AAM_Business

By Carole Rickard Hedden
While China may dominate the Asian market in terms of orders, it certainly is not alone in terms of joining the advanced air mobility industry.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
South Korean startup MintAir plans to build an advanced air mobility service using electric rotorcraft and has agreed to order up to 40 aircraft from Jaunt Air Mobility, in addition to a previous commitment for 100 aircraft from Skyworks Aeronautics.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
UK and New Zealand companies have joined forces to develop facilities to enable aerospace companies to test liquid hydrogen fuel systems for flight certification and support the shift to sustainable aviation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
DARPA is launching a program to demonstrate a long-endurance uncrewed aircraft able to operate from warship flight decks and small austere locations in adverse weather.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Mid-decade still looks feasible for the commercial launch of eVTOL air taxi services.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Timothy Obitts, president and CEO of the National Air Transportation Board, is stepping down from his role, effective Sept. 1, 2022.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
AeroVironment has acquired Plank Aerosystems, developer of autonomous uncrewed air vehicle (UAV) guidance and navigation software.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Angus Batey
A groundbreaking ceremony has taken place at Farnborough Airport as work begins on the facility’s new 175,000 ft.² hangar, known as Domus III.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Carole Rickard Hedden
The primary story on funding in the advanced air mobility industry this month is on cash burn related to research and development, to include certification efforts.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Carole Rickard Hedden
Groupe ADP of France, Beta Technologies, UrbanV and Volatus Infrastructure join the AAM Infrastructure Index this month, bringing to nine the companies included in the index.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Carole Rickard Hedden
A key difference in the advanced air mobility market of August 2022 and previous reports on orders is revenue generation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Carole Rickard Hedden
Eve Holding climbed from No. 15 to No. 4 in the AAM Reality Index this month, improving its score on the 10-point scale from 7.0 in June to 7.7 in August.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
With the ambition of becoming a midtier aerospace and defense player, AIRO Holdings Group plans an initial public offering to fund its entry into the electric air mobility market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
As part of its Project Crimson research effort, the U.S. Army’s Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center is looking for a drone to quickly deliver blood to wounded service members during times when medical evacuation is not possible.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
Boeing-backed Wisk has established an engineering hub in Montreal dedicated to the development of its sixth-generation eVTOL autonomous air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Carole Rickard Hedden
As financial results for the publicly traded advanced air mobility companies were shared with Wall Street analysts and shareholders, the overall AAM Stock Composite stayed steady, registering a less than 1% gain over the two weeks ending Aug. 15.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation has signed a revised certification basis for its tiltprop S4 after the FAA changed direction of certifying electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, and says it is still on track to launch air taxi operations in 2024.
Air Transport

By Molly McMillin
Hideto Yamasaki joined Greensboro, North Carolina-based Honda Aircraft Co. as president and CEO on April 1 following the retirement of founder
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Vertical Aerospace’s VX4 eVTOL is set to be the first new UK-certified civil aircraft in 30 years.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Angus Batey
Cranfield Aerospace Solutions has announced two new investors as it continues to work toward flying a hydrogen fuel cell-powered nine-seat demonstrator.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Carole Rickard Hedden
Retail giant Walmart is known for mass—massive product options, massive stores, massive appeal to consumers and massive power in the retail market place. Now, Walmart is leading the way with retail delivery of products by air, calling upon startup DroneUp to deliver the goods.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
South Korean automaker Hyundai has revealed new details of its broad-based advanced air mobility development strategy after unveiling a full-scale cabin mockup of its electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi concept and signing a propulsion collaboration deal with Rolls-Royce.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Carole Rickard Hedden
Blade Air Mobility, one of 10 publicly traded advanced air mobility companies, beat analyst expectations with its second quarter 2022 financial performance.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
United Airlines has made a $10 million predelivery payment on 100 of the 200 electric air taxis it agreed to purchase from Archer Aviation in February 2021.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation has signed a potential $45 million expansion of its contract with the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program.
Advanced Air Mobility