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Southwest Airlines Company and Archer Aviation Inc have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop operational plans for electric air taxi networks utilizing Archer electric vertical takeoff and landing …
Southwest Airlines Signs MOU With Archer Aviation Read More
Lilium NV has completed a first series of tests of the electric jet propulsion unit for the company’s Lilium Jet electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. For the first …
Lilium Completes Series of Tests of Electric Jet Propulsion System Read More
In April 2024, Vermont-based Beta Technologies announced that a piloted prototype model of its Alia eVTOL platform had successfully executed a piloted inflight transition from vertical lift to conventional forward …
UAM Snapshot – Beta Technologies Alia Read More
Based out of Shanghai but with facilities and personnel in Germany and plans for further corporate growth in the United Arab Arabs, eVTOL development firm AutoFlight is representative of the …
UAM Snapshot – AutoFlight Prosperity Read More
While the potential for AAM aircraft to be leveraged for urban air taxi services is a significant locus of activity across this burgeoning domain, emerging providers are also seeking to …
UAM Snapshot – XTI Aerospace TriFan 600 Read More
Joby Aviation, a developer of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for air taxi services, has acquired the autonomy division of Xwing Inc., a company specializing in autonomous flight …
Joby Aviation Acquires Xwing’s Autonomy Division to Advance Electric Air Taxi Development Read More
Alongside air taxi services and personal aviation, providing civil and commercial entities such as law-enforcement, emergency medical services and cargo providers with flexible aviation capabilities is a significant avenue of …
UAM Snapshot – Dufour Aero2 and Aero3 Read More
While the locus of developmental activity across much of the burgeoning eVTOL market is centered upon platforms intended to ferry multiple passengers as part of a commercial air taxi operation, …
UAM Snapshot – Lift HEXA Read More
Founded in 2009, California-based startup Joby Aviation first cut its teeth on the development of electric aircraft in partnership with the U.S National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) before later …
UAM Snapshot – Joby S4 Read More
In June 2023, the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded the eVTOL platform of German startup Lilium with a G-1 Certification Basis. This milestone award ¬built upon Lilium’s previous …
UAM Snapshot – Lilium Jet Read More