electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL)

By Ben Goldstein
Rolls-Royce and Vertical Aerospace have agreed to exit their contract for the supply of electric propulsion units.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has signed into law a bipartisan transportation bill.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
DARPA has selected six of nine concepts studied under Phase 1A of the Ancillary program to proceed into the 10-month Phase 1B.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Espace Aero will be the fourth innovation zone in Quebec.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The FAA has issued final airworthiness criteria for Archer Aviation’s Midnight electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The founder and CEO of Canadian hybrid-electric eVTOL startup Horizon Aircraft said he expects to make the first transition with a half-scale demo by midsummer.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
It marks the latest effort by Joby to expand into the Middle East, having previously announced plans to operate its S4 air taxis in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The top-rated company in the AAM Infrastructure Reality Index is London-headquartered Skyports.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Aurora Flight Sciences has unveiled a refined concept for a fan-in-wing high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Another Chinese startup has emerged with ambitions to develop an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Archer Aviation has announced a new partnership with Etihad Aviation Training to recruit and train pilots to operate its Midnight air taxis in Abu Dhabi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Quantum inertial navigation; airport hydrogen handling demo; lithium-metal pack tested; and autonomous agricultural helicopter.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
The text of the latest FAA Reauthorization Bill contains numerous provisions intended to advance the adoption of advanced air mobility.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Hyundai Elevator is to lead a Seoul-funded project to develop a vertiport as part of the Korean Urban Air Mobility (K-UAM) core technology development program.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The company’s turboelectric airliner concept would reduce fuel usage, operating costs and contrails.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
In March 2023, Northvolt and Cuberg announced plans to develop an aviation-specific battery module using lithium-metal pouch cells.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
Uncrewed helicopter manufacturer and aerial intelligence company SwissDrones has secured $10 million in Series B funding.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The company is now “cleaning up” the study so that it can be peer reviewed and released publicly by the Energy Department.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The fly-off is intended to lead to a follow-on engineering and manufacturing development phase and initial production.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
Lilium is in advanced discussions with the French government for subsidies and loan guarantees.
EBACE

By Graham Warwick
DLR’s climate-friendly designs; High-power aviation fuel cell; and eVTOL hover test facility.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Distributed-propulsion testbed flies; Airbus hydrogen APU demo; uncrewed delivery corridor; another Chinese eVTOL; and Wright’s megawatt-scale electric engine.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Published on May 2, the UK Aircraft Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) report confirms company statements immediately following the Aug. 9 incident.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
AutoFlight’s V2000CG CarryAll received Chinese type certification on March 22, the first certification of a winged eVTOL aircraft in the world.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Founded in 2019, MightyFly says it is the first developer of large autonomous cargo eVTOL aircraft to receive an FAA flight corridor approval.
Advanced Air Mobility