underwing booms.

A Munich startup maintains that it can use available technology to develop an electric short-haul aircraft.

Excluding China, the 60 largest eVTOL startups have raked in a combined total of $13 billion since their inception.

Air White Whale has signed a pact with local courier Kuayue Express to see how its W5000 uncrewed cargo aircraft could operate cargo services.

Arlington, Washington-based Eviation laid off most of its staff in early February.

AutoFlight has secured a 157 million yuan order for 12 CarryAll uncrewed and Prosperity passenger eVTOL aircraft from Hanyang Investment Development Group.

ZeroAvia has secured the first sale of a standalone electric propulsion system to Jetcruzer International.

Automated flight systems developer Merlin is partnering with cargo carrier Quikjet Airlines to assess and correlate pilot fatigue with inflight performance.

The certification allows Archer to train and qualify pilots at its new academy.

Supernal eVTOL breaks cover; Climate Impulse takes shape; monitoring battery health; autonomous aerial application.

Both Archer Aviation and Joby Aviation are racing to launch air taxi service in the United Arab Emirates.

The Gulf state, home to Dubai and Abu Dhabi, aims to define aerial corridors and regulations within the next 20 months.

Highlights of ICAO’s three-day event in Abu Dhabi included decarbonization efforts and eVTOL demonstrations.

One particularly promising solution to battling wildfires like those in Los Angeles is the use of aerial firefighting with uncrewed helicopters.

German electric aircraft startup Lilium has suspended operations and may be forced to file for insolvency again shortly.

As battery performance is expected to remain insufficient in the coming years, ATR has delayed the launch of a hybrid-electric version of its ATR 72 turboprops.

The explosion of interest around advanced air mobility has spurred new interest in electrifying seaplanes.

A full-scale electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft belonging to Supernal is undergoing ground testing at Mojave Air & Space Port in California.

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.