AAM/UAM route and programme news

Farnborough 2026 – Eve reports 30 aircraft deal with Moov and ANAC’s release of eVTOL noise certification criteria

Eve Air Mobility and Moov have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for up to 30 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, supporting the companies’ joint exploration of advanced air mobility (AAM) opportunities in […]

Business Partnerships

ZeroAvia, Safran announce hydrogen electric propulsion collaboration

ZeroAvia and Safran have announced the launch of a collaboration dedicated to hydrogen-electric propulsion technologies for aviation. This partnership combines ZeroAvia’s expertise in aerospace fuel cell systems with Safran’s experience in propulsion, electrification, clean aviation […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Hitachi Energy and Eve Air Mobility partner to research vertiport, charging options for eVTOLs

 Hitachi Energy and Eve Air Mobility have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to assess the requirements for enabling vertiport operations, including power availability and high-power charging for eVTOL aircraft. Hitachi Energy will leverage its Grid-eMotion® […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Farnborough 2026 – Vertical “first to fly an eVTOL at the show”

Vertical Aerospace plans to conduct the first public electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) demonstration flights to take place at the Farnborough International Airshow (20-24 July 2026). As well as public piloted flight demonstrations of its full-scale prototype, Vertical will also display its full-scale commercial model of […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Wisk, NASA simulate autonomous aircraft management within traditional ATM environment

Wisk Aero has announced the successful completion of a simulation conducted in collaboration with NASA to evaluate whether a single ground-based supervisor, such as Wisk’s Multi-Vehicle Supervisor (MVSor), can effectively manage three autonomous aircraft simultaneously, […]

UAM infrastructure

Orlando Airport given green light to build eVTOL “vertistop” take-off/landing pad

The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) Board gave airport staff approval to develop a vertistop that will host electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft demonstrations. The action is subject to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) […]

Fixed wing low/zero emissions

Evolito starts type certification of its E800 electric engine for the Electra EL9

Evolito today announced the submission of its Type Certificate application for the E800 electric engine, initially intended for integration on Electra’s EL9 Ultra Short hybrid-electric aircraft. The Type Certificate application is for the E800 Series […]

Batteries

Archer, BETA, Macquarie Capital launch ACES programme to bring eVTOL chargers to 250-plus sites in America

Archer Aviation, BETA Technologies and Macquarie Capital today announced America’s Consortium for Electric Skyways (ACES), a plan to electrify up to 250 air taxi sites across the United States. In the coming decade, the consortium […]