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Call for Abstracts: Sustainability and Digital transformation of aviation and urban air mobility

The European RefMap project warmly invites researchers, practitioners, and innovators to submit abstracts for the Aviation Twin Transition (ATT) Clustering Event, taking place on 29 July 2025 at the Central Library of the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. The ATT Clustering Event brings together [...]

Abu Dhabi Aviation Group and Archer “to deploy Midnight eVTOL aircraft globally this year”

The Emirates News Agency (WAM) reports that Abu Dhabi Aviation Group (ADA) has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Archer Aviation to deploy the first fleet of its Midnight electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft globally, starting this year. This initiative is [...]

EHang announces order for 50 EH216-S eVTOLs from Guizhou tourist agency and partnership with Anshun City

June 30, 2025 Comments Off

EHang has announced a purchase order for 50 units of its EH216-S pilotless eVTOL aircraft from Guizhou Scenic Tourism Development Co., Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Guizhou Tourism Group. “These aircraft are planned to be […]

Paris Air Show 2025: EHang and FAdeA link to advance urban air mobility in Argentina and Latin America

June 19, 2025 Comments Off

EHang has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Fábrica Argentina de Aviones “Brigadier San Martín” S.A. (FAdeA), Argentina’s national aerospace manufacturer. The MoU establishes a strategic framework for cooperation between the two […]

Paris Air Show 2025: Archer signs deal with FBO Jetex to scale vertiport operations in UAE and beyond

June 19, 2025 Comments Off

Archer today announced a strategic partnership with Jetex, a global aviation services provider, focused on developing infrastructure across Jetex’s international portfolio of private terminals to support Archer’s planned commercial air taxi network. “This collaboration, planned to focus […]

Paris Air Show 2025: Ascendance signs ATEA eVTOL sales agency agreement with Léman Aviation

June 18, 2025 Comments Off

Ascendance, developer of the ATEA eVTOL has signed a new contract with Léman Aviation, a specialist in helicopter sales. According to an Ascendance Linkedin post: “This partnership reflects a shared commitment to accelerating the transition […]

Paris Air Show 2025 – Archer adds Indonesia to list of Midnight eVTOL “launch edition” countries

June 16, 2025 Comments Off

Archer Aviation announced today that it has signed an agreement with PT. IKN covering plans to deploy an initial fleet of Midnight aircraft in Indonesia, making it the third country in which Archer is planning to deploy […]

Ascendance and Airbus announce strategic partnership on hybrid electric technologies

June 12, 2025 Comments Off

Ascendance and Airbus have announced a strategic partnership to jointly explore innovative hybrid-electric technologies. “Through this partnership, Ascendance brings its expertise in designing modular, certifiable hybrid-electric systems, while Airbus contributes its industrial scale and global […]

EUREKA simulates vertiport network for interoperability exercise

July 4, 2025 Comments Off

A real-time simulation to assess airspace interoperability in vertiport networks recently took place at Leonardo’s simulation facilities in Italy. Part of the EUREKA SESAR3 Fast Track project, the exercise brought together a team of over […]

Aerosolutions, Bluenest by Globalvia to buy 50 eVTOLs to launch AAM operations in Costa Rica

June 30, 2025 Comments Off

Eve Air Mobility has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Aerosolutions, which is developing an eVTOL operator called Aeros Electric Airlines, and Bluenest by Globalvia, Globalvia’s Advanced Air Mobility infrastructure developer and vertiport operator, […]

UAE’s GCAA “publishes updated regulatory framework for certifying vertiports and heliports”

June 27, 2025 Comments Off

The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has published CAR AGA PART VFI (Vertical Flight Infrastructures) “a comprehensive regulatory framework that modernises and replaces the former CAR HVD (the world’s first vertiport regulation),” according to […]

UAV DACH creates competence group for ground infrastructure, including vertiports

June 25, 2025 Comments Off

The Association for Unmanned Aviation (UAV DACH) has created a ground infrastructure competence group. The group will explore practical standards for vertiports and take-off and landing areas for uncrewed aircraft systems. “Drones shape our everyday […]

GS E&C and UI Group sign MOU for UAM business development cooperation

June 23, 2025 Comments Off

On June 17 GS Engineering & Construction (GS E&C), a major South Korea engineering and infrastructure company, signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with UI Group at its headquarters in Jongno, Seoul to form […]