Urban Air Mobility News & Articles

Volatus' Grant Fisk to participate in NATA AAM, its newest committee providing stakeholder input on the path forward for FBOs and airports planning to service the next generation of aircraft and address sustainable infrastructure

Airqual, together with Kookiejar, will develop the emergency and dispatching system for the Vertiport Operations Centre, with a first demonstrator due to be presented during the Dubai Airshow, November 2023

SkyDrive is developing a two-seater vehicle, the SD-05, with the aim of launching an air taxi service in the Osaka Bay area at the time of the Osaka Expo in 2025

Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Pennsylvania State University are among those awarded Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) funding to explore noise in AAM aircraft, drones and rotorcraft

The advanced electro-mechanical actuator (EMA) solution removes the need for hydraulic or pneumatic systems on the aircraft, helping to optimize the VX4's performance

Volocopter's production facilities have the capacity, and regulatory approval, to assemble more than 50 VoloCity aircraft each year, and this is the final step of production setup that the company has been expanding in Bruchsal

March 2023 saw a significant number of developments in the Advanced Air Mobility industry including record breaking eVTOL flights, new funding and plans to launch air taxi routes

Blade India and Jaunt Air Mobility will aim to launch eVTOL aircraft operations in India and the subcontinent region by 2027, an agreement which also includes the intended acquisition of 150 Jaunt Journey aircraft, and the option to order another 100 aircraft

Stéphan D'haene joins Jetson from US Aviation company ICON Aircraft, where he served as COO since 2021, and will lead the company through its next phase of growth

This agreement represents an important step for Lilium towards final assembly of its type-conforming aircraft due to begin later this year, as agreements are already in place for aerostructures, avionics, and propulsion systems, among many others

The partnership intends to have Limosa become the first Canadian company to certify an eVTOL aircraft, the LimoConnect, by 2028

A roundup of the week's Advanced Air Mobility news, including developments from Dufour, Jetson, and Archer

The flight test campaign of the BAUD project was conducted at CATEC's Air Traffic Laboratory for Advanced Unmanned Systems (ATLAS) test flight center, using two eHang Falcon B (Logistics) autonomous aerial vehicles

The Design Organization Approval (DOA) means the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is satisfied Vertical Aerospace has the capability to design a safe and reliable aircraft and aviation-related products to the highest standards

Intel has joined Airspeeder in a strategic sponsorship agreement to provide end-to-end systems support and insights to help power the world's first flying electric car racing series

The test campaign in Switzerland allowed Archer to gather valuable data to further validate the Midnight vehicle configuration, its aerodynamic models, external load predictions, aircraft performance, stability and control characteristics, and performance degradation in icing conditions

Altaport has signed strategic partnership agreements with TruWeather, Electro.Aero, Fortem, 1200.aero, ResilienX and Moonware to provide a comprehensive vertiport management solution

The new funds give Ascendance Flight Technologies the resources to fly its full-scale prototype, begin certification and scale-up actions for its first aircraft

The purchase of the Aero2 and Aero3 aircraft represents a significant step for Dufour Aerospace as all major Swiss civil helicopter operators have now signed letters of intent