Urban Air Mobility

Urban air mobility is an aviation industry term for on-demand and automated passenger and cargo-carrying air transportation services typically flown without a pilot. Urban air mobility services will bring innovative new ways for people to travel around cities and rural areas while reducing congestion and taking care of the enviroment. Here we list some of the aircraft that could be your next taxi in the near future.

Main Projects in Development

Bell Nexus powered by Safran

Airbus CityAirbus by A³

Aurora / Boeing PAV

Leonardo Project Zero

Volocopter

JETcopter

Lilium JET

Honeywell / Pipistrel

Urban Aeronautics CityHawk

News

Bristow Orders 100 EmbraerX eVTOL, 24-Sep-21 : #evtol Eve Urban Air Mobility (part of Embraer) and Bristow enter partnership to develop Urban Air Mobility (UAM) capabilities with an order of up to 100 electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft for deliveries planned from 2026

Airbus Reveals NextGen CityAirbus, 22-Sep-21 :

#CityAirbus Airbus announced plans for emerging Urban Air Mobility (UAM) market and revealed its electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) CityAirbus as a safe, sustainable, and fully integrated solution

Bell Nexus Air Taxi at Smithsonian, 22-Sep-21 : #Smithsonian Bell Nexus Air Taxi will be on display at the new Smithsonian “FUTURES” Exhibition in Washington, DC to showcase Bell’s future and legacy innovations and their impact on aviation

Bristow Partner in Vertical VA-X4 eVTOL, 21-Sep-21 : #evtol Bristow and Vertical will explore commercial taxi flights in new and emerging markets for Bristow operations using the VA-X4 aircraft in various geographic locations. Total orders expected are 50 aircraft

Dufour Aerospace / REGA Aero3 eVTOL, 11-Sep-21 : #Aero3 Swiss Air-Rescue Rega will participate in the development of the air ambulance version of the Dufour Aerospace Aero3 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft

Archer Maker eVTOL, 08-Sep-21 : #eVTOL eVTOL developer Archer Aviation enters agreement with the US Air Force AFWERX Agility Prime Office to collaborate on flight testing. Two-seater demonstrator “Maker” expected to fly by end of the year Archer Enters Agreement with United States Air Force to Collaborate on Flight Testing

Hydrogen Fuel Cell for Piasecki PA-890, 29-Aug-21 : #hydrogen HyPoint partners with Piasecki to deliver next-generation hydrogen fuel cell systems for urban air mobility electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft

Transcend Air / Kaman Vy 400 HSVTOL, 15-Aug-21 : #Vy400 Kaman will build the Transcend Air Vy 400 High Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL) aircraft envisoned to be the world’s fastest helicopter and the fastest single-engine civil turboprop

AT/RX HSVTOL Barracuda, 11-Aug-21 : #Barracuda Advanced Tactics Inc (AT) and Rotor X Aircraft Manufacturing Co (RX) team unveils their High-Speed Vertical Take-Off and Landing (HSVTOL) family of aircraft for military and commercial applications

Air Taxi Pilot Training Program, 19-Jul-21 : #UrbanAirMobility German urban air mobility pioneer Volocopter teams up with global leader in aviation training CAE to develop an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) training program for the air taxi pilot workforce of tomorrow. CAE commits investment of up to US$ 40M

10-Jun-21 - Eve Prepares Urban Air Mobility in Brazil #UrbanAirMobility
01-Jun-21 - Halo is Eve Urban Air Mobility Launch Partner #UrbanAirMobility
26-May-21 - DENSO and Honeywell Partners for Urban Air Mobility #UrbanAirMobility
14-May-21 - CAE Joins Jaunt Air Mobility for eVTOL #eVTOL
12-Jan-21 - New Urban Air Mobility Strategic Alliance #urbanairmobility
08-Jan-21 - First Pre-Orders for CityHawk Ambulance #urbanairmobility
18-Dec-20 - Urban Air Mobility Goes to NASDAQ #NASDAQ
03-Oct-20 - Volocopter Urban Air Mobility in Japan #Japan
15-Sep-20 - Ultra Small Embedded Computer for eVTOL Taxi #SmallComputer
08-Sep-20 - Honeywell NextGen Urban Air Mobility Lab

#UrbanAirMobility
31-Aug-20 - CityAirbus Moved to Manching #drones
01-Aug-20 - City Airbus First Autonomous Flight

