Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Embraer posted revenue of $271.7 million in its executive aviation division, up 6% from a year ago, and reaffirmed its projection to deliver 100-110 executive jets during 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
Another step toward operating a commercial urban air mobility service in Paris during the 2024 Summer Olympics has been taken with the opening of a vertiport terminal within the Advanced Air Mobility Sandbox test environment at the Pontoise Aerodrome here.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Rain Industries has unveiled an autonomous firefighting demonstrator aircraft, the MK2, with plans to showcase a rapid initial wildfire response and containment with the uncrewed rotorcraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Australia’s Northern Territory Air Services has signed a letter of intent with Eviation for 20 Alice electric aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
Abu Dhabi Airports has signed a memorandum of understanding with French airport operator Groupe ADP to engage in joint planning, development and operation of ground infrastructure for advanced air mobility in the Emirate.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
As countries jockey for a leading position in the projected market for advanced air mobility (AAM), a new study concludes the transportation mode would be economically viable in the UK and provide a significant contribution to the economy while reducing carbon emissions.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Spun out of automotive electric motor developer Yasa before it was acquired by Mercedes-Benz in 2021, UK startup Evolito is preparing to deliver its first aerospace-grade motors to customers in the first half of 2023 for early testing.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
As a vast swath of aviation is turning to hydrogen as a central path to a sustainable future, some efforts are beginning to crystallize into concrete advancemen
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Germany’s Volocopter has been selected to participate in a project to develop a sustainable city on reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Archer Aviation and United Airlines have announced that their first electric air taxi route will be between Newark Liberty International Airport and New York’s Downtown Manhattan Heliport.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Flights connecting Scotland’s islands to the mainland, described as lifeline routes for remote communities, have been a focus of early interest from proponents of sustainable aviation alternatives.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
European drone cargo airline Dronamics has partnered with the UK’s Cranfield Aerospace Solutions to integrate hydrogen fuel cell propulsion into its Black Swan long-range uncrewed cargo aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Announcing the progress with its third-quarter financial results, Vertical acknowledged the deadline for signing a master purchase agreement with American Airlines has been extended by more than a year.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Based in Melbourne, Australia, Kite Magnetics was founded to develop high-efficiency electric motors for aircraft propulsion based on a new nanocrystalline magnetic material invented at Monash University in Clayton, Victoria.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Germany’s H2Fly has begun the integration of a liquid-hydrogen storage tank into its Hy4 fuel cell propulsion test aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Astra Space on Nov. 8 announced layoffs of 16% of its workforce and $119 million in write-downs of assets as the struggling rocket startup seeks a “financial runway” into 2024 amid a major business plan change.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
European Rotors, VTOL Show & Safety Conference, European Helicopter Association, Cologne, Germany.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
German emergency medical service operator ADAC Air Rescue envisions replacing fleets of medical vehicles with electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to transport doctors to emergency scenes.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The FAA has finally published its proposed airworthiness criteria for Joby Aviation’s JAS4-1, providing the first detailed look at the certification basis for an eVTOL powered-lift aircraft.
Air Transport

By Carole Rickard Hedden
Listening to analysts parse stock market performance as a follow-on to Nov. 4’s U.S. jobs report, higher unemployment rates equate to improvement—indicating some slack for companies struggling under a shortage of employees or supply chain problems stemming from labor shortages.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Israel’s Gadfin Aero-Logistics Systems has secured a service contract from the country’s largest medical logistics company to operate an on-demand drone delivery network connecting all of the country’s major hospitals, flying medical supplies over a radius of up to 200 km (125 mi.).
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Australian electric air taxi startup AMSL Aero is among 12 projects that have been awarded federal government grants under the first round of the Emerging Aviation Technology Partnerships program.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
Brief news items of interest to advanced air mobility professionals.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Deliveries of the Aero2 tiltwing uncrewed medical delivery aircraft to Spright are planned to begin in 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Merlin is developing the Merlin Pilot autonomous flight system and is working on FAA supplemental type certification of the capability, initially on the Cessna Caravan.
Emerging Technologies