Urban Air Mobility News & Articles

XPENG X2 Flying Car Completes First Public Flight

Asian eVTOL developer XPENG AEROHT has conducted the first flight of its XPENG X2 electric flying car in Dubai. It the...

Oct 13, 2022
RTX Ventures Invests in H55 to Advance Electric Propulsion Technologies for Air Mobility Applications

The venture capital arm of Raytheon Technologies, RTX Ventures, has made a minority investment in electric propulsion system company H55 to drive the...

Oct 13, 2022
Partnership Developing Sustainable Home-to-Airport Transportation Service

Delta Air Lines is embarking on a multi-year, multi-market commercial and operational partnership with Joby Aviation, Inc. with the aim...

Oct 11, 2022
Italy’s First Vertiport Deployed at Fiumicino Airport with Crewed eVTOL Test Flights

The first crewed eVTOL test flights in Italian airspace have been successfully completed by Aeroporti di Roma, Volocopter, UrbanV, and...

Oct 07, 2022
UAM ‘Living Lab’ Terminal to Help Define Future Vertical Flight Passenger Experience

Joby Aviation and Skyports Infrastructure are developing a Living Lab passenger terminal that will enable the two companies to test...

Oct 07, 2022
GlobeAir to Purchase 12 Lilium Jets for Premium eVTOL Flights to the French Riviera and Italy

Under a new agreement with eVTOL developer Lilium, GlobeAir intends to purchase 12 Lilium Jets to provide premium and business...

Oct 05, 2022
Wisk Unveils 6th Generation Four-Seat eVTOL Air Taxi

Wisk Aero has revealed the world’s first self-flying, all-electric, four-passenger vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi. As Wisk’s go-to-market...

Oct 04, 2022
Urban Air Mobility Innovation Challenge Winners Announced

Advanced Technology International (ATI), TechConnect and The Vertical Lift Consortium (VLC) have announced the five winners of the 2022 Urban...

Oct 04, 2022
EHang Provides EH216-S eVTOL Type Certification Progress Update

EHang has provided an update on its passenger-grade autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) EH216-S Type Certification process. The Project Specific Certification...

Oct 03, 2022
UMILES Next’s eVTOL Air Taxi Prototype Completes European Flight Tests

UMILES Next’s Concept Integrity air taxi, equipped with TECNALIA’s FlyFree technology, has completed successful test flights in Toulouse, taking off...

Sep 29, 2022
SkyDrive and Volatus Partner to Accelerate AAM in Japan and US

SkyDrive and Volatus have announced a strategic alliance and will work together to support business development and market expansion of...

Sep 28, 2022
Vertical Aerospace Completes First Airborne Test of VX4 eVTOL Aircraft

Vertical Aerospace has completed the first airborne test of its VX4 electrical vertical take-off and landing aircraft. It is believed...

Sep 28, 2022
BLADE, Eve Partnership to Expand Urban Air Mobility Ecosystem in India

A new strategic partnership between Flyblade India (BLADE India) and Eve Air Mobility aims to expand the UAM ecosystem in...

Sep 27, 2022
LuftCar to Develop Hydrogen Fuel Cell Battery Hybrid Propulsion System for AAM Market

LuftCar has announced plans to develop a new hydrogen fuel cell – battery hybrid propulsion system for the eVTOL market....

Sep 26, 2022
SkyDrive Unveils Two-Seat SD-05 Compact eVTOL Aircraft 

eVTOL aircraft developer SkyDrive Inc. has unveiled the design of its commercial model eVTOL — the SkyDrive SD-05. The SD-05...

Sep 26, 2022
Airbus Extends Collaboration with Ecocopter for UAM services in Latin America

Airbus and Ecocopter have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to start collaborating on the launch of urban air mobility services...

Sep 23, 2022
Boeing and Wisk Release Urban Air Mobility Concept of Operations

Boeing and its joint venture partner Wisk have released a roadmap for transitioning to a future where automated and uncrewed...

Sep 22, 2022
Flight Tests Demonstrate Coordination between ATM and U-space for UAM Cargo Traffic

As part of the SESAR project CORUS-XUAM, a very large-scale demonstration, lead by ENAV with support from D-Flight, Pipistrel, Techno...

Sep 22, 2022
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...

Sep 22, 2022