Advanced Air Mobility - eVTOL Insights

Join eVTOL Insights at the Formula One British Grand Prix for exclusive industry networking event

Jason Pritchard27 January 2023

eVTOL Insights will host an exclusive networking event at this year's Formula One British Grand Prix for executives in the Advanced Air Mobility market. Taking place at Silverstone - the home of British motor racing - on Friday, July 7th, guests ...

Blueflite Drone Delivery: “Ask-Me-Anything” Session Friday, January 27th

Chris Stonor26 January 2023

U.S-based Blueflite Drone Delivery, founded in 2018, is holding a virtual “Ask-Me-Anything” (AMA) session this Friday, January 27th at 10 am (EST), reports a press release. The public is encouraged to jump online and ask questions to Blueflite’s co-...

Volocopter: “40 words tell a major story”

Chris Stonor26 January 2023

It is fairly obvious Volocopter will be the primary eVTOL Aircraft on show at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games given the German company is the leading European player. Whether this will turn out to be just demonstration flights or as many hope, actual c...

AeroX Begins Statewide AAM Weather Study in North Carolina

Chris Stonor25 January 2023

AeroX has iniated in North Carolina, a weather study for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) in collaboration with low-altitude weather specialist, TruWeather Solutions, reports a press release. This U.S study is to assess weather conditions across the Stat...

EHang to Conduct EH216 Trial Flights in Curitiba, Brazil

Chris Stonor25 January 2023

EHang plans to carry out EH216 trial flights in Curitiba, Brazil during March after a proposal was presented to the Mayor of the capital of Paraná, Rafael Greca, last week, reports mundogeo.com. The aim is that a first autonomous demonstration, w...

MightyFly Unveils Second-Gen Cargo Drone, up to 600 Miles of Same-Day, Door-to-Door Delivery

Chris Stonor24 January 2023

MightyFly, a U.S based cargo drone delivery company founded in 2019, announced today it has received an FAA Certificate of Authorisation, reports a press release. This allows trialing of its long-range, last-mile and middle-mile cargo drone. This...

Japan to Develop “Drone Flight Spacial Information System” for Country’s Cities

Chris Stonor24 January 2023

Kobe-based Swift Xi and its partners have signed an agreement with the government’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO), to develop a 3D spacial information system, intended to safely guide drones and then later eVTO...

Dufour Aerospace Attracts New Investment From Vista to Accelerate Expansion

Chris Stonor23 January 2023

Dufour Aerospace announced today it has successfully completed a Series B investment from Vista Global Holding, a leading global private aviation group, to further help its expansion, reports a press release. Apart from Vista, two new investors part...

Watch Video: Freethink Releases Lengthy And Impressive Archer Aviation Feature

Chris Stonor20 January 2023

Freethink, is a media news outlet “with an optimistic outlook.” The brainchild of Tom Carroll, it covers science, technology and nature via a YouTube channel and various social media feeds. Formed over 4 years ago, the channel has hundreds of thousa...

UK VTOL innovator launches new passenger aircraft

Chris Stonor20 January 2023

UK-based aviation startup, ARC Aerosystems, has unveiled its new VTOL aircraft at the Air Finance Journal event in Dublin, Ireland, reports a press release. The ARC LINX P9 is one of a proposed line-up of VTOL aircraft. It is designed to carry 9...

Interview with Archer Aviation Vice-President of Design & Innovation, Julien Montousse

Chris Stonor19 January 2023

Julien Montousse (pronounced Montu-zay), studied at the Strate, Ecole de Design, later moved to General Motors (7 years) and then on to Mazda North American Operations (14 years), where he became Senior Director of Design. He joined Archer in Nov...

Urban V Aims To develop a Caribbean flying taxi network

Chris Stonor19 January 2023

Italy-based Urban V, recently announced its intention to develop a flying taxi network for the Caribbean, reports sknvibes.com. The company is owned by Aeroporti di Roma, SAVE Group, Aeroporto di Bologna and Aeroports de la Côte d'Azur in France an...

