Japan’s “Public-Private Council for the Air Mobility Revolution” — established in 2018 by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) — has set the target of 2023 for eVTOL operations in Japan.
DENSO, a leading mobility supplier, has signed a long-term agreement with Honeywell Aerospace, establishing an alliance focused on electric propulsion units to meet new aerospace needs.
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) presented the results of a study on May 19 that surveyed societal acceptance of AAM across Europe.
In May, Jaunt Air Mobility announced a number of partnerships to further its Journey eVTOL aircraft development.
NASA announced on May 14 that it had signed agreements with four US states departments of transportation (DOT) and one city to host a series of workshops that will help governments prepare their transport plans to include cargo-carrying drones and passenger-carrying air taxi services: Massachusetts DOT, Minnesota DOT, North Central Texas Council of Governments DOT, Ohio Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center of the Ohio DOT and the City of Orlando, Florida.
An Integrated Dry Run test using a helicopter for NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign was competed in March.
Wisk — the joint venture between Kitty Hawk and The Boeing Company — announced on March 29 that it would begin the second half of its “transport trial” later this year — with its two-seat Cora eVTOL demonstrator — to advance autonomous passenger transport under the New Zealand government’s broader Airspace Integration Trial Programme (AITP).
On June 10, Archer Aviation unveiled its two-seat Maker electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) demonstrator during a special effects show at Hawthorne Municipal Airport in Los Angeles County, California.
Like all start-ups, M4 Engineering took what work was available during its formative years in the early 2000s. The Long Beach, California-based company provided engineering services to Boeing and Airbus suppliers while simultaneously supporting new technology programs, such as developing a carbon-fiber door for commercial airliners and optimizing structures for rocket motors.
On May 6, Jaunt Air Mobility announced that the company plans to open design and manufacturing operations in Canada — aligned with its certification path and commercialization strategy — and appointed Eric Côté to head its Canadian operations as president of Jaunt Air Mobility Canada.
