NASA’s recent acoustic campaign with Pivotal’s BlackFly adds critical, independently gathered data to the eVTOL noise conversation. Using a multi‑microphone ground array, NASA characterized BlackFly’s flyover sound levels and directivity, helping quantify how “vertiport‑ready” this class of personal eVTOL can be. For AAM planners, regulators, and investors, the NASA–Pivotal acoustic study is another step toward realistic community noise modelling and certification frameworks.
This week at Vertican Atlanta, I’ll sit down with SkyDrive, Ascendance, and Electra leadership for exclusive interviews recorded live for The Ways We Move podcast. SkyDrive discusses Japan UAM deployment timelines. Ascendance shares hydrogen AAM breakthroughs. Electra reveals hybrid-electric progress. Expect unfiltered insights from three AAM frontrunners.
Georgia is quietly becoming one of the most active states in the advanced air mobility and UAS ecosystem — and AGS Xchange 2026 is where that community converges. From SkyDrive’s U.S. expansion to BVLOS healthcare access and Counter-UAS defense applications, this one-day event at Augusta Regional Airport covers the full spectrum of what’s next. Electric Air Mobility News was there — and will have many of the speakers on the podcast in the weeks ahead.
Japan’s leading eVTOL manufacturer just completed its first-ever public flights over Tokyo — testing everything from biometric check-in to compact rooftop vertiport operations. Now SkyDrive is bringing that momentum to Atlanta, where a major U.S. partnership announcement is set for March 9 at Verticon 2026. We’ve been watching SkyDrive for almost a decade.
Joby books its first Uber passengers. Germany’s ERC System takes Romeo into the sky. EASA rewrites the rulebook for air taxi pilots. And a UK battery startup just hit a milestone that matters for every eVTOL on the drawing board. Your week in electric air mobility, February 27, 2026.
The aircraft is only the beginning. Discover how the partnership between Electra and Virginia is solving the IFR bottleneck to unlock a $16B AAM economy.
From Volocopter’s push into light sport eVTOLs to Horizon’s updated Cavorite X7 and Ohio’s bold eIPP medical transport proposal, advanced air mobility is shifting into practical service. These three stories reveal how regulators, designers, and states are turning new aircraft into real tools for healthcare and regional connectivity.
Electra.aero strengthens its intellectual property with new U.S. patents protecting hybrid-electric blown-lift technology for ultra-short takeoff and landing aircraft. The patents cover flight path control, pilot displays, and battery safety systems critical for commercial certification. Full details inside.
The aviation infrastructure landscape is evolving from single-purpose vertiports to multiports that combine eVTOLs, electric short takeoff and landing aircraft, conventional planes, and ground transportation. This integration solves the financial viability challenge that has plagued standalone vertiport concepts.
AutoFlight has completed a public transition flight of its 5 ton class Matrix eVTOL in China. The 10 seat aircraft moves the industry beyond four to six seat designs and pushes Advanced Air Mobility toward higher payloads, cargo operations, and new route economics. We look at what this milestone means for regulators, infrastructure planners, and operators watching the large eVTOL space.