Advanced Air Mobility

Japanese automaker Suzuki Motor is looking at adding electric air taxis to its lineup of compact cars and motorcycles and targeting markets such as India through a partnership with Tokyo-based startup SkyDrive.

UK vertiport development and drone delivery startup Skyports has raised $23 million in the first close of its Series B funding round.

The UK Royal Navy is developing seven uncrewed air systems to operate from its 65,000-ton carriers that will complement embarked F-35s.

No one has made a piloted flight of a full-scale, type-design-conforming electric aircraft that has included a vertical takeoff and landing and demonstrated the design payload and range.

With the goal of being able to develop tourism sustainably, Air Greenland has partnered with lessor Avolon to explore the potential for zero-emission domestic air travel using Vertical Aerospace’s VX4 electric air taxi.

Rome airport operator Aeroporti di Roma (ADR) and Italian high-speed rail operator FS Italiane are to build a vertiport at Roma Termini, Rome’s biggest train station, and identify locations for future network expansion.

Moving quickly will enhance safety and enable the U.S. to unlock the future of aviation.

Embraer’s autonomy project; Unmanned cargo handling; Hydrogen pioneers partner; Denmark boosts e-fuels; and Hydrogen valley airport.

Advanced air mobility stocks rebounded last week, following two weeks of double-digit declines.

Are claims made for advanced air mobility vehicles hype or do those on the inside simply understand the technology better than those on the outside?

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has worked with Ontario in Canada to establish a cross-border air mobility corridor.

With Eve UAM planning to go public in the second quarter through a merger with blank check company Zanite Acquisitions, the Embraer spinoff has secured its first post-merger investor.

Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions continues to lead the emerging orderbook for advanced air mobility, with agreements for 1,785 aircraft of a total 9,277 for the industry.

Uncrewed “wingmen” for the Air Force’s next bomber and fighter will be large, sophisticated and costly.

Attendees from 72 nations and 590 exhibitors at HAI’s Heli-Expo boost hopes of a return to pre-COVID civil helicopter industry growth.

New Jersey authorities are seeking proposals from companies interested in developing a 400-acre parcel at Atlantic City International Airport for aviation facilities.

Archer Aviation has conducted wind tunnel tests of the propulsion units for its electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi as it progresses toward the preliminary design review for its production aircraft.

Embraer’s urban air mobility company Eve UAM has added U.S. charter carrier Global Crossing airlines Group to its conditional orderbook as it prepares to go public through a merger with blank check company Zanite Acquisition.

Collins Aerospace is to develop a specialized cargo loading system for the N3.8T large unmanned cargo aircraft under development by Natilus.

Universal Hydrogen (UH2) and fuel-cell powertrain developer H3 Dynamics have partnered to develop zero-emission propulsion systems for unmanned aircraft, air taxis and new-design regional aircraft.

If aviation is to be more accessible and ubiquitous, aircraft will have become quieter.

Undefined safety and noise regulations, cloud future vertiport and eVTOL operations.

Advanced air mobility vehicle developer Joby Aviation said March 15 that it is nearing completion of the application process to obtain an FAA Part 135 air carrier certificate.

German startup Volocopter jumped into the second position on the Advanced Air Mobility Reality Index, but still trails market leader Joby Aviation.

Slovakian startup AeroMobil is briefing potential investors on its plans to set up the first door-to-door aerial ridesharing service in the U.S. using a four-seat drive/fly vehicle.