The challenges involved in electrifying aviation powertrains remain considerable, but an important developmental corner may have been turned, according to Rolls-Royce.
Israel’s Urban Aeronautics is looking to complete development, certification and assembly of its CityHawk enclosed-rotor, hydrogen-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi in Montreal.
U.S. startup Electra.aero has passed a key milestone toward development of its electric short-takeoff-and-landing regional aircraft, completing a fully integrated ground test of its hybrid-electric propulsion system.
Luxury hoverbike developer Aerwins Technologies has announced plans to go public through a deal with Hawaii-based special-purpose acquisition company Pono Capital.
The latest trend in advanced air mobility is to test operating concepts for urban air-taxis using helicopters as surrogates for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Blue Islands, a Jersey-based regional airline that connects the Channel Islands with the UK and France, has signed a letter of intent with Universal Hydrogen to
NASA has awarded TruWeather Solutions a $750,000 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract to test a network of ground-based weather sensors in Hampton, Virginia.
The director of safety transformation at NATS, the UK’s air navigation service provider addresses aerospace executives during a panel discussion on the safety of shared airspace.
Britain’s air safety regulator is inviting drone users and manufacturers to help shape the legal environment for uncrewed aircraft systems, and the collaboration may end up influencing regulation of the advanced-air-mobility sector.
While China may dominate the Asian market in terms of orders, it certainly is not alone in the Asia-Pacific region in joining the advanced-air-mobility (AAM) industry.
Montreal-based startup VPorts plans to build a network of vertiports in Quebec, focused initially on regional cargo and medical transportation using electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
Victoria Madden has left her role as British Airways head of global PR and social media to join Vertical Aerospace, the UK-based electric airplane manufacturer, in the new position of head of communications.
Diamond Aircraft is facing challenges to reaching agreement with regulators on requirements for certification of its eDA40 electric trainer. Battery safety is a key concern for certification, which is planned for 2023.
Details have emerged of two additional consortia bidding to participate in South Korea’s K-UAM Grand Challenge urban air mobility demonstration project.