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The luxury chauffeur service Naylam Technologies has entered into an agreement with Manta Aircraft Italia to buy 10 ANN hybrid-electric VTOL/STOL aircraft.
The UK report into the April 2021 accident found that the aircraft lost electrical power after pilots switched off the battery with the intention that the motors would be powered solely by hydrogen fuel cells.
California-based eVTOL start-up Overair has selected Toray Composite Materials America to supply advanced materials for its Butterfly electric air taxi prototype.
Bye has already received FAA approval for 15 of the 16 system-specific certification plans (SSCPs) for the full means of compliance certification, and it expects the last one to be approved by the end of July.
Savback Helicopters will handle sales and marketing of Mayman Aerospace's "Speeder" high-speed vertical takeoff and landing (HSVTOL) aircraft in northern Europe.
In addition to building and equipping vertiports in Rome's city center and airports, the partners have plans for ground infrastructure in Venice and in France's Cote d'Azur region.
The Denver-based start-up intends to launch a Series A funding round this year to support its ambitious plans to overtake major aircraft engine makers in power output and system redundancy.
The aircraft engine maker says it sees hydrogen as "the fuel of the future" and wants to be involved in its production as part of longer-term plans to move aviation away from fossil-fuel dependence.