The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is to cooperate with Kawasaki Heavy Industries on the development of core technologies for hydrogen-powered commercial aircraft.
Operating a regional airport in Britain in the early 2020s appears to be an exercise in balancing risks against opportunities, ambition against pragmatism.
UK startup Vertical Aerospace has pushed back certification and first deliveries of its VX4 air taxi to 2025, from 2024, as it prepares to begin flight tests of its full-scale demonstrator this summer.
The first flights of an all-electric aircraft designed and built in the UK have been accomplished under a project led by Cranfield University as part of the UK government-supported Future Flight Challenge.
Electric propulsion startup MagniX is teaming with flight test specialists AeroTEC and Canadian operator Air Tindi to convert a De Havilland Canada Dash 7 into a testbed for NASA’s Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration project.
UK startup Vertical Aerospace has pushed back certification and first deliveries of its VX4 air taxi to 2025, from 2024, as it prepares to begin flight tests of its full-scale demonstrator in summer 2022.
Despite the Russia-Ukraine war and volatility in the stock market, business aircraft activity at Textron Aviation has remained strong during the first quarter of 2022, company officials say.
Beyond developing and producing an air vehicle that meets civil aviation authority certification standards, advanced air mobility companies also must certify how the aircraft will be serviced and maintained, and their flight operations also must be certified.
Helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft lessor LCI has placed a firm order for 50 Beta Technologies Alia-250 electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles with an option for another 75.
With modification of the Cessna 172 Skyhawk and 208 Caravan to autonomous operation already under its belt, Reliable Robotics has received an Air Force Research Laboratory contract to demonstrate autonomous capabilities on U.S. Air Force aircraft.
Design changes and component supply issues have pushed back the first flight of the certification prototype for Harbour Air Seaplanes’ conversion of the de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver to electric propulsion.
VoltAero’s Cassio 1 hybrid-electric testbed aircraft is anticipated to surpass 10,000 km of flight en route to the AERO Friedrichshafen general aviation trade show in Germany.
A large white tent in the middle of an English Midland town center parking lot is providing the advanced air mobility industry with a sense of the infrastructure it may need to serve its customers.
Autonomous electric aircraft developer Pyka has closed a $37 million Series A funding round to support production of its Pelican uncrewed crop sprayer and develop a cargo version of the aircraft.
When Aviation Week’s Advanced Air Mobility Report began following the composite performance of AAM’s publicly traded stocks, it was a given that the composite would show the typical results of a startup company–in this case a group of companies.
In a bid to promote the commercialization of drone-based products and services, a plan to build a 165-mi. network of drone “superhighways” linking cities across the UK has been submitted by a consortium led by unified traffic management provider Altitude Angel.
Chinese startup TCab Tech has conducted transition flight tests with a 50%-scale demonstrator of its planned E20 electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.
So far, Beta Technologies and Volocopter are showing it is possible to build a billion-dollar business in advanced air mobility without the distraction of going public.
