Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
South Korea’s government plans to designate Jeju Island as an operational test area for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxis.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Construction of the planned facility, located at Daytona Beach International Airport, is expected to begin in 2026.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
Lilium is urgently seeking further rescue options after the German budget committee rejected a proposed €50 million loan guarantee for the startup.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Atlantic has partnered with both Archer and Joby on electrifying its network of FBO facilities across the U.S.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
After Universal Hydrogen went bankrupt over the summer, many observers compared its fate to rival hydrogen-electric startup ZeroAvia.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The company is also developing a 640-kW charger for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Designed to comply with FAA’s Part 103 ultralights rules, most single-seat personal eVTOLs would not require type certification or a pilot license to operate.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Aeros aims to comply with FAA Part 107 regulations for commercial small drone operations despite some limitations the rules impose on delivery in urban areas.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
Airbus UpNext and Toshiba will collaborate on the development of superconducting technologies for the propulsion of Airbus’ future hydrogen-powered aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
Eve’s expanded cash runway should be sufficient to fund the company’s operations through late 2026.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Whisper has adapted its quiet EDF technology to leaf blowers as an early application and path to market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Boeing-owned startup Wisk has already partnered with several entities in the regioN, one of its launch markets.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Textron eAviation plans to flight-test the full performance envelope of its Nexus eVTOL uncrewed full-scale technology demonstrator.
Advanced Air Mobility

A ranking of AAM infrastructure startups based on their commercial and technical progress.
AWIN Knowledge Center

n overview of AAM startup cumulative funding as of Aug. 2024.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Graham Warwick
Piasecki is to modify an ultralight helicopter with a hydrogen-electric propulsion system, hoping to fly the piloted technology demonstrator by year-end.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The startup emerged presented its plans to develop a twin-hull, hydrogen-electric wing-in-ground-effect vessel and supporting hydrogen fueling infrastructure.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Lilium has received initial approval for a €220 million ($240 million) French government support package, industry sources tell Aviation Week.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Composite cryogenic tank developer Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories has begun fabricating a fuel-cell-powered multicopter drone.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
For advanced air mobility startups to succeed on a venture backable timeline, they will need to move much faster to avoid running out of funds.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The €13.7 million ($14.9 million) project is being led by Thales and also includes Airbus Helicopters, Leonardo Helicopters and Spain’s Indra.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Part of the challenge of wildfire response is detecting a fire and dispatching first responders to remote areas before it reaches an inflection point.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A subscale prototype of the e350 Flying Cargo Van is planned to fly by 2026.
Advanced Air Mobility

A ranking of AAM startups by number of conditional orders.
AWIN Knowledge Center

A ranking of AAM startups building UAVs for cargo and logistics.
AWIN Knowledge Center