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Rotorcraft

FAA Floats Special Conditions for Skyryse Fly-by-wire R66

Proposed rule addresses pilot awareness of control limits
Skyryse One
Aircraft

Helsinki Evaluates Hybrid-electric Flight Connections

City officials and a local university are working with manufacturer Electra
Electra's nine-passenger EL9 Ultra Short
Airports

Wisk Begins Building eVTOL Vertiport at Hollister Airport

Site will support both piloted and pilotless VTOL flight testing
A digital rendering of Wisk’s Gen 6 eVTOL hovering over a vertiport
Training and Workforce

Tapping Data to Safely Drive Up Aerospace Productivity

The lack of 3D data is holding back some aspects of manufacturing
Dassault Systèmes augmented reality technology
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Saab Details Plans For Future Fighter Tech Demonstrators

At air force show, the company displayed mock-up of autonomous collaborative platform
Saab's A1 technology demonstrator
Aircraft

Zuri Prepares to Fly Hybrid-electric Cargo Drone

Platform offers 100 kilogram payload and 300 nm range
Zuri crewed and uncrewed hybrid-electric aircraft
Airlines

Skyhop Plans Island Routes With Noemi's Electric Seaplane

Agreement between start-ups could lead to orders for up to 15 aircraft
Skyhop Aviation and Noemi Aerospace leaders
Aircraft

Archer, AEG To Develop eVTOL Vertiport in Los Angeles

A Midnight aircraft is on display in Los Angeles this week
Midnight at LA Live
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Ampaire Raises $19 Million for Hybrid-electric Airplanes

Financing supports Eco Caravan certification and hybrid-electric APU development
Ampaire Eco Caravan and Electric EEL
Aircraft

European Wildfires Fuel Case for New Water Bomber

French start-up Hynaero is developing an alternative to the Canadair firefighting aircraft
Hynaero Fregate F100 firefighting aircraft
Engines

Lack of Funding Shuts Hydrogen Propulsion Pioneer Stralis

Australian start-up planned to convert Beechcraft Bonanza and 1900D aircraft
Stralis Aircraft Beech 1900D aircraft
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Regent Demonstrates Seaglider Drone in U.S. Navy Exercise

Operational trials were held in Michigan during July
Regent Craft Squire Seaglider
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Elroy Air Wins $46 Million Army Contract for Chaparral

Contract covers jam-resistant navigation and hardened communications links
The Chaparral releases a payload in flight
Aircraft

Whisper Aero Flies Electric Glider on Its Quiet Fans

Powered Swift logs first flights as start-up eyes civil and defense markets
Whisper’s powered glider is pictured in flight
Airports

Electra Demos Hybrid-electric Flights in Three States

FAA program tests links between small fields and major hubs
Electra’s EL2 flies before the Atlantic City skyline
Charter & Fractional

Gold Coast Helitours To Operate SkyDrive eVTOL Aircraft

Queensland-based operator has a fleet of Airbus and Robinson rotorcraft
Gold Coast Helitours eVTOL charter network
Aircraft

FAA Invites Comments on Flightdeck Controls Draft AC

Comments are due by September 24
a close up view of an aircraft cockpit showing contemporary avionics
Sustainability and Environment

Partners Trial Electric Air Services in Norway and Sweden

Green Flyways initiative is considering the potential for MD Aircraft's eViator commuter
MDA1 eViator electric aircraft
Sustainability and Environment

North Atlantic Airspace-Scale Contrail Trial Underway

UK’s ‘Operation Blue Skies’ to redirect commercial traffic in Shanwick airspace
Map of north Atlantic airspace with red highlighted area over Shanwick
Aircraft

Horten Puts Flying Wing Aircraft Design Up For Sale

German blended-wing developer opts not to pursue project
HX-2 demonstrator in flight