Advanced Air Mobility

Tunnel test for Nexus; FAA revamps light sport rules; hybrid-electric for eVTOLs; and SMA power for VerdeGo’s hybrid.

Japanese air taxi startup SkyDrive has announced a pair of new orders from customers in Vietnam and the U.S.

The FAA has published an implementation plan for advanced air mobility, part of a proposed public-private initiative called Innovate28 (I28).

Eve Air Mobility and its parent company Embraer have announced the selection of the first air taxi manufacturing plant in Brazil, located in the city of Taubate in Sao Paulo state.

The FAA is proposing changes to the regulations for light-sport aircraft (LSA) that would allow electric propulsion systems and simplified flight controls.

Having received U.S. FAA approval for their continuous autopilot system certification plan, Reliable Robotics says it will now shift to testing and validation.

Hybrid-electric propulsion pioneer Ampaire has acquired Talyn Air, a U.S. startup developing an electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

Leonardo Helicopters and Lockheed Martin won £1.86 million ($2.43 million) contracts for an initial phase of the Merlin Out of Service Date Extension Program.

The 23%-scale powered model is being tested in the RUAG wind tunnel in Emmen, Switzerland.

The first free flight of the VX4 took off from historic Cotswold Airport in Kemble, a village in Gloucestershire, England.

The new document introduces the FAA’s planned Innovate28 (I28) initiative.

Greenport International Airport is a planned private general aviation airport being built on a more than 5,000-ft.2 campus located 17 mi. from Austin.

Co-Lektiv was formed as a single customer-facing organization in November 2021 by Aria Group, KTM Technologies and Pankl.

Electric truck maker Workhorse Group has achieved the first commercial sales of its Horsefly delivery drone.

The AAM Stock Composite charted higher by 5.1% during the week ending July 14, boosted by gains in Chinese air taxi startup EHang.

Solar UAV flies stratospheric; HAPS motor test; electric regional ground demo; and agile eVTOL.

U.S. startup VerdeGo Aero and Germany’s Roder Prazision have developed a version of the SR305 diesel-cycle aeroengine for use in hybrid-electric powertrains.

That new funding was widely expected.

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

The partnership will see EHang launch air taxi tourism and sightseeing services with the autonomous, two-passenger EH216-S multicopter.

HawkEye 360 has raised a $58 million round of capital that will be used to fund new radio frequency sensing satellites.

Lilium CEO Klaus Roewe spoke with the AAM Report on the sidelines of the 2023 Paris Airshow to talk about Lilium's recent string of positive developments.

Tier 1 aerostructures supplier GKN Aerospace is leaning into the advanced air mobility industry.

South Korean drone maker This Is Engineering (TIE) has unveiled its concept for an autonomous passenger electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.

Toyota has laid out a road map for electric vehicle development that could see solid-state lithium-ion batteries being commercialized by 2027-28.