AAM/UAM route and programme news

Ohio consortium and BETA/Surf becomes latest eIPP applicants – who are the others?

By Philip Butterworth-Hayes Ohio has become the latest applicant to submit a proposal to the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Integration Pilot Program (eIPP). The FAA expects to select at least […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Horizon Aircraft chooses RAMPF Composites Solutions to make the Cavorite X7 fuselage

Horizon Aircraft has announced it has partnered with RAMPF Composite Solutions (RAMPF) to manufacture the fuselage—the main body of the aircraft—for the Cavorite X7. RAMPF is a specialist in high-performance composite design, engineering, and manufacturing. […]

Business Partnerships

LODD Autonomous and Khalifa University of Science and Technology link to advance powertrain development

Khalifa University of Science and Technology and LODD Autonomous have announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), bringing together the University’s research and innovation leadership with LODD’s expertise to strengthen collaboration in electric […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Ehang partners with Spain’s RACE to bring eVTOL flights to Madrid motor sport circuit

EHang has announced the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Real Automóvil Club de España (RACE), Spain´s leading automobile club and founding member of the International Automobile Federation (FIA), to explore joint initiatives […]

Cargo and logistics

Autonomous heavy-lift cargo aircraft company Grid Aero completes USD20 million finance round

Grid Aero, an aerospace startup building low-cost, autonomous aircraft for long-range operations, today announced it has raised a USD20 million Series A co-led by Bison Ventures and Geodesic Capital, with participation from Stony Lonesome Group […]

Market analysis

“India will need 10,000-15,000 vertiports/vertipads by 2045” – new market study from Skyportz

Skyportz, the Australian vertiport developer, today released new analysis identifying Delhi and India as a critical global market for air taxi deployment. “The Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Vertiport Market Study,” suggests India can develop into […]

Air taxis and personal transports

SkyDrive contracts India’s SASMOS to deliver EWIS system for the SD-05 SKYDRIVE eVTOL

SkyDrive announced today that it has entered into a development agreement with SASMOS HET Technologies, an Indian aerospace and defence engineering and manufacturing company, for the design of the Electrical Wiring Interconnection System (EWIS) for […]