News and analysis covering cutting-edge aviation technology and business models, including zero-carbon propulsion, eVTOL aircraft, automation and autonomy, and new infrastructure.
Reporting third-quarter financial results to shareholders, publicly owned Lilium indicated that 2023 will be a busy and capital-intensive year as it works toward getting its eVTOL air taxi certified in 2025.
The UK-based aircraft management and charter operator's new eVolare division has agreed to add up to 20 of the four-passenger eVTOL aircraft to its fleet.
The German company has started integrating fuel cells and liquid hydrogen tanks onto the HY4 technology demonstrator with plans to start ground testing in 2023.
Archer Aviation has successfully conducted the first-ever transition flight with its Maker eVTOL technology demonstrator aircraft, moving from vertical hover to horizontal, wing-borne cruise mode.
The German eVTOL aircraft developer used its autonomous VoloDrone cargo delivery platform to simulate flights in Frankfurt and London during an exercise at a remote German airfield.
Autonomous flight pioneer Xwing will conduct flight trials over California wildfires and other areas with flight restrictions to study how autonomous aircraft can safely integrate into the National Airspace System.
During its Sustainability Summit in Toulouse, the European aerospace group announced it is stepping up development of a hydrogen propulsion system for medium-sized airliners using fuel cell technology.
The country's Civil Aviation Safety Authority is laying the groundwork for regulations that will govern the construction and operation of vertiports used by eVTOL aircraft.
The eVTOL aircraft developer says it plans to offer an agnostic platform that could be used by any company's vehicle to safely operate in and out of urban vertiports.
With the aim of introducing urban air mobility in the Southeast Asian country, Pacific Group has provisionally agreed to buy as many as 100 copies of the two-seater.
Five major aerospace groups are joining forces for the Sustainable Water-Injecting Turbofan Comprising Hybrid-Electrics project to cut fuel burn and CO2 emissions by 25 percent for Pratt & Whitney's Geared Turbofan.
VPorts plans to launch the world's first international, electric AAM corridor between one of its vertiports in Mirabel, Québec, and Syracuse Hancock International Airport (KSYR) in Syracuse, New York.
The UK-based low-cost carrier and the aircraft engines group are collaborating on plans to develop a direct combustion hydrogen powertrain for narrowbody airliners.
The U.S. agency is proposing changes to definitions used in rules covering commercial air operations so that new aircraft types can be appropriately regulated alongside existing airplanes and helicopters.
Aura aims to accelerate the integration of remotely piloted flight operations in the National Airspace System by providing a dedicated communications platform.
The Chinese company is deploying its autonomous two-seat aircraft at Lleida-Alguaire Airport in Spain as part of Europe's Satellite Based Augmentation System Adoption in Multicopter VTOL Aircraft (SAMVA) program.
The Eco Caravan made a first flight on November 18, marking a key waypoint in Ampaire’s efforts to bring the converted hybrid-electric aircraft to market.