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The FAA has published an implementation plan for advanced air mobility, part of a proposed public-private initiative called Innovate28 (I28).

Eve Air Mobility and its parent company Embraer have announced the selection of the first air taxi manufacturing plant in Brazil, located in the city of Taubate in Sao Paulo state.

The first free flight of the VX4 took off from historic Cotswold Airport in Kemble, a village in Gloucestershire, England.

The AAM Stock Composite charted higher by 5.1% during the week ending July 14, boosted by gains in Chinese air taxi startup EHang.

The rally in advanced air mobility stocks has been ongoing since early May.

This amounts to a high-stakes bet that regulations and public acceptance will come together to enable a successful commercial launch in the future.

Upstart Archer denies allegations of intellectual property theft.

The AAM Stock Composite declined 8% during the week ending June 23.

The FAA has approved the certification basis for Lilium’s electric air taxi.

Startups look to larger vehicles as eVTOL leaders move into the all-important certification testing phase.

Billy Nolen, Archer’s chief safety officer and former FAA acting administrator, believes customer and regulatory demand for AAM is strong in the U.S.

Archer is displaying its Midnight electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft at the Paris Air Show.

Some major airlines are ramping up plans to adopt air taxi service.

The ranking of electric air taxi startups was unchanged in the latest edition of the AAM Reality Index, with Joby Aviation and Volocopter leading the pack.

The AAM Stock Composite rose 5.2% during the week ending June 9, compared to a 0.2% rise in the S&P 500, boosted by strong gains in Joby Aviation.

A judge is sending Wisk Aero’s lawsuit against Archer Aviation to trial, although in a partial summary judgment he knocked down several claims made by Wisk.

The FAA has published a long-awaited document outlining proposed pilot training and operating standards for eVTOL aircraft.

The Advanced Air Mobility Stock Composite rose alongside major U.S. stock indexes during the four-day trading week ending June 2.

The Advanced Air Mobility Stock Composite cooled off in the week ending May 26.

The Advanced Air Mobility Stock Composite climbed 8.5% in its strongest week of the year so far, led higher by a massive rally in Archer Aviation.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program has established airspace innovation and battery energy storage teams.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has created an interagency working group to help direct strategy and policies related to advanced air mobility.

The Advanced Air Mobility Stock Composite logged a modest 2.1% gain during the week ending May 12.

Archer Aviation has announced the rollout of its first Midnight air taxi prototype.