Advanced Air Mobility

Autonomous air taxi startup Wisk has acquired SkyGrid, a third-party service provider for advanced air mobility aircraft, as a subsidiary.

Archer has announced plans to raise $850 million from a direct equity offering, lifting its cash position to approximately $2 billion.

UrbanV and Signature Aviation have signed a joint venture agreement to help develop a network of vertiports across the U.S.

Swiss startup Jekta has begun flight testing with a subscale model of its 19-passenger PHA-ZE 100 electric seaplane.

Elixir Aircraft has received an order for 30 of its Elixir two-seaters from ENAC, France’s national school of civil aviation.

Vertical Aerospace and Bristow Group have agreed to expand the scope of their partnership.

An integration pilot program to be set up by the FAA under the direction of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump is expected to begin in 2026.

French startup Blue Spirit Aero has rolled out a full-scale prototype of its Dragonfly four-seat hydrogen-electric light aircraft.

Walmart is expanding its drone delivery service to 100 more stores in five additional U.S. cities.

Startup Dovetail Electric Aviation plans to use immersion cooling to improve the safety and performance of battery packs.

Green Taxi Solutions has partnered with StandardAero to certify its electric taxiing system, initially on the Embraer E175 with funding support from the FAA.

French startup Ascendance has announced a partnership with EXOES for the production of the batteries for its hybrid electric Sterna powerplant modules.

Aviation Week Intelligence Network's fleet analysts have released an updated forecast for the advanced air mobility (AAM) market that sees a global fleet of 600 in-service electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft by 2030.

An integration pilot program to be set up by the FAA under the direction of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump is expected to begin in 2026.

The FAA has green-lighted design, engineering and construction firm Clayco to operate drones beyond visual line of sight at its many U.S. construction sites.

Dutch startup Maeve Aerospace has redesigned its planned hybrid-electric regional aircraft to target the replacement of today’s regional jets beginning around the middle of the next decade.

U.S. President Donald Trump issued executive orders directing FAA to take immediate action to expand drone operations and strengthen counter-drone capabilities.

Australian startup Skyportz has released a new iteration of its vertipad design and intended to mitigate the downwash and outwash hazard from eVTOL aircraft.

Factorial Energy has shipped its first solid-state lithium-metal battery cells for drone use to Avidrone Aerospace, a developer of long-range UAS.

Creating an infrastructure to support global aviation development of hydrogen programs and ongoing wide-scale adoption remains a significant challenge.

French startup VoltAero has launched its hybrid-electric powertrain into the experimental aircraft market.

Volz will supply actuators for the Adaptive Digital Automated Pilotage Technology (Adapt) program.

The first passenger-carrying, all-electric aircraft demonstration flight has landed at a major U.S. airport.

Joby Aviation has announced the signing of an MOU with Saudi Arabian conglomerate Abdul Latif Jameel to launch an aircraft distribution network.

Longtime McKinsey analyst Robin Riedel, considered a major thought leader in the burgeoning AAM scene, has accepted an offer to join Metropolis Technologies.