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ZeroAvia Raises Additional $30 Million in Series B Funding Round

The hydrogen-electric aircraft developer ZeroAvia has raised an additional $30 million from new investors, the company announced July 20 at the Farnborough International Airshow.
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Avmax Orders 20 Universal Hydrogen Conversion Kits for Regional Airliners

Avmax Aircraft Leasing has signed a deal with Universal Hydrogen to convert 20 regional aircraft to run on “green” hydrogen, the companies announced on Tuesday.
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ZeroAvia and PowerCell Sign Fuel Cell Stacks MoU

The agreement between ZeroAvia and PowerCell will see production of 5,000 aviation-optimized fuel cell stacks between 2024 and 2028.
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CAE Develops AAM Mixed-reality Trainer, Teams with Piper on Electric Archer STC

Aviation training group CAE is developing a flight trainer to address the emerging needs of the advanced air mobility sector.
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Embraer, BAE Strengthen Plans To Use Eve's eVTOL for Defense Applications

Embraer and BAE have signed a letter of intent with Eve Air Mobility to potentially order up to 150 of Eve's eVTOL vehicles to be used for defense and security applications.
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SkyDrive Picks Toray To Supply Composites for Personal eVTOL

Toray Carbon Magic will develop the structure of SkyDrive's SD-05 personal eVTOL vehicle using advanced carbon fiber-reinforced plastics.
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Bristow Plans Lilium Jet eVTOL Purchase As Part of Wider Partnership

The helicopter operator has now made commitments with six electric aircraft developers as part of its strategy to diversify into advanced air mobility services.
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Babcock Considers VX4 eVTOL Aircraft For Medical Support and Cargo Flights

Vertical Aerospace is displaying the VX4 aircraft at this week's Farnborough International Airshow in the UK.
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Joby Aviation Seeks UK Certification For its eVTOL Aircraft

In March, the UK Civil Aviation Authority and the FAA started working together on the process for certifying eVTOL aircraft.
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Archer Selects FACC To Supply eVTOL Fuselage and Wing Elements

Archer Aviation has selected the Austrian aerostructures manufacturer FACC to supply elements of the fuselage and wing for its eVTOL aircraft
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Eve Reveals New eVTOL Design and Cabin Mockup

The aircraft now features a combination of a wing and an empennage, with an earlier canard design having been updated.
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American Airlines Commits to Purchasing 50 eVTOL from Vertical Aerospace

Vertical has also secured a preorder from the European business jet operator FlyingGroup for another 50 VX4 eVTOLs.
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VIP Chauffeur Service Plans to Buy 10 Manta ANN Hybrid-Electric Air Taxis

The luxury chauffeur service Naylam Technologies has entered into an agreement with Manta Aircraft Italia to buy 10 ANN hybrid-electric VTOL/STOL aircraft.
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UK's Future Flight Challenge Funds New 'Advanced Mobility Ecosystem Consortium'

The consortium received £9.5 million ($11.3 million) to accelerate the introduction of advanced air mobility in the UK.
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Merlin Labs Raises $105 Million, Partners with U.S. Air Force for Autonomous Flights

Merlin Labs will produce an autonomous flight control system for the Air Force's C-130J Super Hercules.
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Cranfield Aerospace Secures First Customer for Modified 'Green' Islander Aircraft

Cranfield will supply Evia Aero with 10 hydrogen fuel cell conversion kits for its fleet of "green" Britten-Norman Islander aircraft.
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V-Star To Bring Next-generation VTOL Aircraft to South Australia

A new aviation company based in Adelaide, Australia, plans to bring advanced air mobility to the land Down Under. 
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Bristow Commits To Ordering 100 Chaparral VTOL Freighters from Elroy Air

Houston-based helicopter operator Bristow Helicopters plans to purchase 100 Chaparral hybrid-electric VTOL cargo aircraft from Elroy Air.
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Dutch Regulators Stop VoltAero's Plans for Hybrid-Electric Cassio Test Flights

VoltAero has had to scrap plans to fly its aircraft between four regional airports across the Netherlands as part of the Power Up project.
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Hydrogen Flight Crash Report Highlights Faults in ZeroAvia's Test Process

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.
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