News & Articles

AAM Institute Collaborates with AAM CRC to Advance Aviation in Australia

Joining the bid for the AAM CRC presents an opportunity for the Advanced Air Mobility Institute to contribute to Australia's vision for a sustainable, safe, and efficient air transportation ecosystem

Apr 08, 2024
Bird Strike Tech Undergoing Tests at UrbanV Vertiport

The Edge Company's Bird Concentration Monitoring System (BCMS), designed to mitigate bird strikes and ensure air taxi safety during all phases of flight, is being trialled at UrbanV's test vertiport UV-0 in Fiumicino

Apr 05, 2024
AutoFlight Delivers First eVTOL to Japanese Operator

AutoFlight handed over the five-seater Prosperity aircraft to the customer, an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) operator in Japan, and is said to be the world's first delivery of a civilian ton-class eVTOL

Apr 04, 2024
Dubai-Based Firm Acquires Over 100 Flying Cars

The PAL-V Liberty being purchased by Aviterra is a combination of a gyroplane and car, with a flight range of 500km, and a maximum airspeed of 180 km/h

Apr 03, 2024
Integration of Garmin Standby Flight Instruments into Lilium’s eVTOL

The standby flight instrument, integrated into the Lilium Jet's cockpit, represents a key safety feature for the aircraft and will provide an extra layer of protection for crew and passengers

Apr 03, 2024
TCab Tech Raises $20 Million to Advance eVTOL Development

TCab Tech intends to accelerate the development of its E20 5-seater eVTOL, which has a maximum range of 200km and a cruising speed of 260km/hour

Apr 02, 2024
Archer Completes Battery Pack Drop Tests for Midnight eVTOL

Midnight's battery packs were dropped from 50 feet at 100%, 30% and 0% state of charge at a National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) lab to simulate extreme impact scenarios

Apr 02, 2024
eVTOL Flight Tests for School of Engineering Project

The ZHAW School of Engineering conducted electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) flight tests to validate its VTOL digital twin model, aiming to streamline the development of future eVTOL aircraft

Mar 28, 2024
GS E&C Unveils New Vertiport Designs

Revealed at the Drone Show Korea 2024, South Korea's GS Engineering & Construction (E&C) has designed three types of urban vertiports; Retrofit, New Build, and Modular (One & Two Layer)

Mar 27, 2024
Joby Selects IFS Cloud Solution for eVTOL Maintenance Processes

IFS Cloud for Aviation Maintenance will provide Joby Aviation with an advanced end-to-end maintenance software solution for its eVTOL aircraft across key functional areas such as engineering, and operations

Mar 26, 2024
LG Electronics & Urban-Air Port in Strategic Collaboration

This is a long-term commitment between Urban-Air Port and LG to work together to develop and serve the market for the operation of safe, reliable, and efficient AAM systems globally using each company's technologies

Mar 25, 2024
Incheon’s AAM Concept of Operations Released

The Concept of Operations outlines Incheon City's objectives and priorities for AAM, providing a comprehensive strategy for successful integration into its transportation network

Mar 25, 2024
Japan’s First UAM Center Launched

The urban air mobility (UAM) facility in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture serves as a demonstration flight site, ground infrastructure, and maintenance base for EHang's pilotless eVTOL in the region

Mar 22, 2024
AAM Institute & ANCI Toscana Partner to Develop Advanced Air Mobility in Italy

The partnership, focused on the Tuscany region, will involve joint projects with local governments, businesses, universities, research centers, and civil society

Mar 21, 2024
Demonstration Flight of Pilotless eVTOL in Costa Rica

EHang's EH216 unmanned eVTOL took off from the heliport in Reserva Conchal, flew over the golf course, the coastal area, the sea, and a large resort area until it landed at the same point on the heliport

Mar 20, 2024
Eve Air Mobility Provides Update on Urban ATM Software Development

Vector will be an agnostic software solution designed to safely address the unique air traffic and network management challenges of current and future AAM operations, focusing on fleet and vertiport operators, and future service providers

Mar 20, 2024
Joby Delivering eVTOL Aircraft to MacDill Air Force Base

The two eVTOL aircraft Joby Aviation is supplying to MacDill Air Force Base (AFB) will be used by personnel for testing and training on base and in the surrounding area

Mar 19, 2024
Flying Taxis to Launch in the UK

The Future of Flight action plan from the Department of Transport (DfT) details plans for the first piloted flying taxis by 2026 and regular services by 2028, and demos of autonomous flying taxis on board by 2030

Mar 18, 2024
Private Charter Operator Pre-Orders SkyDrive eVTOLs

Bravo Air and SkyDrive's Letter of Intent (LoI) involves the purchase of up to five SD-05 eVTOL aircraft with an agreement to partner in developing commercial use cases originating from Augusta Regional Airport

Mar 15, 2024