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“Unleashing American Drone Dominance” US presidential order to accelerate US eVTOL industry launch

Philip Butterworth-Hayes The “Unleashing American Drone Dominance” presidential executive order of June 6 has opened the door to swifter and less complex access of eVTOLs to the US National Airspace System. Four actions within the wider executive order relate directly to the emerging US eVTOL [...]

Florida’s AAM strategy passes legislative hurdle – AAM training for state officials underway

Senate Bill 1662, Florida’s advanced air mobility implementation strategy, has just passed the Florida Legislature, according to an Eve Air Mobility Linkedin post. It now awaits the Governor’s signature. According to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), two of the seven FDOT districts so far [...]

GCAA approves design of Archer/Falcon helicopter/eVTOL vertiport plan at Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal

The United Arab Emirates’ General Civil Aviation Agency (GCAA) has approved the design for the planned transformation of an Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal helipad into a hybrid heliport for both helicopter and eVTOL aircraft operations. According to US eVTOL developer Archer, the company “is working [...]

“Commercial Brokers International identifies eight potential Los Angeles vertiport sites for Skyports”

The Costar real estate publication reports that Los Angeles-based Commercial Brokers International has lined up eight local sites for vertiports for potential operation at the 2028 Olympics for client Skyports Infrastructure. “By 2028, Skyports wants its first Los Angeles terminals open for business at rooftops, [...]

Abdul Latif Jameel and Joby sign Saudi Arabia eVTOL distribution agreement

June 3, 2025 Comments Off

Abdul Latif Jameel and Joby Aviation have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore opportunities to establish a distribution agreement in Saudi Arabia for Joby’s electric aircraft. “This announcement builds upon the […]

Archer joins Anduril-led team to bid for future flight programmes in the UK

May 20, 2025 Comments Off

Anduril Industries, building on its existing partnership with Archer Aviation, will lead a team for upcoming advanced air mobility programmes, including bidding for future flight opportunities. Anduril UK will receive additional support from Skyports Drone […]

Terra Drone to explore advanced air mobility US joint venture with Mitsui and Co

May 20, 2025 Comments Off

Terra Drone Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. to explore the establishment of a joint venture company in the United States. Under this MoU, the two companies will […]

Vertical Aerospace and Honeywell expand partnership “to speed certification of critical systems”

May 8, 2025 Comments Off

Vertical Aerospace and Honeywell today announced the signing of a new long-term agreement that expands their existing partnership and reinforces Honeywell’s commitment to the certification and production of Vertical’s electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) […]

Hanjin and LS Group to cooperate on UAM infrastructure

April 28, 2025 Comments Off

Hanjin Group and LS Group have signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance cooperation across various industries including urban air mobility (UAM), the companies said on April 28. Hanjin is a logistics specialist and owner […]

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

March 27, 2025 Comments Off

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 […]

LYNEports to work with AeroVecto on developing high volume, low altitude transport network in Oman

June 9, 2025 Comments Off

LYNEports has announced a strategic partnership with AeroVecto, a pioneering hybrid electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft company based in Oman. AeroVecto’s flagship aircraft Shuttle is a hybrid electric aircraft “designed to redefine public […]

Western Sydney International Airport draft masterplan “supports New South Wales eVTOL network”

June 9, 2025 Comments Off

Australia’s Western Sydney International Airport has released a preliminary draft masterplan that includes plans for supporting electric air taxis and a network of eVTOL routes in New South Wales. “During the concept and development phase […]

Skyportz offers vertipad IP to US companies at no fee “to support White House eVTOL pilot programme”

June 9, 2025 Comments Off

Skyportz today offered its IP at no fee to companies in the USA seeking to tap into the Trump initiative to dominate the electric air taxi market globally. The modular vertipad patent addresses two of […]

Skyportz releases new version of its vertipad patent with fire suppression capability

June 6, 2025 Comments Off

Australian vertiport developer Skyportz has released a new iteration of its vertipad patent that ameliorates downwash and outwash at a private briefing for airport operators in Australia this week. “The ability to bring the aircraft […]

Skyports announces operational completion of its UK Bicester Motion vertiport

June 5, 2025 Comments Off

Skyports Infrastructure reports it has reached operational completion of its vertiport at Bicester Motion, Oxfordshire, one of the UK’s first testing grounds and hubs for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) flights. Skyports previewed the completed […]

Mitsubishi-led consortium selected for vertiport automation programme in Tokyo

June 4, 2025 Comments Off

The proposal from Mitsubishi Estate Co in cooperation with Kanematsu Corporation and SkyDrive Incl for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s “Project for Building a Business Model for Services Using Flying Cars” has now been selected, said […]