Air TaxiUber Elevate Adds Hyundai as First Automotive Vehicle Partner Hyundai unveiled an electric VTOL aircraft concept, called the ‘S-A1’, that it plans to certify and mass-produce by the late 2020s. The automaker also joined Uber Elevate, the rideshare giant’s air taxi…
Business & GANetJets Receives Its First Cessna Citation Longitude from Textron Aviation Berkshire Hathaway-owned NetJets received its first Cessna Citation Longitude on Dec. 31, Textron Aviation announced on Jan. 6. The super-midsize business jet is expected to enter service with NetJets early this year.…
Air TaxiJump Aero Plans to Build eVTOL for Medical Use Jump Aero is officially entering into the electric VTOL space, focusing on bringing the capabilities of these new aircraft to the emergency medical services (EMS) industry to reduce response times through a…
Air TaxiBell Expands Air Taxi Play: AerOS, Digital Infrastructure and All-Electric Nexus ARLINGTON, Texas — Bell has been showing off its ‘Nexus’ hybrid-electric air taxi and ‘APT-70’ tail-sitting cargo drone at industry events for quite a while, but the company is no longer content with…
MilitaryLockheed Awarded $2.3 Billion in Various F-35 Contracts at Year’s End The Pentagon awarded Lockheed Martin five contracts worth a cumulative $2.3 billion at the end of 2019 for various work related to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, to include logistics services for delivered…
CommercialStandardAero and Thales Partner on Advanced Autopilot for Light Helicopters StandardAero and Thales recently announced a teaming agreement for the development and certification of an advanced autopilot system for Airbus AS350 and other light helicopters. The companies said that they are targeting…
ConnectivityScandinavian Airlines VP Highlights Connectivity Plans for 2020 Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has long been considered one of the pioneers of offering In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) services to passengers. The airline, which works with Inmarsat, has exciting plans for 2020, as it looks to increase…
Air TaxiThe Top 10 Air Taxi Stories of 2019 The past year was marked by incredible progress for the budding air taxi sector, capping off a decade of more rapid advancement toward on-demand electric air mobility than most observers thought possible.…