By Joe Anselmo, Graham Warwick, Richard Aboulafia, Michael Dyment
Will the AAM market grow to $50 billion a year? Listen in as Richard Aboulafia and Mike Dyment debate the merits, and Aviation Week’s Graham Warwick weighs in with his thoughts.
Textron is in a key position to take advantage of opportunities in the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) and urban air mobility markets with plans to boost its investment in that area, according to its top executive.
Aviation Week’s Advanced Air Mobility Report to date has covered the projects and companies that are staking ground in a market that they, themselves, are creating.
With an autonomous electric aircraft already in production and operation, U.S. startup Pyka has unveiled plans to develop a larger aircraft for the regional cargo and passenger markets.
Africa has emerged as a proving ground for drone delivery, headlined by Zipline’s large-scale on-demand medical delivery networks in Rwanda, Ghana and now Nigeria. Now the continent is turning its attention to urban air mobility.
The Canadian federal and Quebec provincial governments together will invest in projects at Bell, CAE and Pratt & Whitney Canada to develop technologies supporting the electrification and decarbonization of aviation.
Italian civil aviation authority ENAC, air navigation service provider ENAV and airport operator Aeroporti di Roma have signed a letter of intent to coordinate on services, technologies and infrastructure for advanced air mobility.