AAM_Business

By Graham Warwick, Tony Osborne
Embraer’s Eve Urban Air Mobility finished out 2021 with two major announcements—plans to go public and plans to study potential military missions for the Eve eVTOL aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
In the first such move by a leader in the advanced air mobility market, Joby Aviation has acquired Austrian radar designer Inras to prepare for more complex, and eventually autonomous, operations of its electric urban air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
China’s EHang has announced the first order for its VT-30 long-range autonomous air taxi, now in flight testing.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
German drone delivery company Wingcopter has secured a new investor in Latin America as it expands its global presence.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The first so-called gigafactory built by a European battery company has been commissioned, with the assembly of its first lithium-ion cell.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
UK startup Electric Aircraft Group and the University of Nottingham plan to establish a joint venture to develop megawatt-class electric propulsion systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lori Ranson
Although Brazilian airlines Azul and GOL are fierce competitors, both believe there are vast opportunities for urban mobility in Brazil and are each working to create a new mode of transport in the country.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Carole Rickard Hedden
When Tavistock Development completed the master plan for its Lake Nona development in Florida, part of the vision was connectivity for the people living there—a multimodal transportation strategy that includes autonomous ground vehicles and a bicycle network within the community.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems and Embraer are teaming up to study potential military missions for the Brazilian OEM’s Eve electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The merger values the electric air taxi developer at $2.4 billion, a price backed up by the largest conditional orderbook in the advanced air mobility market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Adrian Schofield
The carrier has previously stated its desire to eventually purchase zero-emissions aircraft to replace its DHC Dash 8-300 turboprops.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Italian startup FlyingBasket has conducted its first urban cargo drone flights in Turin.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Completion of Vertical Aerospace’s going-public merger with blank-check company Broadstone Acquisition on Dec. 16 took the total announced funding raised in 2021 by the nascent advanced air mobility industry to more than $5 billion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Bristow's partnership with California-based Overair covers the potential purchase of 20-50 of the startup’s Butterfly quad-tiltrotor platforms and collaboration on commercialization of the platform.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
New York-based seaplane airline Tailwind Air has partnered with Airflow.aero to develop an amphibious, float-equipped version of the startup’s planned electric short takeoff and landing aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
German regional air-mobility startup Flyv has partnered with U.S. aircraft developer Electra.aero to enable an on-demand service flying between underserved markets in Europe using electric aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Carole Rickard Hedden
Kitty Hawk not only made the December 2021 AAM Reality Index, but it also jumped to the seventh position ahead of Pipistrel, Archer and EHang.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Zero-emissions propulsion startup ZeroAvia has signed an MOU with De Havilland Canada (DHC) to offer its hydrogen-electric powertrain for retrofit or production-line installation in the Dash 8-400 regional turboprop.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. Air Force’s AFWerx innovation unit has narrowed the competition down to 11 companies for its challenge to identify potential high-speed vertical takeoff and landing concepts for special operation missions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
In the run-up to the start of test flights of the Alice aircraft, startup developer Eviation has revealed the interior design details of a six-passenger executive cabin version of its all-electric regional transport.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Can advanced air mobility democratize investing in startups as well as access to air travel?
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Autonomous flight system developer Merlin Labs announced Dec. 10 that it has reached agreement with Ameriflight to equip the cargo carrier’s fleet with autonomous and semi-autonomous capability.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
The agreement with Heart Aerospace for the G3000 integrated avionics suite represents a further expansion by Garmin into the regional air transport market as well as into electric aviation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Australian interest in advanced air mobility is intensifying, with two local operators signing agreements with Embraer company Eve Urban Air Mobility for a total of 60 electric air taxis.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Tier 1 Engineering has selected a MagniX electric propulsion unit for its modification of the Robinson R44 light helicopter to battery power.
Aerospace