Advanced Air Mobility

Japanese helicopter broker AirX has signed a firm order for two Eve Air Mobility eVTOLS at the Singapore Airshow and also secured options for 48 more.

Vertical Aerospace CEO Stuart Simpson has been hammering home his central pitch.

Sabrina Li, co-founder and chief marketing officer of avionics startup Albatross.Ai, will address the APAC Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Summit in Singapore on Feb. 2

Joby plans to issue $600 million in convertible senior notes and sell about 52.9 million common shares at $11.35 each.

Jeremy “Jam” Hartley hopes his new airline, BEAT Aviation Ltd., will help change the future of regional air mobility.

Swiss startup H55 has finished the testing required for certification of a lithium-ion battery for electric aircraft.

Joining the advanced air mobility dialogue is Shanghai-based eVTOL developer TCab Tech.

China’s Muyutian Aviation Technology, also known as MuYu Sky, has completed a payload test flight with its AT1300 hybrid-electric VTOL uncrewed cargo aircraft.

Eve Air Mobility has secured $150 million in debt financing from a syndicate of financial institutions.

Manufacturing of hardware has begun for Pratt & Whitney Canada’s long-planned hybrid-electric propulsion flight demonstrator, a heavily modified Dash 8-100.

Vertical Aerospace’s Valo electric air taxi made its U.S. debut on Jan. 22, with a non-flying, full-scale mock-up of its eVTOL aircraft displayed in New York.

Electra.aero has signed a predelivery payment agreement with Bristow Group, the first deposit-backed commitment to buy its EL9 Ultra Short aircraft.

A graphic ranking of AAM startups from SMG Consulting.

The long saga of XTI Aerospace’s effort to develop a ducted-fan vertical-takeoff-and-landing business aircraft has taken a dramatic turn.

The U.S. Export-Import Bank and Private Export Funding Corp. have agreed to provide Eve Air Mobility with financing.

As Joby moves toward certification, its executives are increasingly focused on operations planning and the steps needed to build an eVTOL airline.

Europe’s drive to revitalize the regional aviation industry with ultra-efficient electrified aircraft is moving into high gear.

The UK government is to provide up to £43 million ($58 million) in funding to support green aviation projects including the development of hydrogen-powered aircraft and research into avoiding contrails.

Horizon Aircraft is aiming to complete assembly of its full-scale Cavorite X7 hybrid-electric VTOL prototype by the end of 2026.

The head of British uncrewed aircraft systems developer Windracers has called on regulators to allow scheduled cargo services by drone.

A graphic illustration of AAM entry-into-service targets by SMG Consulting.

Google subsidiary Wing announced plans to expand its drone delivery service to an additional 150 Walmart stores over the next year.

When Eve Air Mobility’s EVE-100 engineering demonstrator lifted briefly into a controlled hover for the first time on Dec. 19, the moment marked a long-anticipated milestone for the Embraer-backed startup.

The holy grail of the first all-solid-state battery in a production vehicle for delivery to customers is being claimed by small Finnish company Donut Lab.

Wingcopter of Weiterstadt, Germany, plans to deploy its vertical-takeoff-and-landing drones to Japan.