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Flying Whales Picks Honeywell Generator to Power Hybrid-Electric Airship

Flying Whales has selected Honeywell’s one-megawatt generator to power its giant hybrid-electric LCA60T airship.
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Dufour Selects Suter as Engine Supplier for Hybrid-Electric Aero 2 VTOL Aircraft

Suter Industries is providing its TOA288 engine as part of the hybri-electric propulsion system for Dufour's Aero 2 autonomous drone.
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Members of Congress and Industry Leaders Voice Concern about FAA's Stewardship of Advanced Air Mobility

The U.S. House of Representatives' consideration of the 2023 FAA Reauthorization Bill has prompted pointed discussion of whether the country's air safety regulator is fit to certify and regulate new types of aircraft.
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BAE To Develop Battery System for Heart's ES-30 Hybrid-electric Regional Airliner

The Controls and Avionics Solutions division of the UK-based aerospace group produces electrical systems for multiple industrial vehicles.
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UK Regulator Issues First eVTOL Design Organization Approval to Vertical Aerospace

The country's Civil Aviation Authority has also confirmed that it will adopt the Special Condition VTOL means of compliance developed by the European Aviation Safety Agency.
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Nordic Countries Take the Lead with Green Aviation Infrastructure Projects in Finland and Sweden

ZeroAvia's latest efforts to ensure hydrogen-powered airliners can operate are focused on SkellefteĂĄ Airport in northeast Sweden, while electric aircraft developer Heart has a new partnership in the Baltic Sea Ă…land islands.
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Lilium Updates Shareholders on Progress in Developing Six-Passenger eVTOL Aircraft

The company has reported technical progress in areas such as electric batteries, as well as growing numbers of provisional sales commitments for the LiliumJet.
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Altaport and Partners Prepare for Vertiport Automation

Altaport says it has already applied elements of its comprehensive vertiport automation system to operations at heliports in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Blade Set To Expand Indian Charter Flight Network with Jaunt's Journey eVTOL Aircraft

The companies have launched a partnership to develop advanced air mobility services in the Indian subcontinent, building on current helicopter operations.
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Helicopter Industry Is Gravitating Towards Advanced Air Mobility

Rotorcraft business leaders told the Helicopter Investor conference that new vertical lift and short-takeoff and landing vehicles could have a positive impact.
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Beta Installs First Electric Aircraft Recharging Station in Southeast U.S.

Working with Georgia Power, the eVTOL aircraft developer has installed three charging units at Augusta Regional Airport.
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Artificial Intelligence in the Cockpit Could Monitor Pilot Fatigue and Health

Blueskeye AI, a U.K.-based software company specializing in facial analysis using artificial intelligence, recently received a ÂŁ20,000 award to investigate how facial sensing technology could glean information about human behavior in aircraft cockpits.
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Ferrovial Airports, Eve Agree on Infrastructure Partnerships for eVTOL Aircraft Service in the U.S. and Europe

The Ferrovial-Eve partnership centers on the use of Eve’s urban air traffic management software.
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Avions Mauboussin Flies Subscale Model of Alérion M1h Light Aircraft

The French start-up is working on plans for two- and six-seat models that could be powered by hybrid-electric or hydrogen propulsion systems.
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Spain Backs Hydrogen Propulsion Plans of Hypersonic Aircraft Developer Destinus

The European start-up is building a facility in Madrid to design air-breathing hydrogen engines and develop liquid hydrogen technology.
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Heart Aerospace Partners with Finnish Islands on Deployment of ES-30 Hybrid-Electric Regional Airplane

The government of Ă…land sees Heart's ES-30 as a solution to meeting connectivity and emissions goals.
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Lyte Aviation Launches High-capacity Hybrid eVTOL SkyBus

The European start-up has unveiled plans for a 40-passenger, tandem tilt-wing design that could also be offered as a freight-carrying variant called the SkyTruck.
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EHang Targets Domestic eVTOL Aircraft Deliveries as Chinese Type Certification Approaches

Reporting financial results for 2022, the Chinese company said that the lifting of Covid restrictions has removed obstacles to getting its EH216 autonomous vehicle into commercial service.
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Honeywell Partnering with Worcester Polytechnic Institute on Hydrogen Studies

Work on hydrogen storage and power generation centers on all forms of air travel.
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Archer and United Airlines Reveal First Air Taxi Route in Chicago

The commercial air taxi route, scheduled to launch in 2025, will transport passengers on eVTOL aircraft between O’Hare International Airport and Vertiport Chicago, the city’s only downtown heliport facility.
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