Malaysian aviation services AeroTree has formed a partnership with China’s EHang to develop urban air mobility and placed a pre-order for 60 autonomous electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles.
Private equity firm DC Capital Partners has bought uAvionix, a seven-year-old developer and manufacturer of miniature avionics for communications, navigation and surveillance applications, including for unmanned aircraft.
Airbus is continuing to build the industrial team for the CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL, partnering with Spirit AeroSystems to design and manufacture the multi-copter’s wings.
A joint taskforce will assess challenges around green hydrogen regulations, infrastructure and global supply chains, including the production of green hydrogen and the infrastructure needed to support delivery to airports and fuel aircraft.
Spirit AeroSystems’ acquisition of the assets of Bombardier’s Short Brothers operation in Northern Ireland in 2020 has accelerated the company’s goal to diversify so it is less reliant on the commercial sector.
Over the course of two days, Aviation Week’s Advanced Air Mobility Report received word of three different agreements designed to attract and establish AAM in specific areas.
Eve Urban Air Mobility leads the advanced air mobility OEMs in orders, with 1,785, followed closely by Vertical Aerospace’s 1,350 orders and EHang’s 1,205 orders.
BAE Systems will collaborate with Slovenian light aircraft manufacturer Pipistrel to examine potential military training applications for electric aircraft.
Volocopter has received a first tranche of $170 million in Series E financing, with additional investment in the pipeline as the German electric vertical takeoff and landing startup works toward launching urban air taxi service in 2024.
U.S. startup CoFlow Jet has struck an agreement with NASA to commercialize deflected-slipstream technology that would enable an electric vertical/short takeoff and landing (eV/STOL) aircraft to transition to efficient cruise without requiring tilting mechanisms or separate lift rotors.
South Korean startup Plana has unveiled plans to develop a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi with the range to enable intercity flights and service entry planned for 2028.
The Workhorse Group may have sold off its SureFly electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi program to Moog, but the U.S. electric delivery truck maker is continuing to develop its Horsefly unmanned aircraft.
Electrifying short-range aviation in the Netherlands will be feasible by 2026, concludes a report by airport consultants NACO and national aerospace research agency Royal NLR.
Hyundai’s urban air mobility company, Supernal, is to work with Miami officials to develop policies for advanced air mobility that are designed to enable the city to serve as a model for other metropolitan areas.
As much of the aerospace and defense industry recoils from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, advanced air mobility remained a strong investment bet based not only on AAM but also on the probable uses of AAM aircraft in a military action.
Lilium is modifying the design of its electric air taxi, building a third demonstrator to accelerate flight testing and partnering with NetJets to offer the vertical takeoff Lilium Jet for private and business aviation.
Arkansas has joined the growing number of states seeking a position in advanced air mobility, forming the Arkansas Council on Future Mobility and relying heavily on mega-retailer Walmart to attract future AAM and ground mobility OEMs and businesses in their supply chains.
Indian multinational engineering services provider Tech Mahindra is collaborating with Aska on the design of the U.S. startup’s drive/fly electric vertical takeoff and landing commuter vehicle.
Singapore-based private aviation charter company Yugo has signed a letter of intent with Ascendance Flight Technologies for 18 of the French startup’s planned Atea five-seat, hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
The growing congestion of the megacities of Asia Pacific will drive a demand for 82,500 advanced air mobility aircraft across the region by 2050, according to a market study issued jointly by Rolls-Royce and European consultant Roland Berger.
Rolls-Royce has signed a memorandum of understanding with Luxembourg-based business jet and helicopter service provider and fixed-based operator Luxaviation to collaborate on the development and deployment of advanced air mobility.
Malaysia-headquartered LCC AirAsia plans to lease Vertical Aerospace VX4 electric air taxis from Avolon to develop an urban air mobility service (UAM) in Southeast Asia.
