Air taxis and personal transports

Archer claims Vertical has infringed patent eVTOL design – Vertical offers robust response

Archer has filed a patent infringement complaint in the Eastern District of Texas to stop Vertical from what it claims is copying Archer’s Midnight Aircraft design, in Vertical’s new Valo configuration. According to a background […]

Fixed wing low/zero emissions

Cligent reports “successful test of it eSTOL hybrid-electric powertrain on a scaled model”

Cligent Aerospace reports in a Linkedin post that it has become one of the first advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft developers in India private company in India to test a proprietary Hybrid-electric powertrain on a […]

Air taxis and personal transports

India’s ePlane Company “seeking to raise USD40-50 million to support e200X development”

The Economic Times of India that reports eVTOL company The ePlane Company “is looking to raise around USD40-50 million through a round that combines equity, convertible instruments and proposed government-backed research, development and innovation (RDI) […]

Air taxis and personal transports

SkyGrid, Wisk Aero propose new class of flight rules to enable automated AAM operations

SkyGrid and Wisk Aero have released a new white paper, Enabling Scalable Urban Air Mobility Through Automated Flight Rules, outlining how Automated Flight Rules (AFR) can enable the safe and scalable integration of Urban Air […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

Electra joins Virginia’s AAM smart airspace programme to trial AAM IFR routeings

Electra today announced a new partnership with the Virginia Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Smart Airspace Program to design, implement, and test a first-of-its-kind, low-cost instrument flight rules (IFR) network for Ultra Short and other advanced […]