Group Editor Marty Kauchak looks at why the FAA is being pushed to work with global regulators, such as the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), on the path towards certifying electric aircraft.

BAE Systems and Supernal have entered into an agreement to design and develop the flight control computer for Supernal’s electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing vehicle.

Delta Air Lines is embarking on a multi-year, multi-market commercial and operational partnership with Joby Aviation to deliver home-to-airport transportation service to Delta customers in New York and Los Angeles.

Joby Aviation and Skyports Infrastructure are developing a Living Lab passenger terminal that will enable the two companies to test a variety of technologies and procedures that will help define how passengers experience vertical flight in the future.

Aeroporti di Roma, Atlantia, UrbanV, and Volocopter have successfully completed the first crewed electric vertical take-off and landing test flights in Italian airspace.

Wisk Aero, an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company, revealed its self-flying, all-electric, four-passenger vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi. As Wisk’s go-to-market aircraft, Generation 6 represents the first candidate for type certification by the FAA of an autonomous eVTOL.

Eviation Aircraft, a manufacturer of all-electric aircraft, successfully completed the first flight of its zero-emission Alice aircraft.

Boeing and its joint venture partner Wisk have released a roadmap for transitioning to a future where automated and uncrewed aircraft can safely carry passengers and cargo in urban and suburban areas. 

Airbus and Ecocopter have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to start collaborating on the launch of urban air mobility services across various countries in Latin America. 

The US Congress took two significant steps this summer to advance the safe, timely and efficient start-up of the nation’s rapidly expanding Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) sector.  Group Editor Marty Kauchuk looks into the moves.