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The country's Civil Aviation Safety Authority is laying the groundwork for regulations that will govern the construction and operation of vertiports used by eVTOL aircraft.
Five major aerospace groups are joining forces for the Sustainable Water-Injecting Turbofan Comprising Hybrid-Electrics project to cut fuel burn and CO2 emissions by 25 percent for Pratt & Whitney's Geared Turbofan.
VPorts plans to launch the world's first international, electric AAM corridor between one of its vertiports in Mirabel, Québec, and Syracuse Hancock International Airport (KSYR) in Syracuse, New York.
The eVTOL aircraft developer says it plans to offer an agnostic platform that could be used by any company's vehicle to safely operate in and out of urban vertiports.
With the aim of introducing urban air mobility in the Southeast Asian country, Pacific Group has provisionally agreed to buy as many as 100 copies of the two-seater.
The UK-based low-cost carrier and the aircraft engines group are collaborating on plans to develop a direct combustion hydrogen powertrain for narrowbody airliners.
The U.S. agency is proposing changes to definitions used in rules covering commercial air operations so that new aircraft types can be appropriately regulated alongside existing airplanes and helicopters.
Aura aims to accelerate the integration of remotely piloted flight operations in the National Airspace System by providing a dedicated communications platform.
The Chinese company is deploying its autonomous two-seat aircraft at Lleida-Alguaire Airport in Spain as part of Europe's Satellite Based Augmentation System Adoption in Multicopter VTOL Aircraft (SAMVA) program.
At the first public reveal of its Midnight eVTOL air taxi last week, Archer's engineers explained how they designed and optimized the proprietary battery packs and motors that power the fully electric, four-seat aircraft.
The Eco Caravan made a first flight on November 18, marking a key waypoint in Ampaire’s efforts to bring the converted hybrid-electric aircraft to market.
The flight booking platform and special purpose acquisition company Tuscan Holdings Corporation II have abandoned their plants for a $1.42 billion merger.
The Eco Caravan made a first flight on November 18, marking a key waypoint in Ampaire’s efforts to bring the converted hybrid-electric aircraft to market.
The German start-up issued more than 91 million new Class A shares priced at $1.30 in a capital raise backed by a mix of new and existing shareholders, including several board directors.
GKN Aerospace used a proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack to test the use of liquid hydrogen fuel on a ground-based testbed representing a search-and-rescue drone.
Drones and air taxis may be quieter than helicopters, but the noise they produce can still increase stress levels among people living in communities that adopt urban air mobility.
The next step on a journey toward hydrogen-powered aircraft will start with the planned first flight in 2023 of an Elixir light airplane powered by a new TP-90 turbine engine.