Air taxis and personal transports

EHang 216-S granted experimental flight certificate from Brazil’s ANAC – ANAC and CAAC to link on AAM

EHang has announced that its EH216-S pilotless electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft system has obtained an Experimental Flight Authorization Certificate (CAVE) from Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC). The company plans to conduct […]

Cargo and logistics

Reliable Robotics to supply USAF transport and refuelling aircraft with advanced automation systems

Reliable Robotics today announced the award of an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract leveraging the company’s dual-use technology to provide advanced automation to United States Air Force (USAF) airlift and refuelling aircraft. “The flexible […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

Yunshang Culture and Tourism Technology “signs order for 50 EHang EH-216s eVTOLs”

Yunshang Culture and Tourism Technology has signed an order for 50 EH216-S eVTOLs for operations in Shaanxi Province, China, according to the Weixin news agency. “At the same time, Yunshang Cultural Tourism Technology has planned […]

Training

Volar Air Mobility and Etihad Aviation Training partner to offer electric aircraft pilot training

During the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) event in Montreal, Volar Air Mobility and Etihad Aviation Training LLC (EAT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation in the field of advanced electric aircraft operations. “The […]

Air taxis and personal transports

India’s CAA publishes guidance material for type certifying eVTOL aircraft

India’s Office of Director General of Civil Aviation has issued guidance material on type certification of vertical take-off and landing capable aircraft (VCA) “This guidance material aims to provide comprehensive type certification requirement including the […]

UTM

The global UTM market: slow progress on UTM certification will impact eVTOL market evolution

Unmanned Airspace’s bi-annual review of the UTM market, The market for UAV Traffic Management Services – 2024-2028, September 2024 edition concludes the market for UTM systems and services will be worth USD1.8 billion between 2024 and 2028, and […]

Fixed wing low/zero emissions

Heart Aerospace unveils its X1 hybrid-electric regional airliner demonstrator

Heart Aerospace, the Swedish hybrid-electric aircraft manufacturer, today unveils its first full-scale demonstrator aircraft, the Heart X1.  Built almost entirely in-house at Heart’s Gothenburg facilities, “the demonstrator reflects the company’s strategy to simultaneously develop both […]