Advanced Air Mobility Weekly Roundup – WC 12 March

A roundup of the week's Advanced Air Mobility news, including developments from Vertical Aerospace, Joby, and Archer By Joe Macey / 17 Mar 2023
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A roundup of the week’s news from the world of Advanced Air Mobility, including the construction of an eVTOL manufacturing facility and simulated flight tests.

Partnership to Jointly Promote AAM in Saudi Arabia

SMG Consulting has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Saudi Excellence Co to jointly explore the potential for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) and future mobility solutions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Read more…

AAM Saudi Arabia.

Archer Begins Construction of eVTOL Manufacturing Facility

Archer Aviation has started construction on a 350,000 square-foot high-volume eVTOL manufacturing facility in Covington, Georgia. Read more…

Design for Archer’s Manufacturing Site in Georgia.

Sikorsky and GE Collaborate on Fully-Autonomous eVTOL Prototype

Sikorsky is producing a Hybrid-Electric Demonstrator, also known as HEX, a fully-autonomous hybrid-electric vertical-take-off-and-landing (eVTOL) prototype. Read more…

Paul Lemmo, Sikorsky President and Amy Gowder, President and CEO of Defense & Systems at GE Aerospace.

Autoflug Selected as Seat Supplier for Limosa eVTOL Aircraft

Canadian eVTOL developer Limosa has concluded a framework agreement on the supply of crash-safety seating systems with Germany’s Autoflug. Read more…

Hamid Hamidi, Limosa CEO, signs agreement with Martin Kroell, Autoflug CEO.

SkyDrive and VPorts Collaborate to Promote AAM Industry from Dubai

SkyDrive and VPorts have signed an initial set of agreements to collaborate on the technical and business aspect to leverage the world’s first AAM Integrator World Center in Dubai for business development and market expansion. Read more…

SkyDrive VPorts collaboration.

Skyfly’s eVTOL to Feature at Farnborough International

Skyfly’s Axe eVTOL will feature at the Farnborough International Sustainable Skies World Summit. Read more…

Skyfly Axe eVTOL.

NASA AAM Team Flight Tests in Joby’s eVTOL Simulator

Pilots and flight engineers in NASA’s AAM National Campaign are collaborating with Joby Aviation on a series of flight test simulations in Joby’s vehicle simulator. Read more…

NASA research pilots David Zahn, left, and Wayne Ringleberg at the controls of Joby Aviation’s S4 simulator entering and testing flight path data to develop navigation codes. Credit: Joby Aviation.

Vertical Opens Advanced Aerospace Battery Facility

Vertical Aerospace has opened the Vertical Energy Center (VEC), believed to be the UK’s most advanced aerospace battery facility. Read more…

Vertical Aerospace Pilot Visit Photo by Adam Gasson/Vertical Aerospace.

First Build of Archer’s Midnight eVTOL Aircraft Nears Completion

Archer Aviation is nearing completion of the final assembly of its first Midnight. Read more…

Archer’s Midnight aircraft in development.
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