Advanced Air Mobility

Trade-offs involving battery weight and range are inevitable in electric aviation, but German startup Vaeridion thinks that it has a novel solution.

The Advanced Air Mobility Stock Composite was little changed during the week ending Aug. 4.

Eviation has appointed Seattle-based engineering company TLG Aerospace to design the production configuration for the Alice electric regional aircraft.

Comac/CATL electric aircraft venture; high-power silicon battery; JetBlue and carbon capture; and fly/drive evTOL hovers.

Nikhil Goel helped establish the vision of urban air mobility (UAM) that has since captured the imaginations of entrepreneurs and investors around the world.

The Amprius battery cell has a power density of 400 Wh/kg at a C/5 discharge rate typical of electric vehicles.

The Aska A5 eVTOL vehicle has six propellers mounted on fore and aft wings that are folded along the top of the fuselage in drive mode.

A mix of old and new brought thousands of aviation enthusiasts to the annual fly-in and convention in Oshkosh.

Vertical Aerospace said it will begin conducting crewed thrust-borne test flights of its full-scale VX4 prototype.

Joby Aviation has confirmed the first flight of its initial production prototype S4 electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.

Both Universal Hydrogen and ZeroAvia are developing hydrogen-electric retrofits for the ATR 72.

Britain’s Orkney Islands are set to become the first region of the UK to have an uncrewed aircraft system mail delivery service.

Startup Pyka has received approval from the FAA to operate its autonomous electric crop spraying aircraft in the U.S.

The company has been testing a subscale demonstrator for its Lilium Jet for more than a year and is nearing buildup of an aircraft for certification flight tests.

The award is similar to one received by Joby Aviation in April to deliver and operate up to nine of its S4 eVTOL aircraft for the U.S. Air Force.

Thermoplastic fuselage; Diamond flies electric trainer; Russia’s hybrid regional demo plan; and study highlights airport drone risk.

The LimoConnect V2 was unveiled July 22 at the Electric Aircraft Symposium in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

French startup Aura Aero flew its Integral S training aircraft for the first time on July 28 from Toulouse-Francazal airport.

South Korean eVTOL startup Plana plans to lease space in the National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence in Springfield, Ohio.

Industry is concerned about key provisions of the FAA’s proposed operating rules for powered-lift aircraft.

Volocopter’s window to certify the VoloCity ahead of the Olympics is tight, but the real challenge is developing a larger version with a stronger business case.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Some startups—including Netherlands-based PAL-V and California-based Alef Aeronautics—believe flying cars might offer a more efficient solution.

Aerofugia is a subsidiary of Chinese carmaker Geely.

China’s AutoFlight is claiming a world first with the formation flight of three prototypes of its planned Prosperity 1 air taxi.