Air TaxiUnited Airlines Invests $15M in Eve, Signs Purchase Agreement for Up To 400 eVTOLs United Airlines announced today that it has invested $15 million in Eve Air Mobility. The airline also signed a conditional purchase agreement for 200 of Eve’s electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL)…
Air TaxiAdvanced Air Mobility Center in Ohio Will Enable Collaboration between USAF, NASA, Academia, and Industry Construction of a facility for development of advanced air mobility projects began last month in Springfield, Ohio. The National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence, or NAAMCE, is funded by $9.35 million…
Air TaxiElectra Tests Fully Integrated Hybrid-Electric Engine for eSTOL Aircraft Electra.aero just announced that it has completed a fully integrated test of its hybrid-electric propulsion system. Electra is developing an electric short take-off and landing (eSTOL) aircraft that will initially be powered…
Air TaxiExperts Discuss Investment Opportunities for Advanced Air Mobility in Australia Significant investments into advanced air mobility are required to support a growing sector that will include autonomous vehicles, drones, and eventually electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. These vehicles will all…
CommercialIcelandair Conducts First Flight Test With Passengers in a Fully-Electric Training Plane On August 24, Icelandair announced that it has successfully flown a 100% electric airplane with passengers. The airline claims that this is the first flight of an electric aircraft carrying passengers in…
Air TaxiJaunt and MintAir Partner to Launch eVTOL Operations in South Korea Jaunt Air Mobility, an air taxi developer within the AIRO Group Holdings aerospace and defense company, formed a new strategic partnership this week. Jaunt is partnering with MintAir, a South Korean startup…
RegulationASTM International Publishes New Standard for Designing Vertiports and Vertistops The standards development organization ASTM International recently published a new standard that provides guidance to states and municipalities for the design and development of vertiports. The unmanned aircraft systems committee at ASTM,…
Air TaxiArcher’s Design Team Shares Insights on “Midnight” eVTOL’s Interior and Exterior Archer Aviation recently revealed the name of its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, Midnight. While a detailed rendering of the aircraft has not yet been released, Archer shared a photo…