Mobile Uplift Corp., a consortium of European and North American investors, has agreed to acquire assets of bankrupt electric aircraft manufacturer Lilium.
Electric aircraft developer Beta Technologies and Bristow Group’s Norwegian subsidiary have signed a letter of intent to conduct trial cargo flights in 2025.
Aionics is seeking to replicate the AI approach for developing new and custom battery cell chemistries targeted at specific uses, including EVs and aviation.
Archer has signed a partnership pact with key Abu Dhabi stakeholders in related to plans to launch service, train pilots and manufacture electric air taxis.
French startup Ascendance Flight Technologies says it is on track to make a first flight with a piloted, prototype of its Atea eVTOL aircraft in mid-2025.
AMSL Aero has begun untethered flight tests of a full-scale technology demonstrator for its Vertiia box-wing electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Archer says it has nearly completed construction of its mass-production facility in Covington, Georgia, where it plans to manufacture Midnight eVTOL air taxis.
The company is developing what it calls a Generation-0, near-conformal demonstrator version of its planned Ultra Short nine-passenger hybrid electric STOL.
Piasecki is to modify an ultralight helicopter with a hydrogen-electric propulsion system, hoping to fly the piloted technology demonstrator by year-end.
The startup emerged presented its plans to develop a twin-hull, hydrogen-electric wing-in-ground-effect vessel and supporting hydrogen fueling infrastructure.
Under a pilot partnership between Wing and Serve Robotics, packages will be picked up by a ground robot, then delivered by drone to customers up to 6 mi. away.
Robinson Helicopter’s tie-up with United Therapeutics to develop a hybrid-electric version of the R66 is a sign of new CEO David Smith’s drive for innovation.
United Therapeutics’ founding objective to manufacture artificial organs and overcome the critical shortage of human organs for transplant is nearing takeoff.
With ambitions to operate air taxi service on demand—and at a frequency far greater than airliners fly currently—Joby Aviation has unveiled ElevateOS software.
