Advanced Air Mobility

By Joe Anselmo, Graham Warwick
The advanced air mobility market is at a critical juncture—and the hard work is just beginning.
Check 6

By Graham Warwick
The first dedicated university research program for electric aircraft batteries in the U.S. has been launched by the University of Michigan.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The deadline for comments on the FAA’s proposed regulations for operations of powered-lift aircraft closed on Aug. 14.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Five of the six publicly traded electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) startups have reported their financial results for the 2023 second quarter (Q2).
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Swiss startup Dufour Aerospace is planning to deliver a prototype Aero2 tiltwing uncrewed aircraft to launch customer Spright.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The AAM Stock Composite slid by around 4% in the week ending Aug. 11.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Enabling contrail avoidance; hybrid regional demonstrator; next-generation HAPS; and quantum computing for R&D.
Emerging Technologies

Aviation Week Staff
Battle Creek Unlimited has secured $7 million in state funding to support development of an AAM park at Battle Creek Executive Airport in Michigan.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Aero Challenge Group is to invest “a double-digit million Euro sum” in development of the aircraft designed to carry 1,000 kg of payload or eight passengers.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
Buying counter-UAS as a service is part of the U.S. Army’s plan for more directed energy to target large numbers of attacking drones.
Budget, Policy & Operations

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

By Graham Warwick
Another eVTOL technology demonstrator crashes during flight testing. Should the industry be worried?
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Archer Aviation has agreed to settle an intellectual property theft lawsuit filed against it by rival Wisk Aero.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The Hexa is a single-seat, unwinged multicopter with a range of 15 mi. (24 km) and maximum cruise speed of 55 kt.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
German aerospace center DLR has flown a subscale demonstrator of the HyBird concept for a small hybrid-electric regional aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The low-altitude flight test was conducted at Willcox Playa, Arizona, on March 14.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Baykar’s Akinci drone as well as its associated weapons and sensors will be produced in Saudi Arabia under a new deal estimated at roughly $3 billion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Tier 1 aerospace suppliers see the AAM industry as a way to bridge the business and technology gaps to the next single-aisle airliner.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Eve Air Mobility said it is on track to begin manufacturing parts and components for its first full-scale prototype during the third quarter of 2023.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Many investors bought into electric air-taxi companies in 2021 hoping to find the next Tesla, but instead they may be stuck with the next Uber.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Vertical Aerospace’s VX4 eVTOL prototype suffered significant damage during a remotely piloted flight test at Cotswold Airport in Kemble, England.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Skyports Drone Services has announced the successful completion of a four-week drone delivery trial.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Trade-offs involving battery weight and range are inevitable in electric aviation, but German startup Vaeridion thinks that it has a novel solution.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The Advanced Air Mobility Stock Composite was little changed during the week ending Aug. 4.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
Eviation has appointed Seattle-based engineering company TLG Aerospace to design the production configuration for the Alice electric regional aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility