AAM/UAM route and programme news

SkyDrive given green light to identify vertiports and flight routes for Osaka eVTOL services in 2025

Japanese eVTOL manufacturer SkyDrive has announced it has been given the go-ahead to verify the feasibility of takeoff and landing areas and flight routes in the Osaka Bay Area in preparation for the launch of […]

Emerging regulations

FAA’s proposals “could open door for personal eVTOLs to be certified as light sports aircraft”

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has published a draft version of its Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification proposal (MOSAIC) and, according to Flying’s Jack Daleo, “if MOSAIC is approved as written, helicopters and eVTOL […]

Commentary

AAM, drone and UTM leaders expect industry acceleration following passage of FAA reauthorization

The US House of Representatives on July 20 passed the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act (H.R. 3935), a bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and aviation safety and infrastructure programmes […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Ampaire announces purchase of eVTOL aircraft systems manufacturer Talyn

Hybrid electric aircraft systems manufacturer Ampaire today announced that it has acquired “substantially all of the assets of Talyn. developer of novel electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft systems,” “The transaction will accelerate Ampaire’s […]