Archer Aviation and Joby Aviation have both played down the potential effect of the FAA’s change in direction on eVTOL certification as they reported their first-quarter 2022 financial results.
A lawsuit filed against Beta Technologies by supplier Blue Force Technologies is providing insight into an emerging industry where advanced-air-mobility startups are relying on niche suppliers to get started.
Qualcomm has identified urban air mobility aircraft as a target market for its latest Robotics RB6 Platform, which combines cameras, computer vision, artificial intelligence and 5G mobile communications into a single integrated processing system.
U.S. startup KinectAir has launched an on-demand regional air mobility service that uses a smartphone app enabling passengers to order a flight from a local airfield with lower cost and greater flexibility than a traditional private aviation charter.
Advanced air mobility aircraft manufacturers are calling for clearer guidance from the FAA over certification requirements after the regulator signaled a change in rules governing approval for winged electric vertical-take-off-and-landing vehicles.
UK postal service Royal Mail is planning to purchase as many as 500 fixed-wing uncrewed air systems in the coming years to provide delivery services to remote areas of the country.
Advanced battery developer Amprius Technologies is to go public through a merger with a blank-check company with the intent of using the funding raised to scale up production of high-energy-density silicon-anode lithium-ion batteries and aviation as an initial target market.
Hydrogen is gaining momentum as the zero-emission fuel of the future for aviation but requires massive investment in new infrastructure as well as completely new propulsion systems or aircraft designs to be used to its full potential.
The FAA has approved airworthiness criteria for the Wingcopter 198 delivery drone, a key step toward certification of the aircraft, Germany’s Wingcopter said May 11.
Flewber, a technology platform that allows users to book private air travel on demand, has released a new version of its app with two new ways to book flights.
Embraer’s urban air mobility spinoff Eve Holding listed publicly on the New York Stock Exchange on May 10 after completing its merger with blank-check company Zanite Acquisition.
South Korean mobility platform TMAP is to join Joby Aviation’s partnership with telecommunications giant SK Telecom to bring urban air mobility to the country. SK Telecom spinoff TMAP jointly owns ride-hailing app UT with Uber, which is an investor in Joby.
Energy company Shell, already a strategic investor in ZeroAvia, is to supply hydrogen to the zero-emission propulsion startup’s base in California to support flight testing of its fuel-cell powertrain.
Acoustic testing completed with NASA last year confirmed the low noise profile of Joby Aviation’s tilt-prop electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi, the startup said May 10.
The Advanced Air Mobility Report’s AAM Stock Composite refrains from looking at the daily ups and downs of stock prices. Four months of results, however, point to the reality.
Embraer’s urban air mobility spinoff Eve UAM will list publicly on the New York Stock Exchange on May 10 after closing a merger with blank-check company Zanite Acquisition that raised less funding than hoped for.
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As part of preparations for the introduction of urban air mobility operations in Brazil, Embraer and sister company Eve UAM have evaluated a set of autonomous flight technologies around Sao Jose dos Campos using helicopters.
UPS’s drone airline subsidiary UPS Flight Forward has embarked on a strategy of deploying autonomous and remotely operated aircraft across a range of use cases from medical delivery drones to large feeder aircraft.
Small French manufacturers Elixir Aircraft and TurboTech plan to develop a cryogenic hydrogen propulsion system for light aircraft under a project supported by the French government’s post-COVID-19 recovery plan.
