Advanced Air Mobility

Regional air mobility: A meaningful first step in the electric aviation revolution

Electrification of fixed-wing, <50-seat regional aircraft might stimulate a new era of growth that could help pave the way for advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft.

Read More
Aerospace

Airbus partners with Spirit AeroSystems to develop the wings of CityAirbus NextGen

Spirit is responsible for developing and manufacturing the eVTOL’s wings at its Belfast, Northern Ireland facility, where the company has built years of composites manufacturing expertise.

Read More
Aerospace

Volocopter raises $170 million for composite eVTOL in first signing of Series E funding

So far the UAM company has raised a total of $579 million in funds and signed with WP Investment for air taxi operations in South Korea, driving aircraft certification and commercial launch.

Read More
Aerospace

Joby begins first conformity test, enters next phase of certification process

First series of conformity tests were completed at Toray Advanced Composites’ U.S. facility, with thousands more to be performed to achieve type certification of the composite eVTOL.

Read More

Leonardo, Vertical Aerospace to jointly develop VX4 eVTOL carbon fiber fuselage 

Leonardo lends its composite aerostructures expertise, honed on numerous civil and defense aerospace programs, for initial six certification aircraft.

Read More
Aerospace

Wichita, Mississippi State request industry feedback and participation in advanced materials survey

Research program under the FAA ASSURE Center of Excellence to identify, assess and understand composites and advanced material systems used in unmanned aircraft systems and advanced air mobility designs.

Read More
Aerospace

Dornier Seawings acquires project for composites-intensive amphibious eVTOL

The current Flywhale FW650 is a two-seat amphibious composite aircraft. It will now be produced and sold under the name, DS-2C, with plans to present an eVTOL version. 

Read More

HRC manufactures CFRP parts for XPeng HT Aero’s X2 eVTOL aircraft

HRC has successfully developed, delivered and assembled more than 100 types of carbon fiber parts for this futuristic eVTOL.

Read More
Automation

Wisk secures $450 million from Boeing to advance certified, autonomous eVTOL flight

Investment reinforces near-term expansion plans, including the launch of scale manufacturing, and certification of Wisk’s sixth-generation eVTOL aircraft.

Read More
Aerospace

Joby Aviation adds second pre-production prototype aircraft to accelerate flight testing in 2022

Joby confirms the second prototype has received FAA Special Airworthiness Certification and U.S. Air Force airworthiness approval for streamlined operations heading into 2024.

Read More
Coast-Line Intl
Airtech
Zone 5 CLEAVER
HEATCON Composite Systems
Keyland Polymer Webinar Coatings on Composite & AM
CompositesWorld
Alpha’s Premier ESR®
Large Scale Additive Manufacturing
Airtech International Inc.