Batteries

China’s CATL reports its 350Wh/kg eVTOL battery has passed safety verification tests

China’s CATL, one of the world’s largest battery manufacturers, has an aviation battery system developed for passenger electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOLs) which has passed a verification test showing no thermal runaway propagation […]

Market analysis

FAA’s new AAM forecast – “24,600 departures in the first year and 28 trips a day for each AAM aircraft”

By Philip Butterworth-Hayes The Federal Aviation Administration is forecasting that by the end of year one of advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft entering into service there will be a total of seven aircraft flying, operating […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Electric wing-in-ground-effect developer REGENT gives update on platform progress and sales

Electric wing-in-ground-effect aircraft manufacturer REGENT has given an update on the work to build and test its Seaglider platforms in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, “The Viceroy prototype keeps expanding its flight envelope, progressing from its […]

Air taxis and personal transports

EUROCAE publishes new standard for AAM aircraft recording systems

European standards agency EUROCAE has published ED-350, which provides Minimum Aviation Systems Performance Standards (MASPS) for end-to-end recording systems in Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) operations. “It establishes requirements for the recording of onboard aircraft data, […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Joby Aviation signs lease at the Alliance Air Trade Center, Perot Field Fort Worth, Texas

Hillwood announced today that Joby Aviation has signed a lease for 45,000 square feet at Alliance Air Trade Center in Haslet, part of Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport. “Located within Hillwood’s 27,000-acre AllianceTexas development, […]

Business Partnerships

2Excel Aviation and Electra sign deal to support the demonstration of Ultra Short aircraft in Europe

2Excel Aviation and Electra have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support the demonstration of Electra’s Ultra Short aircraft in the UK and continental Europe, beginning with airworthiness and flight operations support for Electra’s […]