Air TaxiWill Hydrogen Fuel Cells Play a Role in the VTOL Revolution? Almost all players in the emerging urban air mobility industry have converged on the idea of using fully-electric aircraft, powered by lithium-ion batteries, to create affordable aerial transit options for relatively short…
Air TaxiAir Force Announces Virtual Kickoff for Agility Prime’s ‘Air Race to Certification’ The U.S. Air Force will host a digital launch of Agility Prime, its ‘flying car’ development and acquisition effort, from April 27 to May 1, a week-long “immersive virtual experience” kicked off…
Air TaxiQuantum XYZ Will Test Using Electric Fixed-Wing Aircraft for L.A.-Based Air Taxi Service Quantum XYZ is planning to launch a mostly-electric commercial airline in the Los Angeles, California area in 2021, linking LAX to other regional airports to serve intra-city travelers. The company has made…
Air TaxiThis Stealth Air Taxi Startup Is Driving Up the Cost of UAM Engineers A stealth-mode startup working on electric aircraft is luring engineering talent away from other urban air mobility (UAM) companies with higher salaries, sources within the industry told Avionics International. Santa Clara-based Archer…
MilitaryFortem’s F700 DroneHunter: Open Architecture Autonomous Drone-to-Drone Combat Fortem Technologies released a new autonomous counter-drone solution it calls the F700 DroneHunter: a drone that can be mounted with a variety of countermeaures to protect refineries, stadiums and other critical infrastructure…
Air TaxiGarmin Adapting G3X Touch Avionics Suite for Bye Aerospace’s Electric Trainer Bye Aerospace is working with Garmin to adapt its G3X Touch avionics suite for use with the all-electric eFlyer 2, a two-seat aircraft the company hopes will be the first FAA-certified electric…
Air TaxiVoom Ceases Operations (Mostly) Due to COVID-19, Airbus Declares Victory Airbus’ urban air mobility operations company, Voom, has ceased operating, CEO Clément Monnet said in a LinkedIn post, citing the COVID-19 pandemic as its cause of death, though he mentioned challenges associated…
Air TaxiShould Aerospace Be Scared by Hyundai's Move into Urban Air Mobility? South Korean automaker Hyundai continues to snap up talent for its urban air mobility (UAM) division, hiring Michael Whitaker, former deputy administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, as its global head of…
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