Advanced Air Mobility

Electric aircraft fire; Tiltrotor eVTOL prototypes; Autonomous deck landing; Weather-forecasting drone.

Lilium has signed a pair of firm agreements for its Pioneer Edition Lilium Jet with two European operators.

Asked whether the aspiration to have certifiable AAM aircraft flying by 2025 was realistic, panelists reached an emphatic conclusion: absolutely yes.

The agreement starts with Sky2Share acquiring the five-seat Cassio 330.

Targeting the bizav sector, eVTOL developer Lilium shows off the aircraft interior of the high-end Pioneer Edition at EBACE.

Lilium CCO Sebastien Borel introduces the cabin of the Lilium Jet as the eVTOL startup targets the business aviation sector.

To succeed, innovators must cultivate confidence among regulators, the flying public and investors.

Daher says it will narrow down design options for either a lightly hybridized or all-electric production follow-on to the EcoPulse demonstrator.

Kawasaki Motors has made a strategic investment of an undisclosed amount in VoltAero, a hybrid-electric aircraft developer.

UK electric air taxi startup Vertical Aerospace has signed an agreement with Kakao Mobility of South Korea for 50 preorders of its VX4 eVTOL vehicle.

Dufour Aerospace is to receive a CHF2.5 million ($2.8 million) grant from the Swiss government under an accelerator program run by innovation agency Innosuisse.

The Advanced Air Mobility Stock Composite climbed 8.5% in its strongest week of the year so far, led higher by a massive rally in Archer Aviation.

Skyports Infrastructure is a company seeking to develop networks of vertiports around the world to accommodate the expected onset of electric air taxis.

Overair is assembling the first uncrewed full-scale demonstrator for its Butterfly tiltrotor electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

Barcelona, Spain-based BOLD Valuable Technology was founded in 2019 by Formula 1 design engineer Bernat Carreras to develop high-performance battery systems.

U.S. startup Doroni Aerospace has launched a Series A offering, aiming to raise $20-30 million to develop its H1 Hummingbird two-seat personal eVTOL vehicle.

NASA’s electrified aircraft propulsion flight demonstration programs face cost overruns and schedule delays, the agency’s inspector general says.

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

German aerospace center DLR is planning a new facility for full-scale crash and impact testing of helicopters and electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing craft.

Reliable Robotics has demonstrated autonomous takeoff, flight and landing of its retrofitted Cessna Caravan 208 aircraft for the U.S. Air Force.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has created an interagency working group to help direct strategy and policies related to advanced air mobility.

Cosmic is targeting entry into service in 2028 using batteries with a specific energy of 300 Wh/kg at the pack level.

AI in aviation; flying hydrogen lab; Seoul’s UAM routes; and Alder’s fuel progresses.

Hyundai company Supernal has partnered with, and invested in, Echodyne.

The diversity of use cases for uncrewed traffic management requires a new approach to prioritizing airspace access.