A UK consortium led by Embraer company Eve UAM has completed a concept of operations for urban air mobility in London that identifies the near-term challenges and actions required to enable electric air taxi service.
The UK’s Cranfield Aerospace Solutions has secured £10.5 million ($13.8 million) in investment from HydrogenOne Capital Growth and Safran to develop hydrogen fuel-cell electric propulsion for aviation.
It was the market, not the machines, that dominated the debate during a panel discussion on hybrid and electric airplanes at the British Business and General Aviation Association’s (BBGA) annual conference here in March.
Japanese commercial UAV company Terra Drone has raised $70 million in Series B venture capital from local investors and will apply the funds toward a drone air traffic management service.
A handful of unions representing tens of thousands of U.S.-based aviation workers called on the U.S. Transportation Department to deny Wizz Air’s request for a foreign air carrier permit over allegations of an “anti-union” corporate culture.
Volocopter has taken another step toward its goal of operating a commercial electric air taxi service during the 2024 Paris Olympics by conducting a series of test flights in France to measure its aircraft’s acoustic signature.
Japanese automaker Suzuki Motor is looking at adding electric air taxis to its lineup of compact cars and motorcycles and targeting markets such as India through a partnership with Tokyo-based startup SkyDrive.
Honeywell is teaming up with Universal Weather and Aviation, an international trip provider, to integrate flight planning and trip support data into Honeywell Forge for business aviation.
Viasat and Inmarsat, the U.S. and UK satellite-based services providers, have promised the British government they will boost overall research and development spending there by 30% after their proposed merger.
The U.S. Commerce Department has singled out Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich’s Gulfstream G650ER business jet and 99 airliners for apparently violating export controls the department imposed following Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.
With Eve UAM planning to go public in the second quarter through a merger with blank check company Zanite Acquisitions, the Embraer spinoff has secured its first post-merger investor.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is resulting in the jamming of satellite navigation systems that could affect civil aviation in the surrounding region, EASA has warned.
The UK’s competition watchdog has found that a planned merger of two North Sea oil and gas helicopter operators could stifle competition in the offshore market.
Industry groups have started meeting to develop a “blanket replacement” for leaded aviation fuel (avgas) used in piston-engine aircraft by 2030, the goal of an FAA-led initiative unveiled in February.
After the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the new issues raised by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union might well feel like old news.
Archer Aviation has conducted wind tunnel tests of the propulsion units for its electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi as it progresses toward the preliminary design review for its production aircraft.
