No one has made a piloted flight of a full-scale, type-design-conforming electric aircraft that has included a vertical takeoff and landing and demonstrated the design payload and range.
Rome airport operator Aeroporti di Roma (ADR) and Italian high-speed rail operator FS Italiane are to build a vertiport at Roma Termini, Rome’s biggest train station, and identify locations for future network expansion.
With Eve UAM planning to go public in the second quarter through a merger with blank check company Zanite Acquisitions, the Embraer spinoff has secured its first post-merger investor.
Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions continues to lead the emerging orderbook for advanced air mobility, with agreements for 1,785 aircraft of a total 9,277 for the industry.
New Jersey authorities are seeking proposals from companies interested in developing a 400-acre parcel at Atlantic City International Airport for aviation facilities.
Archer Aviation has conducted wind tunnel tests of the propulsion units for its electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi as it progresses toward the preliminary design review for its production aircraft.
Embraer’s urban air mobility company Eve UAM has added U.S. charter carrier Global Crossing airlines Group to its conditional orderbook as it prepares to go public through a merger with blank check company Zanite Acquisition.
Universal Hydrogen (UH2) and fuel-cell powertrain developer H3 Dynamics have partnered to develop zero-emission propulsion systems for unmanned aircraft, air taxis and new-design regional aircraft.
Advanced air mobility vehicle developer Joby Aviation said March 15 that it is nearing completion of the application process to obtain an FAA Part 135 air carrier certificate.
Slovakian startup AeroMobil is briefing potential investors on its plans to set up the first door-to-door aerial ridesharing service in the U.S. using a four-seat drive/fly vehicle.
Two U.S. Air Force pilots have become the first to conduct crewed test flights of an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft under the service’s Agility Prime program.
An FAA advisory group has recommended regulatory requirements for flying small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) beyond the vision of an operator, a capability considered key to the commercial exploitation of drones
U.S. startup Regent, which is developing sea-skimming electric seagliders to serve overwater routes between coastal cities, has selected Allocortech to provide safety-critical avionics for its technology demonstrator.
The zero-emission propulsion startup Hydrogen is to locate manufacturing and distribution of its modular hydrogen capsules and assembly of regional-aircraft powertrain retrofit kits at the New Mexico facility.
