Advanced Air Mobility

UK-based Helix started out as an automotive combustion engine consultancy business called Integrated Powertrain.

Lilium Jet CCO Sebastien Borel caught up with the AAM Report to provide an update on the company’s progress and share some thoughts on its path to market.

Short articles reporting on developments in the Advanced Air Mobility industry.

Online retailer Amazon says it plans to begin deliveries of goods by UAS in Italy, the UK and to a third U.S. city starting in late 2024.

Regent has signed a $4.75 million contract with the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Lab to demonstrate its Viceroy prototype for logistics missions in 2025.

Skyryse has begun certification work on its second rotorcraft platform and is Iooking ahead to its first fixed-wing application.

Lilium has partnered with aircraft brokerage EMCJET to offer its Lilium Jet for sale to private customers.

EHang has forged a partnership with the Hefei Municipal Government, to help build out what a “low-altitude economy” for drones and eVTOL vehicles.

Korean Air and Supernal have announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the design of an eVTOL vehicle and develop the AAM ecosystem in South Korea.

The nascent advanced air mobility industry has acted as catalyst for new avionics development.

Joby Aviation and Archer Aviation have signed up for Abu Dhabi’s Smart and Autonomous Vehicle Industry (SAVI) cluster.

China’s government has issued an outline to guide development of a green-aviation manufacturing industry by 2035.

Archer Aviation has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) to launch air taxi service there in 2026.

U.S. eVTOL vehicle developer Overair has signed a MOU with Hanwha Systems and the South Korean province of Jeju to develop an AAM ecosystem.

Volatus Infrastructure & Energy Solutions is a startup company developing modular, scalable vertiports for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles.

Short announcements of developments within the Advanced Air Mobility industry.

U.S. electric aircraft startup Eviation has announced a letter of intent (LoI) to provide up to 25 aircraft to German startup regional airline flyVbird.

The AAM Stock Composite rallied nearly 5% during the week ended Oct. 13, boosted by a surge in EHang’s stock.

Whether electric and hydrogen propulsion can find a place in business aviation is not yet clear.

The EH216-S is an autonomous, wingless, two-passenger multicopter with a range of 35 km (22 mi.) and top speed of 130 km/h.

The Chinese startup describes airworthiness certification as “an epoch-making milestone” for urban air mobility.

Surf Air Mobility has partnered with Regent to establish a regional base for operating electric seaglider services in Miami.

The letter of intent for a “substantial” number of propulsion systems for delivery from 2026 is part of a memorandum of understanding.

Massachusetts-based startup Guardian has hired Leif Jentoft from startup Righthand Robotics as its new chief product officer.

The rebrand comes as the California-based eVTOL startup unveiled its fourth-generation Helix aircraft, an upgraded version of the third-generation BlackFly.