Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
Albers Aerospace is to provide engineering and manufacturing services valued at $5 million to Maryland startup HopFlyt to develop the Vortex channel-wing eVTOL as a Group 5 military uncrewed aircraft designed to carry a 1,000-lb. useful load 500 nm at 200 kt.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
SAF from methanol; liquid-hydrogen demonstrator; improving ducted-fan eVTOL; and an uncrewed firefighting aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Ampaire has flown the first Cessna Caravan converted to hybrid-electric propulsion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
German electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) startup Lilium plans to raise an additional $119 million.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
U.S. regional aviation provider Surf Air Mobility has abandoned plans to list publicly through a merger with a blank-check company and has instead filed with th
Advanced Air Mobility

By Carole Rickard Hedden, Garrett Reim, Graham Warwick
As Archer Aviation unveils its four-passenger production air taxi, the Midnight, Aviation Week editors discuss the shifting competitive dynamics in the nascent advanced air mobility market where three rival OEMs with differing approaches push toward FAA certification and operation.
Aerospace

By Garrett Reim
Startup says it is on track to be among the first eVTOL companies to launch service.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Boosting funding support for China’s emerging advanced air mobility industry, four of the country leading state-controlled banks have jointly extended $846 million in credit to XPeng AeroHT.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Negotiations are underway with consortia and companies bidding to participate in South Korea’s K-UAM Grand Challenge program, which is intended to evaluate the safety and capability of urban air mobility.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Angus Batey
The UK’s Aerospace Technology Institute has launched a new initiative, the ATI Hub, in an effort to “help develop and convene the sustainable aerospace ecosystem,” according to the organization’s CEO.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Display of the Optionally Piloted Personal Air Vehicle (OPPAV), by airframe designer and manufacturer Vessel Aerospace, was a centerpiece of the K-UAM Confex organized by Incheon International Airport.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Archer's new facility will be capable of producing up to 650 of its four-passenger Midnight aircraft per year.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Carole Rickard Hedden
As third-quarter financial results for advanced air mobility’s publicly held companies began rolling out, the primary message is they are on track in spending for research and development.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Carole Rickard Hedden
The Blade Air Mobility technology-powered air-mobility platform posted third-quarter revenues up 125%, to $45.7 million, versus $20.3 million for the year-ago period.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Embraer posted revenue of $271.7 million in its executive aviation division, up 6% from a year ago, and reaffirmed its projection to deliver 100-110 executive jets during 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
Another step toward operating a commercial urban air mobility service in Paris during the 2024 Summer Olympics has been taken with the opening of a vertiport terminal within the Advanced Air Mobility Sandbox test environment at the Pontoise Aerodrome here.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Rain Industries has unveiled an autonomous firefighting demonstrator aircraft, the MK2, with plans to showcase a rapid initial wildfire response and containment with the uncrewed rotorcraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Australia’s Northern Territory Air Services has signed a letter of intent with Eviation for 20 Alice electric aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
Abu Dhabi Airports has signed a memorandum of understanding with French airport operator Groupe ADP to engage in joint planning, development and operation of ground infrastructure for advanced air mobility in the Emirate.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
As countries jockey for a leading position in the projected market for advanced air mobility (AAM), a new study concludes the transportation mode would be economically viable in the UK and provide a significant contribution to the economy while reducing carbon emissions.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Spun out of automotive electric motor developer Yasa before it was acquired by Mercedes-Benz in 2021, UK startup Evolito is preparing to deliver its first aerospace-grade motors to customers in the first half of 2023 for early testing.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
As a vast swath of aviation is turning to hydrogen as a central path to a sustainable future, some efforts are beginning to crystallize into concrete advancemen
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Germany’s Volocopter has been selected to participate in a project to develop a sustainable city on reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Archer Aviation and United Airlines have announced that their first electric air taxi route will be between Newark Liberty International Airport and New York’s Downtown Manhattan Heliport.
Advanced Air Mobility