Air taxis and personal transports

CycloTech launches CruiseUp personal air mobility vehicle with CycloRotor powerplant

CycloTech a producer of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) vehicles with a 360° thrust vector control system has unveiled CruiseUp – “an air vehicle that visualises the benefits of CycloRotor technology within a compact, passenger-oriented […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Electric ‘sea-glider’ developer Regency “raises USD60 million in investments”

In an X (formerly Twitter) social media post Billy Thalheimer, Co-founder and CEO of Regent, a company developing electrically powered “sea gliders”, has announced a USD60 million Series A funding package to a build full-scale […]

Emerging regulations

ASTM International publishes white paper on controlling autonomy processes in aviation

ASTM International’s autonomy design and operations in aviation administrative committee (AC377) has published a new white paper entitled, “Roles and Responsibilities for Operational Control in the Age of Increasingly Autonomous Flight.” “This white paper discusses […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

AirTaxi World Congress: EHang outlines plans for eVTOL mass transport in China and beyond

At the AirTaxi World Congress event in San Francisco, #EHang board member Conor Yang gave a very different vision of the future of #advancedairmobility from other panelists. Type certification of the EH216 autonomous air vehicle (AAV) is imminent, he […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Joby begins flight testing with pilot on board

Joby Aviation today announced it has expanded its flight test programme to include flying with a pilot on board the aircraft, a critical step on the company’s journey towards commercial operations. Four members of Joby’s […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Skyway Technologies and Berg Holdings to establish Urban Air Mobility vertiport network in Northern California

Skyway Technologies (Skyway), a vertiport infrastructure and planning company in the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) industry, and Berg Holdings (BH), a Sausalito-based Bay Area real estate developer, have announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the […]