AAM_Tech_Developments

By Garrett Reim
Flight of the NASA X-57 Maxwell electric aircraft is in doubt as the program concludes at the end of September and is dealing with another technical problem.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Swiss startup Dufour Aerospace has finalized the design and specifications for its Aero2 hybrid-electric tiltwing VTOL UAS.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The Hungarian government is to provide Rolls-Royce with $5 million over 3 years to support research and development of electric and hybrid-electric aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Battery worries have led Italy-based Tecnam Aircraft to suspend plans to develop the P-Volt all-electric version of the P2012 twin-engine light aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The piloted, two-seat technology demonstrator for Electra.aero's hybrid-electric ultra-short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft is set to fly this year for testing.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers are building prototypes of an air-cooled, 1-megawatt electric motor with high specific power.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Whisper Aero unveiled a concept for an electric regional air mobility aircraft at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Aviation conference.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
Advanced air mobility startup Plana Aero recently unveiled its CP-01 hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Airbus is making progress on its urban air mobility vehicle, hoping for certification and service entry this decade.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
With a piloted, four-passenger air taxi on the way, Vertical Aerospace sits down with Aviation Week to discuss the VX4 and larger advanced air mobility sector.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Developing a platform for the crop-spraying market is not easy, but a pair of startups are hoping that the market will serve as an early application for eVTOLs.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Electrification of propulsion is enabling the exploration of some novel ideas for aviation, even some that are not officially considered to be aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Brazilian startup Moya Aero has begun assembling a near-full-scale prototype of its planned eVTOL uncrewed cargo aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Destinus has flown a subscale prototype configured with a hydrogen-fueled afterburner.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Daher says it will narrow down design options for either a lightly hybridized or all-electric production follow-on to the EcoPulse demonstrator.
EBACE

By Graham Warwick
Overair is assembling the first uncrewed full-scale demonstrator for its Butterfly tiltrotor electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Barcelona, Spain-based BOLD Valuable Technology was founded in 2019 by Formula 1 design engineer Bernat Carreras to develop high-performance battery systems.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
German aerospace center DLR is planning a new facility for full-scale crash and impact testing of helicopters and electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing craft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Reliable Robotics has demonstrated autonomous takeoff, flight and landing of its retrofitted Cessna Caravan 208 aircraft for the U.S. Air Force.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Cosmic is targeting entry into service in 2028 using batteries with a specific energy of 300 Wh/kg at the pack level.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
First flight tests are planned as early as 2024.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Merlin Labs is working with the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority to certify its autonomous flight system in the Cessna Caravan.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has released an updated road map for artificial intelligence (AI) in aviation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Archer Aviation has announced the rollout of its first Midnight air taxi prototype.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Honeywell has introduced a small satellite communications system for the advanced air mobility (AAM) and uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) industry.
Advanced Air Mobility