AAM_Tech_Developments

By Garrett Reim
Archer’s Maker electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft made its first full transition to wing-borne flight on Nov. 29.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
UK startup ARC Aerosystems has completed full transition flights of a full-scale prototype of its C150 VTOL uncrewed cargo aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Flight tests have been conducted to demonstrate how automated ATM could be used to avoid conflicts between autonomous air taxis and crewed aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
United Airlines is looking ahead to electrification of its ground operations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Singapore-headquartered H3 Dynamics is flight testing its distributed hydrogen-electric propulsion nacelle technology on a small uncrewed aircraft in Bretigny,
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The weight of lithium-ion batteries is increased, and their energy density degraded, by the need to build in protection to prevent the short-circuit of a cell damaged in a crash causing an uncontained fire.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The goal of the project is to demonstrate that a scale model that mimics the dynamics of a full-size aircraft can be used as a viable and competitive means of i
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The Center for High-Efficiency Electrical Technologies for Aircraft is developing and maturing technologies for a 180-seat airliner powered by liquid-hydrogen.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The company is pursuing a strategy of owning the complete value chain—from generating renewable energy at airports to providing scheduled regional flights with zero-emission aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Ampaire has received a $9 million award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy to accelerate the development, certification and market launch of the
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Ampaire has flown the first Cessna Caravan converted to hybrid-electric propulsion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Startup says it is on track to be among the first eVTOL companies to launch service.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Negotiations are underway with consortia and companies bidding to participate in South Korea’s K-UAM Grand Challenge program, which is intended to evaluate the safety and capability of urban air mobility.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
GKN Aerospace has delivered a ground-based demonstrator of a LH2 fuel system under a UK-funded research project to investigate the feasibility of using the cryogenic fuel to extend the flight endurance of a search-and-rescue UAS.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Display of the Optionally Piloted Personal Air Vehicle (OPPAV), by airframe designer and manufacturer Vessel Aerospace, was a centerpiece of the K-UAM Confex organized by Incheon International Airport.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Rain Industries has unveiled an autonomous firefighting demonstrator aircraft, the MK2, with plans to showcase a rapid initial wildfire response and containment with the uncrewed rotorcraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Spun out of automotive electric motor developer Yasa before it was acquired by Mercedes-Benz in 2021, UK startup Evolito is preparing to deliver its first aerospace-grade motors to customers in the first half of 2023 for early testing.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Germany’s H2Fly has begun the integration of a liquid-hydrogen storage tank into its Hy4 fuel cell propulsion test aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
German emergency medical service operator ADAC Air Rescue envisions replacing fleets of medical vehicles with electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to transport doctors to emergency scenes.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The FAA has finally published its proposed airworthiness criteria for Joby Aviation’s JAS4-1, providing the first detailed look at the certification basis for an eVTOL powered-lift aircraft.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Merlin is developing the Merlin Pilot autonomous flight system and is working on FAA supplemental type certification of the capability, initially on the Cessna Caravan.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
VoltAero has secured Italian aerospace components and structures producer TESI as a strategic investor and industrial partner as part of a €32 million ($31.6 million) Series B fundraising round.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
UPS Flight Forward, the package carrier’s uncrewed aircraft division, is looking ahead to a vertical takeoff and landing demonstration flight direct to a UPS center using Beta Technologies’ Alia-250.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Flights of UMS Skeldar’s V-200 rotary-wing uncrewed aircraft have demonstrated a detect-and-avoid system capable of automatically maneuvering a UAV around intruder aircraft
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
A Robinson R44 converted to electrified propulsion by Tier 1 Engineering has completed the first helicopter flight between airfields solely on electric power.
Business Aviation