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Eve and Energy Group EDP Will Develop Electrical Charging Infrastructure

Embraer's Eve Urban Air Air Mobility Solutions division and energy group EDP will work together to develop electrical charging infrastructure to support eVTOL aircraft operations.
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Porsche Study Tempers Urban Air Mobility Hype With Sober Assessment of Demand and Challenges

Three years on from its 2018 report, Porsche Consulting's new study on the urban air mobility market sees strong potential for eVTOL air taxi services, but with big investments required.
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JetPack Starts Taking Preorders for Speeder VTOL Vehicle

JetPack completed flight testing of its first Speeder prototype in May, and is now producing more developed prototypes to test in the coming months.
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New Advanced Air Mobility Reality Index Shows Shifts in eVTOL Rankings and Two New eSTOLs

SMG Consulting regularly updates its Advanced Air Mobility Reality Index, providing what it says is a data-driven assessment of companies trying to bring aircraft to market.
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Wisk Files New Brief in Case Against eVTOL Rival Archer Regarding Alleged Theft of Trade Secrets

Wisk's lawyers presented new evidence in support of their motion for a preliminary injunction that they say is based on documents obtained and deposed testimony during the discovery phase of the trial being heard by a federal court in San Francisco.
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Trio of Carriers Commit To Converting Regional Airliners to Hydrogen Power

Icelandair, Air Nostrum, and Ravn Air have signed letters of intent with Universal Hydrogen to convert 21 regional airliners to replace Pratt & Whitney turboprop engines with its hydrogen powertrain.
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GKN Aerospace Launches H2Jet Hydrogen Fuel Cell Project In Sweden

The aircraft systems and components group is leading a two-year research and development program involving multiple Swedish partners to find new ways to generate electrical power for aircraft from hydrogen fuel cells.
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Whisper Aero Raises Funds for Planned Ultra-quiet Electric Propulsion Units

The Tennessee-based start-up has raised $7.5 million from venture capitalists and aims to bring the first of its electric thruster propulsion units to market by 2023.
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Joby Teams with JetBlue and Signature To Establish Electric and Hydrogen Carbon Credits

Joby, the eVTOL aircraft developer, is working with U.S. airline JetBlue and business aviation services group Signature Flight Support to establish a basis for marketing carbon credits associated with flights in electric- and hydrogen-powered aircraft.
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NASA Adds New Partners for Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign Testing

Autonomous flight specialist Reliable Robotics and communications technology group Aura Network Solutions have been added as partners for the first full phase of testing in NASA's National Campaign.
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United Airlines Backs Heart's Electric Regional Airliner With Investment and Provisional Order

United Airlines Ventures is making an unspecified investment in Heart Aerospace's plans to develop a 19-seat electric regional airliner and says that United partner operator Mesa Airlines will add some to its fleet.
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Appointment of Agility Prime Founder Roper Boosts Beta's Leadership Team

Former U.S. Air Force Assistant Secretary Will Roper, who launched the Agility Prime program to advance joint military and civil applications for eVTOL aircraft, is joining the board of Beta Technologies.
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VoltAero Choses Final Assembly Site for Cassio Hybrid-Electric Aircraft

VoltAero will build the Cassio aircraft at a new purpose-built factory at Rochefort Airport in the southwest of France, with the support of program partners including Safran, Sonaca, and Aero Composites Saintonge.
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UK's Future Flight Challenge Publish Advanced Air Mobility Safety Study and Action Plan

The UK government-funded Future Flight Challenge commissioned Egris and the University of Sheffield to provide a detailed analysis of safety factors that need to be addressed for eVTOL aircraft manufacturers and operators.
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Military Approval for Kitty Hawk's Heaviside eVTOL Clears the Way for Agility Prime Contract

Kitty Hawk will now be able to generate revenues from flight trials using its Heaviside eVTOL aircraft for research and development work under the U.S. Air Force's Agility Prime program.
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Urban Aeronautics Switches to Redesigned Hydrogen-powered CityHawk eVTOL Aircraft

The Israeli company plans to produce a new CityHawk technology demonstrator by early 2022 that features a significantly revised fuselage design and a hydrogen-electric propulsion system.
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CAE and Volocopter Launch Collaboration To Train eVTOL Aircraft Pilots

Aviation training group CAE will help eVTOL developer Volocopter prepare a training program to operate its aircraft in commercial services, which are scheduled to start in 2024.
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It's Never Too Early To Start Planning To Train eVTOL Aircraft Pilots

Aviation training group CAE is urging eVTOL aircraft manufacturers and operators to urgently develop plans and infrastructure to train eVTOL aircraft flight crew.
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Archer Recruits Chief Test Pilot To Define eVTOL Flight-deck Systems

Former Bell and U.S. Marine Corps test pilot Jeff Greenwood is joining eVTOL aircraft developer Archer, and Dave Dennison is coming aboard as the company's vice president of engineering.
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German Companies Partner To Convert Regional Airliner to Hydrogen Power

Deutsche Aircraft and H2Fly have started a joint project to develop hydrogen fuel cells to convert the Dornier 328 regional airliner to hydrogen propulsion.
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