Urban Air Mobility News & Articles

Eve to Conduct North American Urban Air Mobility Simulation in Chicago

eVTOL developer Eve will conduct its first North American UAM simulation using helicopters powered by Blade Air Mobility, Inc. as...

Sep 08, 2022
Airbus Partners with Hiratagakuen to Test Future eVTOL Flight Routes and Concept of Operations

Airbus is partnering with Japanese helicopter operator Hiratagakuen to develop advanced air mobility services in the Kansai region and beyond....

Sep 08, 2022
MintAir to Purchase 40 Jaunt Journey eVTOL aircraft for South Korean Advanced Air Mobility Market

MintAir Co. LTD has signed a Letter of Intent with Jaunt Air Mobility LLC to form a strategic partnership and...

Aug 30, 2022
Bristow Orders BETA Technologies ALIA-250 eVTOL Aircraft

Bristow Group Inc. has placed a firm order for five electrically powered vertical take-off and landing ALIA-250 aircraft manufactured by...

Aug 26, 2022
Archer Receives $10 million Pre-Delivery Payment From United Airlines for 100 eVTOL Aircraft

Archer Aviation Inc. has received a $10 million pre-delivery payment from United Airlines for 100 of the company’s initial production...

Aug 19, 2022
Joby Aviation Expands Partnership with US Department of Defense

Joby Aviation, Inc. has expanded its existing contract with the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program that increases the contract’s...

Aug 19, 2022
Volkswagen Group China Unveils eVTOL Prototype

Volkswagen Group China has unveiled its first electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) passenger drone prototype, as part of its...

Aug 17, 2022
Vertical and Hanwha to Develop Electric Mechanical Actuator for VX4 Electric Aircraft

Vertical Aerospace and Hanwha Aerospace have agreed to establish a joint development program for the design, testing, manufacture and supply...

Jul 25, 2022
Lilium Engages Diehl Aviation for Lilium Jet’s Cabin Interior

Lilium N.V. has selected Diehl Aviation, a leading supplier of cabin interiors and systems for the aviation industry, to collaborate...

Jul 21, 2022
Vertical Aerospace VX4 Assembled and Delivered from GKN Aerospace’s Global Technology Centre

GKN Aerospace has reached an important milestone in its partnership with Vertical Aerospace, by delivering the electrical wiring interconnection system...

Jul 20, 2022
Vertical Aerospace and Babcock International partner to explore new variants for the VX4

Vertical Aerospace (Vertical), a global aerospace and technology company that is pioneering zero emissions aviation, today announces a partnership with...

Jul 18, 2022
Overair Receives $145 million Investment from Hanwha Group to Develop All-Electric VTOL Aircraft

Overair, has announced its most recent funding of $145 million from Hanwha Systems and Hanwha Aerospace, global leaders in ultra-precision communications and...

Jun 14, 2022
AutoFlight Releases Prosperity I Proof of Concept Full Test Flight Video

Global eVTOL pioneer AutoFlight has released the second, and latest, proof-of-concept (POC) video for its air taxi Prosperity I. The new video debuts less...

Jun 08, 2022
Hybrid-Electric Blown-Lift eSTOL Plane Developer Electra Acquires Airflow

Electra.aero, Inc. has acquired California-based Airflow.aero, Inc, creating a powerful addition to the rapidly emerging advanced air mobility (AAM) market. The announcement...

Jun 08, 2022
NASA Selects Electra as AAM National Campaign Partner to Accelerate Urban & Regional Air Mobility

Electra.aero has been selected as a partner in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National...

Jun 05, 2022
Vertiko and Jaunt Partner to Launch eVTOL Air Taxis in Québec

Vertiko Mobility has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Jaunt Air Mobility to purchase more than 70 all-electric Jaunt...

Jun 02, 2022
Electra Partners with Yugo to Open New Destinations in Asia to Private Air Travel with Clean Hybrid-Electric eSTOL Aircraft

Electra.aero, Inc., a pioneering developer of sustainable aircraft, and Yugo, Asia’s fast-growing private air mobility platform, have partnered to dramatically expand air mobility...

Feb 10, 2022
Bristow and Overair Partner to Introduce Zero Emission, Low-Noise Vertical Transport Vehicle

Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle developer Overair Inc. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Bristow Group...

Dec 16, 2021