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The UK’s Aerospace Technology Institute is offering an additional £685 million in funding for the development of “green” aviation technology over the next three years.

The Chinese company told investors to expect an uptick in revenues during the second half of this year from sightseeing and firefighting operations.

The company had to suspend flight testing for just over two years after losing a technology demonstrator to a ground fire in February 2020.

NASA award-winning hydrogen fuel cell developer HyPoint has partnered with hydrogen tank maker Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories to employ a new graphite fiber tank that offer 10 times more capacity than do existing fuel tanks.

FedEx and Elroy Air plan to launch test flights of the Chaparral autonomous air cargo system in early 2023.

New backers for the eVTOL aircraft developer's public investment in private equity have brought around $42 million in additional funds to a deal that will see it merge with Zanite Acquisition.

EASA's Prototype Technical Design Specifications for vertiports offer guidance to urban planners, local decision-makers, and industry stakeholders to aid in the design of facilities that will serve VTOL aircraft.

The company is working with the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate the cause of a February 16 crash involving its first prototype aircraft.

The Advanced Air Mobility Coordination and Leadership Act (S.516) would establish an interagency working group to more effectively engage the federal government in furthering the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) sector.

The company's approach in designed to deliver the best of both the fixed-wing and rotorcraft worlds.

U.S.-based start-up Element 1 is advancing the case for using liquid methanol as a means of producing net-zero-carbon hydrogen fuel for aircraft.

An FAA type certification plan submitted by Joby Aviation this week centers on safety considerations relating to materials, seats, and occupant restraints for its four-passenger eVTOL aircraft..

The trading conglomerate was joined by other new investors including industrial real estate company Goodman Group, Italian airport and infrastructure funds 2i Aeroporti and F2i, and GreenPoint, a U.S.-based venture-capital firm.

The Series B funding round was supported by Mitsui, SBI Investment Co., Tokyo Land Corporation, Kyushu Electric Power T&D, and Seika Corporation

Avolon and Air Greenland partner to bring zero-emissions air travel to the Arctic region with a fleet of Vertical Aerospace VX4 eVTOL aircraft.

Flight testing with both the 2X technology demonstrator and the VoloCity eVTOL prototype are intended to provide a complete understanding of the aircraft's acoustic profile.

The document was produced by a consortium that included Eve, Vertical Aerospace and Volocopter, along with air traffic management groups NATS and Atech, ground infrastructure specialist and drone operator Skyports, and London's Heathrow and City Airports.

The Tokyo-based start-up is now receiving professional support from Suzuki Motor Corporation for research, development, manufacturing, and business planning.

Specialist insurance group Global Aerospace formed its Emerging Technology Unit to address the need to cover advanced air mobility products and operations.

The March 14 report argues that Lilium is losing ground in the race to launch eVTOL commercial operations and also that it has overstated the solidity of announced aircraft sales to date.