Advanced Air Mobility

Joby Aviation and Lilium have both marked new progress toward meeting key goals on their paths to type certification and commercialization.

A facility dedicated to the development of emerging aviation technologies and new air transportation systems has opened at Oklahoma State University in Tulsa.

DARPA picks nine for Ancillary; China’s drive/fly eVTOL; Alef’s flying car; and hydrogen future for training aircraft.

Infrastructure operator Ferrovial has partnered with real estate developer Milligan to identify and develop sites for vertiports in the UK.

Dubbed the Collaborative Low-Altitude UAS Integration Effort (CLUE), the system was developed by AFRL’s Information Directorate.

The fund will be used for continued development of the AE200, a piloted four-passenger electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.

This amounts to a high-stakes bet that regulations and public acceptance will come together to enable a successful commercial launch in the future.

Aska began ground testing in the first quarter and now has FAA certification and authorization for uncrewed flight testing.

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

Upstart Archer denies allegations of intellectual property theft.

The result of that engagement is the launch of the Quantum Open Avionics Platform.

The new location will allow the company to consolidate flight test operations closer to its headquarters, as well as hire engineers from Mojave and Los Angeles.

The French aerospace company anticipates European certification in the first quarter of 2024.

Joby Aviation has announced a $100 million equity sale to existing investor SK Telecom.

Based in Austin, Texas, LIFT is developing a single-seat unwinged multicopter called the Hexa.

The companies will produce initial conceptual designs for operational and demonstration systems.

Chinese carmaker Guangzhou Automobile Group has unveiled a concept for a future drive/fly electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle.

Eric Allison is Joby Aviation's chief commercial officer.

The aircraft has received FAA special airworthiness certification for flight testing.

The certificate will allow the company to demonstrate the prototype in public, a milestone planned for this year.

Element 1 granted the new joint venture a worldwide exclusive license to its hydrogen generation technology for all aerospace applications.

Airbus and Czech uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) developer Primoco UAV have teamed up to cooperate on small UAS development.

Volocopter has completed its first uncrewed demonstration flights with its 2X prototype in Saudi Arabia.

German air rescue organization ADAC Luftrettung has purchased two VoloCity eVTOL aircraft for research operations starting in 2024.

The grant supports an A$12.8 million project to develop, flight test and certify the conversion of the Cessna Caravan to electric propulsion.