Advanced Air Mobility Archives

Last call to register for eVTOL Insights’ upcoming ‘Final Friday’ virtual networking event

Jason Pritchard24 March 2021

More than 150 people from the eVTOL aircraft and urban air mobility markets will be attending eVTOL Insights' 'Final Friday' virtual networking event on March 26th. Due to popular demand, additional spaces have been created for the virtual event...

Community Air Mobility Initiative adds seven new members and launches next cohort of its Urban Air Policy Collaborative

Jason Pritchard19 March 2021

The Community Air Mobility Initiative (CAMI) has welcomed seven new members and expanded the support for its mission to responsibly integrate air mobility at state and local levels. They include Arup, an independent firm of designers, planners, e...

Flight Crowd releases UAM glossary, discusses project to inspire students to pursue career in urban air mobility

Jason Pritchard15 March 2021

Flight Crowd has created a UAM glossary and released its first compilation of key terms and definitions from the growing eVTOL aircraft and urban air mobility markets. The urban air mobility community aims to bring together enthusiasts and expert...

2021 Women to Watch in UAS Global Awards launched to honour achievements in the UAS sector

Jason Pritchard10 March 2021

Nominations are now open for the 2021 Women to Watch (WTW) in UAS Global Awards, which aims to recognise those making significant contributions in the unmanned aircraft systems market. Created by Women and Drones, the awards are now in their fift...

NASA’s AAM National Campaign to begin next phase of testing this month

Jason Pritchard4 March 2021

NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign has moved to the next stage of its NC Integrated Dry Run Test, which will start this month following the completion of the first phase in December 2020. This will involve a Bell ...

Archer commits to launching first urban air mobility network in Los Angeles by 2024

Jason Pritchard23 February 2021

Archer Aviation plans to launch its first urban air mobility network in Los Angeles by 2024, as the company looks to address some of California's mobility challenges and provide an easier way for people to travel in between dense metropolitan areas....

SkyGate project plans to build Italy’s first vertiport in Turin as part of new advanced air mobility ecosystem

Jason Pritchard12 February 2021

A groundbreaking project has been launched in Turin, Italy, which aims to offer a complete ecosystem dedicated to advanced air mobility (AAM) services. Notable goals include building a network of vertiports for eVTOL aircraft and opening an academy ...

Q&A: Sergio Cecutta of SMG Consulting offers more insight into release of its AAM Reality Index

Jason Pritchard22 January 2021

At the end of last year, SMG Consulting released its Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Reality Index, a rating tool that describes the likelihood of an eVTOL aircraft OEM to certify its aircraft, enter service and produce thousands of units per year. A...

P3 Tech Consulting and Five-Alpha partner up in the Advanced Air Mobility market

Jason Pritchard8 January 2021

P3 Tech & Five-Alpha have teamed together in the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) market, to help address the growing demand for services, such as policy development, risk analysis, strategic planning and regulatory compliance. P3’s Founder and C...

Levitate Capital releases white paper and summarises future of eVTOL aircraft and drone economy markets

Jason Pritchard23 December 2020

Venture capital firm Levitate Capital has released a white paper focusing on the future of the drone economy and advanced aerial mobility, and predicts full-scale eVTOL aircraft operations won't start until at least 2028. Released on Monday, the ...

Canadian Advanced Air Mobility Consortium (CAAM) announces Toronto as its second launch market

Jason Pritchard18 December 2020

Canadian Advanced Air Mobility Consortium (CAAM) has named Toronto and the Ontario region as its second launch market, after Vancouver, and revealed more details about its projects in 2021 during a Vertical Flight Society presentation. JR Hammond...

Community Air Mobility Initiative’s Yolanka Wulff talks about its aims and reflects on Urban Air Mobility in 2020

Jason Pritchard10 December 2020

In this week's podcast episode, we were really pleased to be joined by Yolanka Wulff, Co-Executive Director at the Community Air Mobility Initiative (CAMI). Among the many topics discussed, Yolanka tells us why CAMI was set up and the aims and ob...