#drones
30-Jun-20 - Autonomous Landing Capabilities by Honeywell #UrbanAirMobility
28-Jun-20 - On-Demand Helicopter Launching in Thailand
23-Jun-20 - MicroVCS Cooling for Electric Aircraft #MicroVCS
16-Jun-20 - Honeywell Forms Urban Air Mobility Business Unit #UrbanAirMobility
11-Jun-20 - HyPoint Hydrogen Power for CityHawk

#urbanairmobility
28-Apr-20 - Bell’s Journey to Pioneer an Eco-Friendly World #EcoFriendly
20-Mar-20 - Urban Aeronautics Partners with Ascent #urbanairmobility
14-Mar-20 - High Voltage at 270 VDC in Fast Helicopters #270VDC
21-Jan-20 - Mobility Trends at CES 2020 #CES2020
06-Jan-20 - Bell Nexus 4EX at CES 2020

#CES2020
04-Dec-19 - CityAirbus eVTOL Moving to Manching Soon #CityAirbus
19-Nov-19 - Leonardo and Falcon Partners in Urban Mobility #UrbanMobility
24-Oct-19 - Volocopter Air Taxi Testing in Singapore #UrbanAirMobility
12-Oct-19 - Porsche and Boeing Partners on Urban Air Mobility #UrbanAirMobility
02-Oct-19 - Airbus and EASA Partners for NextGen VTOL #NextGeneration
26-Sep-19 - Vision Systems’ Composite Unit for Airbus Racer

#CleanSky2
14-Sep-19 - EHang Chinese Drone Carrying Passenger

#drones
03-Sep-19 - Volocopter Demonstration at Helsinki Airport #UrbanMobility
11-Jul-19 - Rolls-Royce’ Hybrid Electric Research in Germany #HybridElectric
10-Jul-19 - Skyworks and Scaled in Partnership for Vertijet #Vertijet
21-Jun-19 - Airbus and Safran Team Up For Greener Vertical Flight

#Horizon2020
18-Jun-19 - Rolls-Royce Acquires Siemens’ Hybrid-Electric Business #HybridElectric
13-Jun-19 - Honeywell and DENSO Partnership #hybrids
13-Jun-19 - Honeywell in the Jaunt Air Mobility eVTOL #UrbanAirMobility
12-Jun-19 - Safran and Uber Unveil Cabin Mockup #UrbanAirMobility
09-Jun-19 - Boeing Invests in UAS Services Provider Robotic Skies #drones
06-Jun-19 - Honeywell And Vertical Aerospace in New Partnership #UrbanAirMobility
04-Jun-19 - Compact Fly-By-Wire System For Urban Air Vehicles #UrbanAirMobilty
30-May-19 - First Air Taxi Volo-Port to be Ready by End 2019 #VoloPort
20-May-19 - Lilium New Air Taxi First Flight #UrbanMobility
03-May-19 - Airbus CityAirbus First Take-Off

#CityAirbus
11-Apr-19 - Honeywell and Volocopter Partners in Urban Air Mobility #UrbanAirMobility
03-Apr-19 - Digital Wind Tunnel for Airbus RACER Development #WindTunnel
03-Apr-19 - Leonardo Sign MoU for Urban Security in Brazil #UrbanSecurity
13-Feb-19 - Developing Future Airport Infrastructure #FutureMobility
26-Jan-19 - Honeywell and Pipistrel MoU for Urban Air Mobility #UrbanAirMobility
23-Jan-19 - Boeing Autonomous Passenger Air Vehicle First Flight

#BoeingPAV
08-Jan-19 - Safran HEPS to Power the Bell Nexus #HEPS
07-Jan-19 - Bell Nexus, The Future Air Taxi, Unveiled at CES 2019

#Nexus
09-Dec-18 - Bell Teaming Moog for Future Air Taxi #AirTaxi
19-Nov-18 - JETcopter 7-Seat Flying Car Engines Tested #JETcopter
29-Oct-18 - Volocopter eVTOL Taxis in Singapore #Volocopter
24-Oct-18 - Bell and Thales on Future Flight Controls #FlightControls
02-Oct-18 - Bell and Garmin Teaming for On-Demand Mobility #OnDemandMobility
20-Sep-18 - JETcopter to Design VTOL Aircraft #JETcopter
24-Jul-18 - Urban Air Mobility by Bell

#future
01-Feb-18 - Vahana eVTOL from A³ by Airbus First Flight
19-Dec-17 - CityAirbus Completed Iron Bird Power On
01-Apr-17 - Skyways by A³
07-Apr-16 - Volocopter VC200 First Manned Flight

05-Mar-13 - AW unveils “Project Zero” Tilt Rotor