Advanced Air Mobility

With more aircraft progressing toward certification, infrastructure is becoming the dominant preoccupation of the AAM and electric aviation industry.

Taipei-based GEOSAT Aerospace and Technology Inc. and Sainte-Menehould, France-based Cavok UAS signed the agreement on April 23.

During the test campaign, Reliable Robotics coordinated encounters of 2 of its aircraft in California while data was being collected by FAA ground-based radar.

Liebherr and Safran have joined the growing list of suppliers for the Eurodrone medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) uncrewed aircraft system (UAS).

The first two Joby aircraft are expected to be delivered to Edwards AFB, California, by early 2024.

Startup Guardian Agriculture has received FAA approval to operate its autonomous, eVTOL aerial application aircraft across the U.S.

Certification issues are delaying Harbour Air Seaplanes’ plans to convert its fleet of De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beavers to electric propulsion.

Condensed-matter battery; DLR’s sustainable designs; Bivalent hydrogen engine; and Subscale cargo UAV flies.

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

Innovations from the aerospace industry are helping to monitor, manage and mitigate climate change.

The burgeoning regional air mobility (RAM) movement could revitalize point-to-point travel to underused airports.

One of the premises of advanced air mobility is that it can bring improved connectivity and economic development to disadvantaged regions.

MGI Engineering has built two versions of its Mosquito subscale electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing demonstrator.

A premise of advanced air mobility is that it can bring improved connectivity and economic development to disadvantaged regions.

Armed with Series A funds, startup plans to launch production of electric ducted fans, beginning with military drones.

Czech startup Zuri has launched a pre-Series A funding round, aiming to raise up to $1.6 million for development of its planned hybrid eVTOL air taxi.

ZeroAvia plans to enter the market in 2025 with the 600-kW ZA600 fuel-cell powertrain retrofit for 9-19-seat regional aircraft.

A three-month project to see mail delivered by UAS between hubs on different islands in the Orkney archipelago is to launch this spring.

The Advanced Air Mobility Stock Composite climbed 5.6% during the week ending April 14.

California-based Skyway is to provide vertiport management systems and urban air traffic management infrastructure to Australian vertiport developer Skyportz.

As part of its safety continuum approach to certifying eVTOLs, the FAA has been negotiating with manufacturers on a case-by-case basis.

The Rhode-Island-based startup also announced plans to build out a 600,000 ft.² production facility to fulfill an estimated $8 billion in customer orders.

Cranfield Aerospace Solutions has selected Evolito to supply electric motors and inverters for its Project Fresson hydrogen-electric aircraft demonstrator.

SkyDrive has started preselling its SD-05 electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft to private individuals.

New Wisk CEO Brian Yutko is doubling down on his company’s bet that it can safely certify an autonomous, passenger-carrying electric air taxi this decade.