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An volunteer group called Ambular is designing a dedicated eVTOL air ambulance aircraft and has the support of the International Civil Aviation Organization.

An amendment to ban U.S. government use of Chinese drones appears almost certain to become law within weeks.

The company plans to start cargo operations before the end of 2020, initially with a pilot onboard a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan aircraft.

Urban Aeronautics is working with EMS operator Hatzolah Air to adapt its planned CityHawk VTOL aircraft for emergency service applications.

Flight trials with the 216 AAV are set to start before the end of 2020, leading to construction of vertiports in the Austrian city during 2021.

The aircraft developer says that by 2026 hydrogen fuel cells will be more viable for aircraft propulsion than batteries or internal combustion engines.

The companies will jointly develop the technology for fixed-wing aircraft.

It turns out that in late July 2020, the company filed a U.S. trademark application for its proposed all-electric, four-seat aircraft.

Bell unveiled its new manufacturing technology center in Fort Worth, Texas, on August 10.

Aviation Safety Resources is to develop a three-parachute recovery system for Bye Aerospace's eFlyer 2 electric aircraft.

MagniX is focusing its electric propulsion efforts on electrifying the Caravan and Beaver aircraft, as well as on Eviation's new Alice design.

Jump Aero says it is developing a single-seat eVTOL to be self-piloted by paramedics, but it has so far declined to release any projected performance details.

Several eVTOL pioneers, including Jump Aero, Jaunt, and EHang, have plans for eVTOL emergency support aircraft.

Airbus Helicopters is preparing to move the CityAirbus technology demonstrator to its Manching facility in southern Germany in late August.

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine pledged increased support to U.S. efforts to develop aircraft with more sustainable propulsion systems and autonomous flight capability.

Further study will lead to new guidelines, to be published in early 2021, on how to certify AI-based technology.

The city government of Yunfu in Guangdong province is investing $6 million in EHang's factory, which will open with annual capacity to build 600 aircraft.

Stakeholders have until September 28, 2020, to comment on proposals published in the U.S. DoT's Pathways to the Future of Transportation document.

Skyborne Airline Academy has placed deposits for six eFlyer 2s and four of the larger eFlyer 4 electric aircraft.

The company's main focus for now is on a hybrid-electric five- to seven-seat eVTOL aircraft called the aEro 3.