Skyports

The top-rated company in the AAM Infrastructure Reality Index is London-headquartered Skyports.

Uncrewed helicopter manufacturer and aerial intelligence company SwissDrones has secured $10 million in Series B funding.

Skyports Infrastructure and the government of Ras Al Khaimah have agreed to develop a vertiport network to facilitate air-taxi services beginning in 2027.

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

Vertiport developer and drone operator Skyports has raised more than $110 million in a Series C funding round.

Certifying electric engines; Call for UK hydrogen funding; More eVTOLs for USAF; and the UK’s future flight road map.

Advanced air mobility OEMs are making maintenance preparations ahead of looming service entry dates.

Skyports Infrastructure is to develop the UK’s first vertiport testbed at Bicester Motion, a former Royal Air Force airfield in Oxfordshire.

An agreement to launch commercial air taxi services in Dubai in the 2025-2026 timeframe would make the emirate one of the first active UAM markets in the world.

Joby has partnered with Skyports Infrastructure and the Dubai government’s Road and Transport Authority to launch air taxi service in the emirate by 2026.

Hunch Mobility, which provides helicopter air-taxi services in India, plans to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange via a merger with blank-check company.

Skyports Drone Services has completed a series of test flights aimed at inspecting and monitoring the quality of river and coastal waterways in the UK.

A UK team completes ATM simulations for advanced air mobility while an EU-funded project staff addresses the transition from piloted to automated flights.

The United Arab Emirates is partnering with startups to position itself as a center for advanced air mobility development.

U.S. startup Pyka’s Pelican Cargo autonomous electric heavy-payload aircraft has flown in the UK for the first time.

Skyports Drone Services has announced the successful completion of a four-week drone delivery trial.

Dufour Aerospace has selected Switzerland’s Connova to supply the composite airframe for its Aero2 tiltwing hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft.

FlyBlade India has signed multiple memoranda of understanding to establish advanced air mobility operations and infrastructure in India.

The true vision of UAM, and the time savings it can produce, can be achieved only if the process of transiting in and out of vertiports is capped.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China has released its regulations and guidancefor the airworthiness certification of medium and large uncrewed aircraft.

U.S. startup Pyka is conducting flight tests of its Pelican Cargo heavy-payload electric uncrewed logistics aircraft in California.

The vertiport a a general aviation airport on the outskirts of Paris provides a window into the future of aerial mobility.