Advanced Air Mobility

VertX plans to part to develop Ireland’s first operational vertiport at Shannon Airport.

MassDOT is investigating the use of drones to provide services such as healthcare and logistics to remote communities.

Helijet-owned helicopters will operate the Blade flights on existing routes and new services to be developed jointly.

EHang is hopeful of gaining Chinese type certification for its EH216 autonomous air taxi “in the next few months."

UK advanced air mobility startup Vertical Aerospace has set Dec. 14 for a vote on its planned going-public merger with blank-check company Broadstone

SNC-Lavalin is to provide business and technical support to develop a zero-emissions 90-seat regional airliner.

Saudi Arabia plans to complete the $500 billion initial phase of Neom development in 2025 and has launched work on the first two region

The company has partnered with All Nippon Airways’ parent to build a drone delivery network to serve rural areas, trials are underway.

Gone is the Cessna Skyhawk-like configuration of the original concept, replaced with an unconventional tandem-wing design.

The Royal Danish Air Force is claiming to be the first air service to operate electric-powered aircraft.

U.S. commuter airline Southern Airways Express has become the first to place firm orders for a new form of regional transportation, the all-electric wing-in-ground-effect seagliders under development by startup Regent Craft.

The German aerospace center will modify the aircraft by adding a fuel-cell powertrain being developed with MTU Aero Engines.

At the recent Dubai Airshow, the Toulouse-based aircraft manufacturer and Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) announced a long-awaited upgrade plan for the ATR 42/72 based on an extensively improved derivative of the PW127 engine family dubbed the XT.

Endorsing plan for model AAM ecosystem, North Carolina awarded nonprofit AeroX a grant to build ATM system.

Renault has marked the 60th anniversary of its most iconic model by building a flying version as a show car.

Yates Electrospace will develop scaled-down version of its Silent Arrow unmanned cargo glider for deployment from wider range of aircraft

Ohio’s AAM center of gravity is the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport, home to the new National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence and the Ohio Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center.

Beta sees its plans for a Tesla Supercharger-style network of chargers as a key differentiator that sets it apart from other developers of eVTOL vehicles.

The test center at Pontoise-Cormeilles will be used for real-world trials of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft and the supporting ecosystem.

Startup Heart Aerospace has selected the Spanish aerostructures company to build the fuselage, empennage and wing for its all-electric regional airliner the ES-19.

Japan’s SoftBank is to issue its first sustainability bond to raise funds for its high-altitude platform system business, which plans to operate solar-powered stratospheric unmanned aircraft as airborne base stations for internet connectivity.

Vertical says it remains on track to start flight tests in early 2022 as it targets certification for the VA-X4 in 2024 and entry-into-service in 2025.

In South Korea Volocopter and Kakao Mobility are to study the feasibility of operating UAM services, a technology that Seoul wants to see commercialized by 2025.

Unmanned cargo aircraft startup Elroy Air has partnered with humanitarian transport operator AYR Logistics to develop an autonomous aerial delivery service. AYR has committed to purchasing up to 100 of Elroy’s Chaparral vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) cargo aircraft.

Flight services provider DroneUp and Walmart have agreed to launch on-demand package deliveries by drone at three Walmart stores in northwest Arkansas, the companies announced Nov. 22.