As 2022 comes to a close, we’re taking a look back at an exciting year in the world of Advanced Air Mobility. There have been great strides forward in the industry with flight tests taking place, vertiport development, investments made, and new partnerships formed. Here’s the ten most read articles on Advanced Air Mobility International this year…
1. Lilium Seeks Additional Funding for Continued eVTOL Development
Lilium, developer of the first all-electric vertical take-off and landing jet, announced the pricing of a $119 million capital raise. Participants include Honeywell and Aciturri as well as LGT and its affiliated impact investor Lightrock, Tencent, B. Riley Securities and certain affiliates thereof. Lilium’s new CEO, Klaus Roewe, as well as three additional board members, Barry Engle, David Wallerstein and Niklas Zennström, are also participating. Read more…
2. New Partnership to Develop Vertiports in Latin America
Skyports Infrastructure has signed an agreement with Corporación América Airports S.A (CAAP) for the development and deployment of vertiport infrastructure to support eVTOL operations in Latin America. Read more…
3. U.S. Air Force Trains with LIFT HEXA eVTOL Aircraft
Eglin Air Force Base crew in Florida had the opportunity to pilot LIFT’s HEXA eVTOL aircraft with plans to create a training program and incorporate aircrew into the aircraft’s flight operations. Read more…
4. Volatus Collaborates with Eve for Vertiport Automation
Eve Air Mobility has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Volatus Infrastructure to introduce a new vertiport automation solution that will support traffic management of eVTOL aircraft. Read more…
5. VPorts to Create AAM Corridor for eVTOL Aircraft
VPorts has announced the creation of an international electric Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) corridor that will support eVTOL aircraft transporting commercial cargo and people. Read more…
6. Dronamics Awarded Grant to Boost Cargo Drone Fleet
Cargo drone airline Dronamics is set to continue work on its fleet after a €2.5 million grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator program. Read more…
7. EHang Joins Project Exploring EGNOS Adoption on eVTOL Aircraft
Autonomous Aerial Vehicle technology company EHang is participating in the EU-funded SBAS (EGNOS) Adoption in Multicopter VTOL Aircraft (SAMVA) project, for deploying European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) on electrical Vertical Take Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft operations, such as EH216 AAVs, across the continent. Read more…
8. New Partnership to Develop Charging Infrastructure for eVTOL Aircraft
Plans for flying taxis and green public transport could be accelerated after an agreement was signed between electric mobility company Enel X Way and UrbanV. Read more…
9. New Aerospace Research Center to Drive Drone and UAM Innovation in Finland
A new aerospace research center has started operations in Finland, which brings together businesses from the private, public and R&D sectors to create new aviation innovations in response to growing demand. Read more…
10. SkyDrive Receives Order For 100 eVTOL Aircraft
Japanese eVTOL manufacturer SkyDrive Inc. has received an order from renewable energy company Pacific Group Co Ltd for a fleet of eVTOL aircraft. The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding and agreed on a pre-order of 10 SD-05s and a conditional pre-order option of up to 90 flying vehicles. Read more…
