electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL)

By Graham Warwick
Multicopter lift-offset eVTOL; Emergency lubrication; Oceanic uncrewed aircraft; USAF tests uncrewed cargo.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Dovetail Electric Aviation has begun tests of an integrated hydrogen fuel-cell powerplant targeted at flight tests on a modified Beechcraft King Air.
Singapore Airshow

By Chen Chuanren
Eaton Aerospace and the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have signed a three-year research collaboration agreement to develop eVTOL solutions.
Singapore Airshow

By Guy Norris
Eve Air Mobility has signed an agreement with Yugo to study the potential for urban air mobility and eVTOL flights in Southeast Asia.
Singapore Airshow

By Graham Warwick
Startup Vertical Aerospace has won an £8 million ($10 million) grant from the UK government to develop next-generation propellers for its VX4 eVTOL air taxi .
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
PhilJets, a regional operator in the Philippines, has signed a deal with Lilium to set up a high-speed regional air mobility service in Southeast Asia.
Singapore Airshow

By Graham Warwick
Japanese researchers are studying the design for a multicopter electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
With a vast population, fast-growing middle class and stifling urban congestion, India looks ripe to be a major early launch market for UAM services.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Alaka’i Technologies is flight testing two hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric vertical-take-off-and-landing vehicles on a near-daily basis.
Advanced Air Mobility

By P. Barry Butler
Engineering education has evolved to include many real-world, hands-on opportunities that are essential for keeping students inspired about career options.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
U.S. startup Surf Air Mobility has committed to take up to 90 hybrid electric short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft from Electra.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The AFWerx innovation unit is focused on cargo applications for advanced air mobility aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The aircraft has been delivered to New Braunfels National Airport, Texas.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The Boeing-owned company sees a path to pilotless flight without regulatory changes.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The AAM Stock Composite rose 6% during the week ending Feb. 9.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The company believes there is a path to operate its uncrewed air taxis on commercial services without the need for new FAA rulemakings.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A cascading loss of propellers resulting from a blade failure caused by an anomalous propeller tilt mechanism was the likely cause of the crash of a Joby S4.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Bell has completed sled tests of the stop/fold rotor concept for a high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing X-plane being designed under a DARPA competition.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The partnership will see LuftCar manufacture the air module and hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system for its flying cars in the Philippines.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The GoAero organization has launched a competition to develop and test a vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft in simulated emergency response missions.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The foreign carmaker is not identified, but Volkswagen Group China in 2022 built and flew a full-scale demo for an autonomous four-passenger eVTOL.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Volocopter has been aiming to obtain European Union Aviation Safety Agency type certification of the Volocopter–the first for an eVTOL–by mid-2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The agreement’s objective is to develop a robust low-altitude industrial ecosystem in Guangzhou, EHang says.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The “airworthiness configuration” demonstrator made its first flight in December in Hanyuan in Sichuan province.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
New Eviation CEO Andre Stein is shifting his focus to electrifying small commuter airplanes for regional air mobility services.
Advanced Air Mobility