Marubeni Corporation becomes first customer in Asia to make pre-delivery payment for Vertical’s VX4 aircraft

Jason Pritchard19 January 2023

Vertical Aerospace has secured a pre-delivery payment for the reservation of its VX4 eVTOL aircraft from its existing customer, the leading Japanese trading and investment conglomerate, Marubeni Corporation. Following the joint working group part...

First fully automated AAM flight test site set up at Augsburg Airport by Skyroads AG

Jason Pritchard19 January 2023

Skyroads AG has initiated the first fully automated Advanced Air Mobility flight test site at Augsburg Airport in Germany, which will provide a large-scale real-life laboratory for further industrial and academic research and testing of AAM and asso...

eVTOL Insights’ third Power Book kicks off new year by recognising more industry thought leaders

Jason Pritchard18 January 2023

eVTOL Insights is proud to launch the third edition of its Power Book, which kicks off the new year by celebrating the achievements of more thought leaders, influencers and innovators across the Advanced Air Mobility market. Released every Januar...

Wisk’s Gary Gysin to retire next month, with Boeing’s Dr. Brian Yutko to take over as CEO

Jason Pritchard18 January 2023

Wisk CEO Gary Gysin has announced he will retire from his position at the start of next month, with the company selecting Dr. Brian Yutko to lead operations. Yutko currently serves as Vice President and Chief Engineer of Sustainability & Futu...

Jetoptera Completes Fourth USAF Awarded Contract

Chris Stonor17 January 2023

U.S-based startup, Jetoptera, announced last week, it had completed a fourth Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the US Air Force to evaluate its experimental “3-in-1” propulsion system concept, reports a press release. ...

INTERVIEW: Jurgen Greil of FlyNow Aviation gives a technical overview of company’s eVTOL family

eVTOL Insights Editorial16 January 2023

The Advanced Air Mobility market is getting crowded, with the latest number from the Vertical Flight Society's World Aircraft Directory now standing at more than 700 eVTOL concepts. The database features many different designs which are at variou...

McKinsey Report: “Big Gun Researchers” Cover Drone Transportation and its “Disrupting Importance” for Last Mile Delivery

Chris Stonor13 January 2023

The highly-respected research company, McKinsey, asked four of its top air mobility analysts, led by Robin Riedel, Head of the Disruptive Aerospace sector, to analyse the future of drone delivery and its importance for last mile delivery. The result...

Wing Drone Delivery Sets Up in New Zealand

Chris Stonor12 January 2023

U.S-based Wing Drone Delivery continues to rapidly expand its services. With operations already in Finland, Australia, America and more recently Ireland, the company is now setting up in New Zealand, but with a difference. While the company has r...

PODCAST: Stella-Marissa Hughes from CAE talks about the importance of pilot training and what needs to be done

Jason Pritchard12 January 2023

Our next podcast episode is live! We were delighted to be joined by Stella-Marissa Hughes, who is CAE's AAM Strategy, Business Development and Partnerships Leader. She talks to us about the role CAE plays in the Advanced Air Mobility market and g...

Joby Aviation appoints former JSOC Commander Lt. Gen Scott Howell to company’s advisory board

Jason Pritchard12 January 2023

Joby Aviation has announced the appointment of Lt. Gen. (ret) Scott Howell, former Commander of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), to its Advisory Board. As JSOC Commander, Lt. Gen. Howell was responsible for the readiness and mission e...

Drone Delivery Canada “Care by Air Project” Collaboration with DSV and Halton Healthcare Begins Commercial Operations

Chris Stonor11 January 2023

Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has announced that its six-month “Care by Air Project” trial, in collaboration with DSV and Halton Healthcare, has now commercially started, reports stattimes.com. First revealed last November, DDC is using its Sparrow dr...

America, South Korea to partner on AAM

Chris Stonor10 January 2023

The U.S Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced at the weekend, it had agreed to partner with the Korea Office of Civil Aviation (KOCA) future Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) aircraft development and operations, reports reuters.com. The two coun...