Cyclorotor cargo UAV; SAF from cement; Natural composites; AAM for offshore wind; Airbus hydrogen hookups.

Rolls-Royce is pinning its turbofan’s future on UltraFan technologies, a vision to be tested this year with its first demonstrator.

As Dana Jensen, senior industrial policy analyst, keeps watch over the development of advanced air mobility vehicles and their supply chains through the lens of the U.S. Air Force Agility Prime initiative, he has a recurring thought.

Advanced air mobility’s OEMs held their positions for the April listing of the AAM Reality Index, developed by SMG Consulting in partnership with Aviation Week.

Who’s Where Electra.aero has promoted James “JP” Stewart to vice president and general manager. Stewart was previously Electra’s director of programs.

What a journey across town in an autonomous air taxi could look like, flying through airspace shared with drones and piloted aircraft, is revealed in a new concept of operations for urban air mobility produced by Wisk Aero and vertiports developer Skyports.

In the latest round of the legal battle between Wisk and Archer, Archer has filed a lawsuit accusing Boeing of launching a media smear campaign intended to harm the rival eVTOL startup.

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