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New Owners To Resurrect Jetcruzer Aircraft with Electric Propulsion

The Jetcruzer is a 1980s vintage single pusher fixed-wing aircraft that could get a new lease on life with electric propulsion.
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GE Aviation and Boeing Join Forces to Prepare Hybrid-Electric Flying Testbed

The U.S. aircraft engine manufacturer has been working on hybrid-electric propulsion technology for mroe than a decade, including motors, generators, power converters, and power management systems.
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Joby Teams with SK Telecom To Develop Plans for South Korean eVTOL Air Taxi Network

The U.S. eVTOL aircraft developer is joining German rival Volocopter and China's EHang in staking a claim to participate in South Korea's government-based urban air mobility plans.
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Texas Testing Zone Offers Advanced Air Mobility Innovators Real-World Experience

Rotorcraft group Bell has used the Mobility Innovation Zone at the Dallas-area Alliance Airport to conduct test flights with its Autonomous Pod Transport vehicle.
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Archer Says Feds' Decision Not to Prosecute Employee Boosts Its Defense of Wisk Lawsuit

The U.S. Department of Justice has decided not to prosecute Archer employee Jing Xue, who former employer Wisk Aero alleged stole trade secrets relating to its eVTOL aircraft design.
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Jaunt Broadens Access Skyways eVTOL Initiative with Airport Group Avports

Avports, which has been managing and operating airports for 95 years and runs 30 facilities around the U.S., wants to help pave the way for commercial eVTOL aircraft operations.
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Bell Trials with NASA Move APT Autonomous Cargo Vehicle Toward Commercialization

Bell completed a trial of its APT uncrewed cargo platform with ground-based radar to test its capabilities in complex airspace and operating-beyond-visual-line-of-sight missions.
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Public Acceptance and Social Impact of Advanced Air Mobility Are Key Priorities for UK Research and Innovation Group

UKRI's Future Flight Challenge manages an R&D budget worth over $400 million to support work on electric and autonomous aircraft, and the ecosystem needed to get these into service.
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Japanese Leasing Group Fuyo Invests in Bye's Planned Electric Aircraft

The size of Fuyo's investment in the U.S. company has not been revealed, but the deal will result in the Tokyo-based group holding a stake in Bye Aerospace.
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U.S. Army Looks To Enlist Beta's Alia eVTOL with Flight Test Contract

The army is the second branch of the U.S. military to support development work on Beta Technologies' Alia 250 eVTOL aircraft, which is already being assessed by the U.S. Air Force under its Agility Prime program.
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Joby Seeks Clearance for Public eVTOL Flight Demonstrations in San Francisco

The company has filed paperwork with the Federal Communications Commission requesting clearance to use specific radio frequencies for test flights near the center of San Francisco.
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Zeva Seeks Investment For Wing-body eVTOL

The Zero is intended for a variety of applications, including personal transportation, emergency response, search and rescue, law-enforcement and cargo deliveries.
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Zeva Seeks Investment for Wing-body eVTOL

The Zero is intended for a variety of applications, including personal transportation, emergency response, search and rescue, law enforcement, and cargo deliveries.
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VoltAero Selects Energy Storage System for Hybrid-Electric Cassio Aircraft

France-based VoltAero is developing a family of hybrid-electric aircraft called Cassio that could start entering service in 2023.
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Airbus Sticks to Systematic Approach to eVTOL Market, Avoiding the Start-up Gold Rush

The company aims to fly a prototype of its CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL aircraft by the end of 2023, but says it won't confirm its plans for the advanced air mobility sector until it has resolved all operational and technical issues.
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Sikorsky Teases Possible Advanced Air Mobility Plans In VTOL Technology Talk

The helicopter manufacturer highlighted electric propulsion and automation as priorities for its research and development work on autonomous and optionally piloted flight.
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Charter Booking Platform Flapper Plans To Offer Jaunt Journey eVTOL Aircraft

The companies say they will work together to provide urban air mobility flights across a network of Latin American cities.
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UK's ATI Publishes Outline Plan for Hydrogen-powered 75-seat Airliner

The Aerospace Technology Institution says UK companies must step up their efforts and investments to exploit opportunities to bring new technology to market.
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Lilium Starts Next Phase of eVTOL Flight Testing in Spain

The company has appointed a new chief test pilot and is working on its fifth-generation eVTOL design using the Atlas Flight Test Center in southern Spain.
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JetPack To Train Asian Military Users for JB12 Personal Aerial Vehicle

The California-based company says that this is a breakthrough defense contact for its jet packs, as it steps up work on the Speeder VTOL aircraft.
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