Advanced Air Mobility

Ribbit is a Toronto-based startup that is using autonomy to help improve air cargo access to far-flung communities in Northern Canada.

Diamond Aircraft completed the first flight of its eDA40 electric training aircraft from Weiner Neustadt, Austria, on July 20.

U.S. startup Electra.aero has secured an investment from Statkraft Ventures, a fund that specializes in energy transition and clean technology.

Colorado-based vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) startup XTI Aircraft has announced a reverse merger with real-time location services provider Inpixon.

Opener has unveiled an early access program for its Blackfly ultralight personal eVTOL to gain feedback from initial owners and prepare for commercial launch.

The sell-off came after a J.P. Morgan analyst downgraded Joby Aviation’s stock from neutral to underweight.

United says it is exploring options to move its Aviate pilot training academy to electric-powered aircraft and away from internal combustion.

Comac Times (Shanghai) Aviation has been set up to supply aerospace components and batteries as China looks to develop electrically powered aircraft.

Programs are adapting to prepare students to work the advanced air mobility industry as engineers, air traffic controllers, pilots and more.

Tunnel test for Nexus; FAA revamps light sport rules; hybrid-electric for eVTOLs; and SMA power for VerdeGo’s hybrid.

Japanese air taxi startup SkyDrive has announced a pair of new orders from customers in Vietnam and the U.S.

The FAA has published an implementation plan for advanced air mobility, part of a proposed public-private initiative called Innovate28 (I28).

Eve Air Mobility and its parent company Embraer have announced the selection of the first air taxi manufacturing plant in Brazil, located in the city of Taubate in Sao Paulo state.

The FAA is proposing changes to the regulations for light-sport aircraft (LSA) that would allow electric propulsion systems and simplified flight controls.

Having received U.S. FAA approval for their continuous autopilot system certification plan, Reliable Robotics says it will now shift to testing and validation.

Hybrid-electric propulsion pioneer Ampaire has acquired Talyn Air, a U.S. startup developing an electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

Leonardo Helicopters and Lockheed Martin won £1.86 million ($2.43 million) contracts for an initial phase of the Merlin Out of Service Date Extension Program.

The 23%-scale powered model is being tested in the RUAG wind tunnel in Emmen, Switzerland.

The first free flight of the VX4 took off from historic Cotswold Airport in Kemble, a village in Gloucestershire, England.

The new document introduces the FAA’s planned Innovate28 (I28) initiative.

Greenport International Airport is a planned private general aviation airport being built on a more than 5,000-ft.2 campus located 17 mi. from Austin.

Co-Lektiv was formed as a single customer-facing organization in November 2021 by Aria Group, KTM Technologies and Pankl.

Electric truck maker Workhorse Group has achieved the first commercial sales of its Horsefly delivery drone.

The AAM Stock Composite charted higher by 5.1% during the week ending July 14, boosted by gains in Chinese air taxi startup EHang.

Solar UAV flies stratospheric; HAPS motor test; electric regional ground demo; and agile eVTOL.