electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL)

Austrian startup FlyNow Aviation sees huge potential for urban air mobility to change how people commute through dense cities.

The state of California has granted Archer Aviation a tax exclusion for the expansion of its battery and electric motor production facility in San Jose.

In a milestone for electric aircraft, Electric Power Systems (EPS) has submitted the first application for FAA approval of a lithium propulsion battery system.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has approved the certification basis for the Veronte autopilot under development by Spain’s EMbention.

Sergio Cecutta is a founder and partner at SMG Consulting.

Pivotal says it has delayed customer deliveries of its Helix personal electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft to 2025.

New aircraft technologies are being overlooked in the 2050 carbon net-zero quest, startups and researchers say.

Beta Technologies says it has completed two more evaluation deployments for the U.S. Air Force with its prototype Alia electric aircraft.

Archer Aviation and Southwest Airlines have partnered to evaluate the integration of Midnight air taxis into the carrier’s operations across California.

After the initial funding wave, investors grow leery of unfulfilled promises by startups.

The study was conducted by Lufthansa Innovation Hub alongside Roland Berger, V2AIR and Unisphere.

Do Airbus and Boeing’s aerostructures reintegrations represent a trend, anomalies or both?

Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Ottobrun near Munich, ERC Systems is seeking to launch services later this decade.

The UK regulator also struck an agreement with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency to closely cooperate on type certification.

Located on a barge in the River Seine near the Paris-Austerlitz train station, the floating platform is to be used for takeoffs and landings.

Japanese nonprofit MASC has launched a project to commercialize advanced air mobility (AAM) in Japan’s Setouchi region.

Boundary.AI has raised almost 100 million yuan ($14 million) in pre-Series A funding.

Developed by the Klimov division of UEC, the hybrid powerplant is based on the VK-650K.

Spain’s Sener has supplied the first servo actuators to Lilium for certification testing.

David Stepanek is the executive VP and Chief Transformation Officer at Bristow Group.

Embraer spinoff Eve Air Mobility has secured a further $94 million in equity financing from multiple investors.

Volocopter returned to the top slot in the June edition of the AAM Reality Index with a score of 8.6/10.

The airframer is building production and hopes for more KC-390 orders in defense as its executive aviation branch thrives. Where will it invest next?

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Timothy Eyre, Monte’s COO, discussed the company’s vision for AAM leasing and shined some light on how Monte is approaching this new business line.