Tag: urban air mobility

Visionary eVTOL seek joint venture partner for wingless personal aircraft

The planned joint-venture in the Urban Air Mobility space will complete current development work on the Epiphany Transporter, which has recently achieved crucial preliminary design review, then certify the aircraft under the FAA's new and friendlier LSA (Light Sport Aircraft) category. In lieu of...

China’s EHang secures additional financing

EHang has secured an RMB 1 billion ($149 million) credit facility from a Chinese bank to support its operations. The funding line will be provided by the Guangzhou branch of Agricultural Bank of China, ranked the third largest commercial bank in the world by S&P Global in 2021. EHang’s r...

Embraer and Eve evaluate autonomous flight technologies

Embraer S.A. (“Embraer”) concluded a series of experimental flights in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, focused on evaluating new autonomous system technologies in real flight conditions. The goal is to enable safe autonomous operation in complex urban environments. The aerial data collection and r...

Airbus and ITA Airways partner to develop urban air mobility in Italy

Airbus and ITA Airways have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on urban air mobility (UAM) in Italy. The two companies will explore the creation of tailored UAM services, by identifying strategic use cases for emission-free mobility solutions. The agreement foresees a joint ap...

Airbus partners with Spirit AeroSystems to develop the wings of CityAirbus NextGen

Airbus has signed an agreement with Spirit AeroSystems through its subsidiary for the development of CityAirbus NextGen’s wings. This partnership will support Airbus’ exploration of disruptive aircraft design while complying with the most stringent regulations. Spirit AeroSystems will be r...

EHang appoints Xin Fang as Chief Operating Officer

EHang Holdings Limited autonomous aerial vehicle (“AAV”) technology platform company, today announces the appointment of Mr. Xin Fang as the Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) of EHang, effective on February 24, 2022. Mr. Xin Fang will be in charge of the Company’s daily operations, with ...

Embraer’s Eve and Kenya Airways partner on the future of Urban Air Mobility

Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions (“Eve”) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kenya Airways PLC, the flag carrier of Kenya, through its fully owned subsidiary Fahari Aviation. This collaboration aims to develop operational models for the wide-accessibility of Urban Air Mobility (...

Eve Urban Air Mobility announces partnership with Ascent

Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions, Inc. (Eve) and Ascent today announced a partnership focused on accelerating the development of the Urban Air Mobility ecosystem in Asia-Pacific markets. The partnership will advance the entry of Eve’s electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle (eVTOL) airc...

American Airlines Invests in the Future of Urban Air Mobility

American Airlines today announced it will invest in Vertical Aerospace, a leading UK-headquartered engineering and aeronautical business developing electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. With the investment, American is demonstrating its focus on emerging technologies to reduce...

Archer Announces Commitment to Launching Its Urban Air Mobility Network in Los Angeles by 2024

California-based Archer, who are designing and developing electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL), today announced their commitment to launching their first Urban Air Mobility (UAM) network in Los Angeles by 2024. Archer is excited to explore the potential for UAM to address some of ...

Urban Air Mobility ‘must incorporate the needs of disabled citizens’

Regulators, local authorities and industry groups will need to incorporate the views and priorities of disabled groups in their early planning phase if the promise - and full market value - of advanced air mobility (AAM) and urban air mobility (UAM) systems are to be fully realised, according to a ...

Volocopter offers reservations for commercial flights

At Greentech Festival in Berlin, Volocopter, the pioneer of Urban Air Mobility (UAM), announced that the world's first public sale for electrical air taxi flight reservations has started. Effective immediately, Volocopter fans world-wide can reserve their tickets online and be amongst the very firs...

Honeywell Aerospace: Driving the Future of Flight

Honeywell Aerospace is looking to the future of Urban Air Mobility (UAM), applying their 100-year plus heritage in aviation and their “nose-to-tail and plane-to-ground” expertise Honeywell have begun partnering with companies in this emerging market predicting the that the continuing rise of gr...

Honeywell announces new radar system to be supplied to unnamed air taxi developer

Avionics manufacturer Honeywell has agreed to supply multiple units of its new IntuVue RDR-84K Band Radar System for inclusion in the developer’s urban air mobility (UAM) prototype aircraft. The IntuVue radar system is still under testing and preproduction, but is thought to be a step toward a...

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