Air taxis and personal transports

Airbus demonstrator FlightLab “trials simplified eVTOL flight control system”

Airbus Helicopters reports its demonstrator FlightLab has successfully tested an electric flight control system in preparation of a new human machine interface (HMI) that will equip CityAirbus NextGen, Airbus’ eVTOL prototype. “This milestone represents an important step […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Archer agrees financing and development of “high volume” Georgia manufacturing plant

Today, Archer Aviation In. announced that it has closed agreements with Synovus Bank and Evans General Contractors, LLC for the financing and development of its high-volume manufacturing facility in Covington, Georgia, USA. “Construction is already underway on the […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Hydrogen-powered Luftcar flying car manufacturer reports potential USD100 million funding

LuftCar LLC, a US based hydrogen powered aircraft developer, has announced it has received a “term sheet” for USD100 million investment from GEM Global Yield LLC SCS (“GEM”), a Luxembourg-based private equity group. “The funds […]

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 […]