Articles about Urban air mobility

Echodyne radar venture joins forces with Supernal to enhance eVTOL safety system

Kirkland, Wash.-based Echodyne, a next-generation radar platform company backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has forged a partnership with Supernal… Read More

‘It’s not just science fiction’: Zeva is taking its flying saucer concept to the next level

Eight months ago, Zeva Aero conducted a milestone flight test for an electric-powered flying saucer that would warm the heart… Read More

Kitty Hawk grounds its flying-raft project and ‘doubles down’ on Heaviside air vehicle

California-based Kitty Hawk, the flying-car venture backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, says it’s winding down its Flyer project, which… Read More

After ups and downs, Boeing and Kitty Hawk reboot flying-car venture as Wisk

The partnership that Boeing and Google co-founder Larry Page’s Kitty Hawk venture forged to develop personal air vehicles has been… Read More

Concept for premium air mobility vehicle

A sports car in the sky? Boeing and Porsche target urban air mobility market

Boeing and Porsche say they’ve signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the premium air mobility market and the potential… Read More

Airbus subsidiary Voom takes the wraps off Bay Area on-demand helicopter service

Voom has officially extended its app-based, on-demand helicopter service to the San Francisco Bay Area, confirming that the Airbus subsidiary… Read More

Uber shows off its latest concept for air taxis; FAA chief hits hard on safety issue

Uber says it’s on track to start flying its first all-electric air taxis on a demonstration basis next year, with… Read More

Boeing-backed GoFly Prize puts 5 personal flying machines in spotlight, with fly-off ahead

Five teams from around the world have risen to new heights in the GoFly Prize competition, a $2 million-plus contest… Read More

Boeing’s passenger air vehicle prototype rises into the sky for its first test flight

Boeing says it has successfully completed the first test flight of a prototype for its autonomous passenger air vehicle, which… Read More

Morgan Stanley says market for self-flying cars could rise to $1.5 trillion by 2040

The market for autonomous flying cars — also known as eVTOL aircraft, air taxis or personal air vehicles — could amount… Read More

Airbus and Audi demonstrate mini-me version of flying car at Amsterdam show

A flying car developed by Airbus, Audi and Italdesign took a high-profile test flight today at the Amsterdam Drone Week… Read More

Boeing and SparkCognition launch SkyGrid venture to build software for air mobility

Four months after announcing that they were linking up to create a traffic management system for drones, Boeing and SparkCognition… Read More

NASA and FAA cast a wide net to get set for revolution in urban air mobility

The rise of air mobility options ranging from delivery drones to air taxis and flying cars is shaping up as… Read More