Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
AVIC's AR300 bears a close resemblance to the U.S. Lift Aircraft Hexa ultralight eVTOL vehicle, although there are some notable design differences.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
First-response eVTOL; Stop-fold tiltrotor; Hydrogen-electric milestone; Offshore drone delivery
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The system could provide the range and payload of larger combustion-engine-powered UAVs without the noise, vibration and emissions.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The plans would expand Wing’s operating bases, or “nests,” from three to as many as 25 across the metroplex.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The agreement is for up to 50 electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Stuttgart-based H2Fly completed four flights of its HY4 testbed aircraft from Maribor, Slovenia, in September.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
German startup Evia Aero has announced plans to develop a 50-megawatt photovoltaic plant at Helsinki-East Aerodrome.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
China’s electric battery supply chain is mature, high-volume, and self-reliant.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Skyports Drone Services has begun delivering spare parts and other packages on demand to oil rigs in the North Sea.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Surf Air Mobility is developing both electric and hybrid-electric powertrains for the Cessna Caravan.
Advanced Air Mobility

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

By Graham Warwick
Universal Hydrogen has reached a key milestone in its plan to convert the ATR 72 regional turboprop to zero-emission hydrogen-electric propulsion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
While the eVTOL leaders are developing their own electric motors and battery packs, Cuberg and Safran are looking to the next technology wave.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Safran’s electric propulsion division has teamed with Cuberg to jointly develop aircraft energy storage systems based on the company’s high-energy lithium-metal batteries.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Eviation is preparing to close the final design loop for the production version Alice.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
SkyGrid is a joint venture between Boeing and artificial intelligence (AI) company SparkCognition.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The AAM Stock Composite ticked down by 3.5% during the four-day trading week ending Sept. 8.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
Lilium has selected experienced supplier Saint-Gobhain Aerospace to provide the cabin windows and cockpit windshield for the Lilium Jet.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Heart Aerospace's ES-30 electric regional aircraft is the first Part 25 transport-category application for Honeywell’s paperback-sized flight control computer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Startup Electra.aero says aluminum is easier to certify with the FAA, as well as more straightforward to manufacture and repair.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
EASA’s final rules for eVTOL operations differ in significant areas from the FAA proposals.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX innovation unit plans to sign a memorandum of understanding in October with the FAA to gather flight-testing data for the regulator.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Jump Aero has unveiled the aircraft concept and initial business model for its JA1 Pulse first-response aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Germany’s H2Fly has completed the first flights of a hydrogen-electric aircraft using cryogenic liquid-hydrogen storage.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
SkyDrive and JAXA have signed a joint research agreement devoted to improving noise-estimation technology for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft
Advanced Air Mobility