Beta Technologies

By Graham Warwick
NZAAS operates from six bases providing service across the North and South Island and in the South Pacific.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
German startup Vaeridion has raised €14 million ($14.6 million) in a Series A round led by European climate investor World Fund.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Considering the myriad challenges associated with eVTOLs, several of the leading startups have announced plans to develop better-performing hybrid eVTOLs.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Europe’s air taxi startups have fallen behind their U.S. rivals, and the gap appears to be growing.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Market leaders are gradually ramping up production as focus shifts to the manufacture of type-conforming aircraft for use in certification flight testing.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Quantum computing challenge winners; Electric aircraft familiarization; Large cargo eVTOL; Zero-emission test arena.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
The AAM Reality Index evaluates companies’ likelihood of success in bringing an advanced air mobility aircraft to market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Electric aircraft developer Beta Technologies and Bristow Group’s Norwegian subsidiary have signed a letter of intent to conduct trial cargo flights in 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Air New Zealand is to lease an electric CX300 Alia CTOL aircraft from Beta Technologies next year for in-country familiarization ahead of all-cargo operation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxis have been hailed as a major breakthrough in electric aviation and urban mobility.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Multiple private and public entities across the region have aligned behind the drive to be a leader in advanced air mobility.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Beta Technologies has completed a piloted test flight with the first electric aircraft rolled off the production line at its factory in Burlington, Vermont.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Volocopter retained the top slot in the latest edition of the AAM Reality Index.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Electric aircraft developer Beta Technologies has raised an additional $318 million through a Series C funding round led by the Qatar Investment Authority.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Embraer spinoff Eve Air Mobility has received a $50 million loan, building on its solid balance sheet as it works to develop and certify its air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Many advanced air mobility (AAM) startups have spent the better part of the last decade researching, designing and prototyping.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
Many players in the growing eVTOL scene have successfully transitioned with a variety of aircraft configurations.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
2024 was supposed to be the year that eVTOL air taxis launched services, but by mid-year it was apparent that goal was no longer obtainable.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The helicopter company is partnering with United Therapeutics to bring hydrogen-electric propulsion to the R44 and R66.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Beta is installing 22 chargers at locations along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
MagniX unveils hybrid testbed; VoloCity vibration testing; UK gets first vertiport; electric aircraft training.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Beta guided the Unither Bioelectronics team through a version of its pilot training syllabus for the Alia CTOL.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Beta Technologies has received FAA approval to commence dual-seat pilot training in its all-electric Alia vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Beta Technologies says it has completed two more evaluation deployments for the U.S. Air Force with its prototype Alia electric aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion