UAM infrastructure

ANRA Technologies and NAVOS Air sign agreement to develop vertiports for Urban Air Mobility

ANRA Technologies, a company producing uncrewed vehicle mission management and operations solutions, and NAVOS Air, an Instrument Flight Procedure Products and Services company, have announced a collaboration to incorporate flightpath procedures into ANRA’s Vertiport Management […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Overair completes assembly and begins testing of first full-scale Butterfly prototype

Overair today announced it has completed assembly of the first full-scale prototype of its Butterfly eVTOL aircraft. The company says this marks a pivotal milestone for the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) following the validation of […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

JSX announces intent to acquire over 300 hybrid electric aircraft for delivery starting in 2028

JSX, the US regional air carrier, today announced its intent to acquire up to 332 hybrid-electric aircraft from manufacturers Electra, Aura Aero, and Heart Aerospace, pledging to “pioneer an environmentally sustainable future for small community […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Wisk Aero’s latest ConOps – the role of the human as the ultimate back-up is still unclear

By Philip Butterworth-Hayes Wisk Aero has issued an update to its previously released Concept of Operations (ConOps) for Uncrewed Urban Air Mobility (UAM), jointly developed with The Boeing Company. The document provides a roadmap for the […]

Emerging regulations

EASA proposes Environmental Protection Technical Specifications for tilt-rotor VTOLs

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has received applications for the certification of aircraft with vertical take-off and landing capability (VTOL) for which no suitable environmental protection standards (i.e. noise, engine emissions, CO2 emissions) are […]