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SkyDrive Set For First Flight of Flying Car With 100 Corporate Backers
The Japanese eVTOL developer expects to make a first public flight during the summer of 2020.
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Honeywell Focuses New Unit on UAS and UAM Sectors
The new Honeywell business unit will offer avionics, power, air traffic management, and other systems for new aircraft in the UAS and UAM sectors.
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Urban Aeronautics Selects HyPoint to Provide Hydrogen Fuel Cells For CityHawk VTOL
The hydrogen-powered version of the aircraft is expected to start flight testing between 2028 and 2030.
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EASA Awards First Electric Aircraft TC to Pipistrel
EASA this week completed what it says is the world's first type certification for a fully electric aircraft, indicating it will pave the way for others.
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Wisk Resumes Cora eVTOL Test Flights after Covid Halt
The four Cora eVTOL prototypes have logged more than 1,300 flight test hours at development sites in New Zealand and California.
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Airflow Launches eSTOL Electric Cargo Aircraft
Former members of Airbus's Vahana eVTOL development team now believe that electric short takeoff and landing aircraft could be more cost effective.
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Electric-powered Grand Caravan Makes 30-minute First Flight
Magnix is partnering with AeroTec to re-engine the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan single turboprop with an electric propulsion system.
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Lilium Hopes To Resume eVTOL Flight Testing in Coming Months
The German company says it is still on track to start operating its five-seat all-electric aircraft in air taxi operations from 2025.
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EASA Proposes eVTOL Certification Means of Compliance
EASA's Special Condition VTOL certification requirements include an Enhanced category for commercial operations in urban environments.
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EHang's 216 eVTOL Cleared for Supply Flights in China
EHang is using its 216 autonomous eVTOL aircraft to carry freight for a hotel operator in southern China with approval from the CAAC.
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Ampaire, Ikhana Team on Electrified Twin Otter Plan
Two innovative companies have joined forces in a NASA-funded project to create a hybrid electric Twin Otter variant
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Archer Launches eVTOL into Crowded Marketplace
The backing for the startup from a leading technology entrepreneur has provided a boost for the eVTOL sector at a time of concern over investment rates.
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European Orgs Ask for More Industry Input on Drone Regs
A cross-section of European organizations, including EBAA, asked the EC to pause a current proposal on drone integration to enable greater industry input.
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GKN Signs as Key Supplier on Eviation’s Alice Electric Aircraft
Tier 1 supplier GKN Aerospace will provide the wings, empennage, and EWIS for the Alice regional electric aircraft.
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Pipistrel Slows Uber eVTOL Work to Advance Other New Aircraft
Uber Air partner Pipistrel says it is moving forward with plans for two new electric cargo aircraft and a hydrogen-powered 19-seat regional airliner.
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Quantum Teams with OSM to Train Pilots for Planned Electric Air Taxi Services
OSM Aviation will train ab initio pilots to fly Bye eFlyer electric aircraft for Quantum Air's air taxi network.
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EHang Set to Launch Commercial Sightseeing Flights for Chinese Hotel Guests in its Autonomous Aircraft
It remains unclear on what basis the Chinese manufacturer might be approved to carry passengers in its as-yet-uncertified AAV aircraft.
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Cora eVTOL Set to Resume Flight Testing in New Zealand
Wisk is close to finalising the design of its Cora eVTOL aircraft as New Zealand and U.S. regulators monitor flight test progress.
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VoltAero Unveils Production Version of Hybrid-Electric Cassio
The reworked design for the hybrid-electric Cassio pusherprop will offer range of up to 920 nm, seating between four and six passengers.
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Ross Perot Jr Pushes Alliance Airport as eVTOL Development Hub
Perot promotes Fort Worth Alliance airport complex as home for UAS, eVTOL development.
