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The company has reported that its Lilium Jet eVTOL aircraft is now not expected to enter service until 2025, representing a likely delay of at least 12 months.
In April, the American Composite Manufacturers Association is holding a series of webinars about how different materials can apply to the design and production of new types of aircraft and the infrastructure that supports them.
ZeroAvia and Zev Station are both participating in the Vertical Flight Society's new H-2 Aero Team initiative to advance hydrogen propulsion for aviation.
The company says it will build and start flying the first production-conforming versions of the seven-seat Lilium Jet in 2023 and will then need another 15 to 18 months to earn EASA type certification.
AMSL Aero is working on an all-electric eVTOL aircraft called the Vertiia, which would carry a pilot and five passengers or around 1,100 pounds of freight.
Expected to fly to a range of 1,000 km, Hyundai’s eSTOL aircraft would enter service on so-called regional air routes connecting cities in South Korea.
Sea World Helicopters has joined a partnership led by ground infrastructure group Skyportz to develop commercial eVTOL aircraft operations in Australia.
Leasing group Avolon says that payments for provisional eVTOL orders will be finalized only after operating plans have been confirmed with prospective customers.
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.
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.
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.