Advanced Air Mobility

The Advanced Air Mobility Composite declined by nearly 8% during the week ending Feb. 24.

That Lilium chose to invest some of its limited financial resources in its battery cell supplier Ionbox has raised a few eyebrows.

Eviation is using masses of data from the first flight of its all-electric Alice commuter aircraft last year to inform the design of the production version.

Archer Aviation says it will enter another round of mediation with rival Wisk Aero at the end of March.

Chinese startup Vertaxi has raised $21.6 million to support development of its Matrix 1 eVTOL air taxi.

Predicting contrails, fuel from manure, solid-state batteries, and racing eVTOL.

Smartphone manufacturer Samsung is joining the race to provide cellular services from space.

SMG Consulting and Saudi Excellence Co. have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly promote and explore potential use cases for AAM in Saudi Arabia.

Moore, an expert on advanced air mobility, joins Aviation Week editors for no-holds-barred discussion of the challenges facing AAM startups in 2023.

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

Joby described “substantial progress” made toward Stage Three of the FAA’s certification process.

Alex Stoll was aeromechanics lead at Joby Aviation.

The high volume of expected drone operations raises questions about the amount of infrastructure and personnel needed to handle and manage them.

The partnership is planned to expand to include satellites and defense systems.

Rob Scholl is Textron eAviation's CEO.

Australia startup AMSL Aero has completed the first tethered hover test of its Vertiia electric vertical takeoff and landing full-scale technology demonstrator.

UAE's Strategic Defense Fund has debuted UAE-based Helio Aviation Technologies and invested in U.S. startup Mayman Aerospace.

Europe’s Sesar 3 public-private partnership for research into ATM has included urban air mobility among 48 projects receiving $373 million.

Korea Aerospace Industries has signed an agreement to create an advanced air vehicle demonstration center in Gyeongsangnam-do province.

Organizers of the World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Kansai, have selected the partners with which they plan to showcase advanced air mobility in Japan.

The Advanced Air Mobility Composite for publicly held AAM companies ticked up slightly during the week ending Feb. 17.

Japan’s Toray Industries is to establish a materials research center for sustainable technologies and next-generation mobility, including eVTOL vehicles.

Birmingham Airport is aiming to become the first in the UK to operate commercial zero-emission hydrogen-fueled flights with ZeroAvia.

eVTOL propeller test; hybrid-electric turboprop; hydrogen supply networks; and vertiports for Dubai.

EHang completed a demonstration flight of its two-seater EH216 eVTOL vehicle in Japan.