Joby Aviation confirms acquisition of Uber Elevate

Jason Pritchard8 December 2020

Joby Aviation has announced that Uber has agreed to invest $75 million into the company, as part of a broader transaction which involves the acquisition of Uber Elevate. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed and the transactio...

NASA launches activities for Advanced Air Mobility and prepares ‘dry run’ flight test

Jason Pritchard30 November 2020

NASA has begun flight test activities as part of its Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign, ahead of Joby Aviation's prototype eVTOL aircraft being available for developmental tests next year. The project started with connectivity and infrastr...

CIVATAglobal’s Andrew Charlton talks about the first trade association for Advanced Air Mobility

Jason Pritchard19 November 2020

This week's podcast episode features Andrew Charlton, Director General of CIVATAglobal, the world's first trade association dedicated to the Advanced Air Mobility sector. Andrew has spent all of his career in aviation, and he gave us an overview ...

Alaka’i Technologies is latest eVTOL aircraft developer to join NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign

Jason Pritchard18 November 2020

Alaka'i Technologies, which is currently building its hydrogen-powered eVTOL aircraft - known as Skai - has joined NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign as a vehicle partner. The company will join other industry partners,...

Carlisle Interconnect Technologies to bring its high-voltage products to the advanced air mobility market

Jason Pritchard17 November 2020

Carlisle Interconnect Technologies (CIT) is offering its interconnect technologies for a host of next-generation air mobility applications, including all-electric aircraft for Advanced Air Mobility. The company designs and manufacturers high...

Roland Berger’s latest study predicts 160,000 air taxis by 2050, and the Urban Air Mobility market to be worth $90 billion

Jason Pritchard13 November 2020

Roland Berger has released its latest study about Urban Air Mobility, which estimates that about 160,000 commercial air taxis will be operational in skies above the world's cities by 2050. The report, which was released earlier this week, also pr...

Community Air Mobility Initiative invites decision makers to join further conversations about eVTOL aircraft and Urban Air Mobility

Jason Pritchard11 November 2020

State and local transportation decision makers and planners are being invited to join the Community Air Mobility Initiative (CAMI) in the second cohort of the Urban Air Policy Collaborative (UAPC). The four-month programme from January to April ...

J. Scott Drennan sets up new consulting business, Drennan Innovation, six months after joining Hyundai’s UAM division

Jason Pritchard2 November 2020

J. Scott Drennan, the former Vice President of Research and Development at Hyundai’s Urban Air Mobility division, and Hyundai Motor Group, have agreed to voluntarily separate, with Drennan setting up his own business, Drennan Innovation. ...

Jaunt Air Mobility’s Chief Commercial Officer provides additional insight into company’s Access Skyways group

Jason Pritchard30 October 2020

After eVTOL aircraft developer Jaunt Air Mobility announced it had established Access Skyways - a group of partner companies which will provide expertise around the integration of Advanced Air Mobility - we spoke to Simon Briceno, Jaunt Air Mobility...

Canadian Advanced Air Mobility Consortium’s (CAAM) objectives revealed with JR Hammond

Jason Pritchard29 October 2020

In this week's episode, we were joined by JR Hammond, Executive Director of Canadian Advanced Air Mobility Consortium (CAAM). Following the launch of the multi-stakeholder group yesterday (Wednesday), JR talks about the background behind setting ...

Canadian Advanced Air Mobility Consortium launched to help integrate electric and hybrid VTOL aircraft across the country

Jason Pritchard28 October 2020

The future of flight in Canada has taken a major step forward today (Wednesday), with the launch of the Canadian Advanced Air Mobility Consortium (CAAM), to help streamline research, development and commercial operations in the Advanced Air Mobility...

Jaunt Air Mobility sets up Access Skyways to support advanced air mobility and announces first partners

Jason Pritchard26 October 2020

eVTOL aircraft developer Jaunt Air Mobility has established Access Skyways, a group of partner companies which will help provide expertise around the integration of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM). The company has initially signed Memorandums of Unde...