Advanced Air Mobility

Comparing Skyport’s purpose-built vertiport in Dubai to an exiting facility in New York illustrates how cities could integrate eVTOL aircraft.

Vertical Aerospace has appointed former Leonardo Helicopters U.S. CEO Clyde Woltman to its board, effective Oct. 5.

Since winning the Aviation Week 20 Twenties award in 2018, Arthur Brown has been on a mission to make aviation cleaner, quieter, and more sustainable. Now, as he continues to push the boundaries of electric aircraft design and mentor the next generation of engineers, Arthur reflects on the pivotal moments, lessons learned, and the passion that keeps him flying forward.

Judge dismisses Archer's counterclaims against Joby while allowing Joby's trade-secret lawsuit to proceed with modifications.

Regent Craft conducted test flights of its crewed Viceroy and uncrewed Squire seagliders in front of a crowd on Sept. 30.

EHang is working around an indefinite regulatory stall at home, exporting its sandbox playbook to Vietnam.

CycloTech validates cycloidal-rotor propulsion, enabling precise directional control without tilting in a two-year flight campaign.

Fifteen states are suing the FAA over “insufficient evaluation of the environmental consequences of commercial drone package delivery.”

Skyports and Ras Al Khaimah Transport Authority signed an agreement to develop a four-vertiport network in the emirate, with commercial services launching in Q3 2027.

Virginia tests new airspace procedures for advanced air mobility, using vertiports and low-level routes to support electric and hybrid aircraft operations.

Vertical Aerospace, which just appointed former Airbus Commercial Aircraft CEO Fabrice Brégier as chair of its board, said it has initiated a review of strategic alternatives.

U.S. startup Poseidon Aerospace plans to fly its Egret large uncrewed cargo aircraft by year’s end after closing a $60 million Series funding round.

Bye Aerospace’s eFlyer 2 electric trainer has completed its first flight.

Beta Technologies has launched electric aircraft operations in North Carolina under the FAA’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP).

Parallel Flight Technologies says a new FCC conditional approval has cleared a regulatory hurdle that had delayed commercial orders for its Firefly heavy-lift hybrid-electric uncrewed aircraft.

XPeng’s flying car affiliate Aridge has secured a place in a United Arab Emirates regulatory sandbox, its first national-level testing framework outside of China.

Bristow Group has reserved 10 additional early delivery positions for Elroy Air’s Chaparral autonomous cargo aircraft.

Joby Aviation says its J208 autonomous Cessna Caravan has completed a 3,199-mi. flight across the U.S. without control inputs from the safety pilot onboard.

Tech startup Sift is providing electric aircraft developer Heart Aerospace with a common platform for analyzing telemetry data generated during ground and flight testing of its X1 demo.

Seoul is selected as South Korea’s UAM pilot site, starting with medical transport and expanding to tourism along the Han River and nearby hubs.

Joby Aviation begins a U.S. tour to showcase its J208 Caravan with Superpilot autonomy, highlighting defense, cargo and emergency response missions.

The Airplane Farm’s PowerWing eVTOL aims to redefine personal flight with a minimalist design, leveraging FAA’s new Part 22 rules for light sport aircraft.

Joby Aviation has begun air taxi demonstration flights in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Bye Aerospace has received a special airworthiness certificate from the FAA for its eFlyer 2 full-scale prototype.

Wayfarer’s Waylift system, tested with NASA support, uses stowable electric propellers to enable short takeoffs and landings with high efficiency.